Local (and travelling) freelancers all welcome to the first north-based freeline get-together:

When :  Friday, August 6, 10am

Where:  In Situ cafe,  1/18 Sydney Road Manly NSW

Getting there:  This cafe is attached to The Corso, just around the corner from the Steyne Hotel. Two-hour free parking under Coles and a short few-hundred metre walk across The Corso to the cafe.

RSVP / More details:  Pam Wilson, pamela.wilson@writesmart.com.au

The Sydney Freelance Journalists Group is holding a panel discussion evening on Tuesday March 23 to discuss Money and Business Matters.
Do want to know:

· How to manage your cash flow?
· What you can claim as deductions at tax time?
· About superannuation and income protection – do you have them?
· If you should be charging GST?
· The benefits of paying your PAYG annually instead of quarterly?
· What you should have on your personal tax checklist?

If you want to know the answers to these questions – or any other financial questions – join us for the panel discussion.

Alternatively, come along for a drink and share some nibbles and conversation with other freelance journalists.

Panel facilitator: Emily Chantiri

Emily is a freelance journalist and committee member of the Sydney Freelance Journalists Group. She is a regular contributor to a number of magazines, including NoteBook , ABC Life etc and Fairfax’s BRW Magazine. She is also the author of The Savvy Girl’s Money Book.

Panel speakers
Dianne Hill

Dianne is a Company Director and Management Consultant. Her background is in Chartered Accounting, Banking and Project Management. She has managed her own small business Sector Research Pty Limited for 20 years and has developed and presented financial training programs for non-finance people. Dianne is also one of the four authors of The Money Club, which became a bestseller with sales exceeding 25,000 copies, and of the book Financially Fit for Life. http://www.themoneyclub.com.au

Robert Peake

Robert Peake is a chartered accountant and partner with the firm, Herkess & Partners Chartered Accountants. Making it onto the MEAA’s recommended list of chartered accountants for journalists, Herkess & Partners have been providing taxation, accounting, audit and investment services for more than 60 years. http://www.herkess.com.au

Event details
Date:
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Time:
6:30pm – 8:30pm
Location:
Forresters Hotel,
corner Riley and Foveaux Street, Surry Hills

$10 for MEAA members, $15 for non-members
Call the Alliance Membership Centre on 1300 65 65 13 or email
members@alliance.org.au to RSVP and / or pay for your ticket
(credit card payments only).
Payment at the door on the night is fine, but please RSVP.

Our friends at the NSW Writers’ Centre are hosting a seminar titled
GETTING IT RIGHT: THE NEWS STORY
with Dr Meenakshi Bharat
on  Saturday 20 March 2010 from 10am – 4pm

Full Price – $140, NSW Writer’s Centre Members $100, Concession Members $85

Dr Meenakshi Bharat is the biographer of Salman Rushdie and is currently touring Australia to promote her latest anthology, Fear Factor: Terror Incognito Stories (co-edited with Sharon Rundle) which features stories from Australian and Indian writers. In this special one-day seminar Meenakshi will train aspiring jouralists to zero in on the right ingredients for an effective ‘telling’.

She will, among other things, specifically look at:

• the vocabulary choices;
• the different registers;
• the shape and the form chosen for the various pieces.

Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Food: Tea and coffee making facilities will be provided. Course participants are advised to bring their own lunch.
Size: 20 max

To read more about the seminar and Dr Meenakshi Bharat, click here

Missing out on all the silly season fun because you work alone? Come and join other freelancers for a casual Christmas drink – 6pm, front bar of the Forresters Hotel in Surry Hills, front bar – Dec 2nd.