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TV presenterspraise Sullyfor telling ofher bullying

Sandra Sully

TELEVISIONpresentersacross thecountry yester-day threw theirsupport behindSandra Sully asthe popular anchor spokeout about being bullied inthe workplace.

The long-term NetworkTen presenter told ofdecade-long bullying by acolleague in an interviewwith Cleo magazine.

Queensland televisionstalwart Kay McGrathshared her experiences ofbullying in the workplaceafter Sully spoke out.

McGrath, who reads theweekend bulletin at Chan-nel 7, said it was importantfor people with a profile tospeak up about bullying.

‘‘Her intent, I believe, wasto encourage young womennot to be afraid to speak outif they are being bullied.Well done to her for that,’’she said.

McGrath said at points inher career she had been thevictim of bullying.

‘‘Newsrooms are robustenvironments. Airs andgraces can, and often do, goout the door,’’ she said.

‘‘That is in no way defend-ing it, but it is a fact of life. Itis not going to go away.’’

She said people speakingout about their bullyingexperiences and starting adialogue was an importantstep towards stamping outthe problem.

‘‘It is good to get the issueout again and have a gooddiscussion about it becausethere are younger peoplecoming through all the timeand they need to hear themessage that it isn’t OK,’’she said.

Former Queensland jour-nalist and Sky News news-reader Tracey Spicer, whohas been vocal about bully-ing in the workplace, tweet-ed that many newsroomswere without policies todeal with bullying. ‘‘So sadto hear abt @Sandra—Sullybeing bullied. Unfort, manymedia outlets don’t hv ro-bust policies to deal with it,’’she said.

Seven’s Chris Bath alsosent her support to Sully viaTwitter.

‘‘BRAVO @Sandra—Sullyfor your candour about thathideous workplace bullyyou had to deal with for 10years @channelten #zero-tolerance,’’ she said.

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Man held over deathof well-known artistBy COREY SINCLAIR

A 34-YEAR-OLD mother wasallegedly stabbed to death byher partner at Charles CreekCamp on Saturday, witnesseshave said.

A witness said the couple,who live at Hoppys Camp inAlice Springs, were drinkingat a Charles Creek Camp resi-dence on Ulpaya Rd, Stuart,when an altercation began.

It is believed the victim is awell-known Pitjantjatjaraartist from Docker River,who has work exhibited inseveral Alice Springs com-mercial art galleries.

A woman who knew thevictim described her as an at-tractive young woman withlots of talent. She is under-stood to have a daughter.

NT Police said a man, 52,remained in custody and was

assisting investigating offic-ers with their inquiries.

Detective Sergeant LeithPhillips from the SouthernInvestigations Division saidthe incident occurred about4.30pm on Saturday.

Details of the alleged crimewere only released by policeearly yesterday.

It is unclear if ambulanceofficers attended the sceneon Saturday.

There was no record ofthem attending.

Evidence of a crime, in-cluding blood on the groundand medical items, was stillat the scene yesterday.

Residents in the camp wereyesterday cleaning uparound the houses where thealleged incident took place.

‘‘Detectives from theSouthern Investigations Div-ision and Major Crime Squad

are currently investigating,’’Sgt Phillips said.

‘‘At this time, no further in-formation is available in re-lation to the incident.’’

Police also blocked offAneura Place and parts ofUndoolya Rd yesterdaymorning after they were cal-led to a disturbance, under-stood to be a serious assault.

A blood-soaked towel wasin front of the residences.

Gillard can’t halt FOIA LETTER from Julia Gil-lard’s office and a record oftwo phone conversationsinvolving her staff are at thecentre of a Freedom ofInformation battle overwhether the former primeminister misused her parlia-mentary entitlements.

The Information Commiss-ioner has ruled the fourdocuments should be re-leased within a month afterMs Gillard lost a bid to blockaccess to the documents inthe 10-month FOI saga withThe Australian newspaper.

The newspaper has said itsought the documents aboutthe use of Ms Gillard’sprivate-plated, taxpayer-funded car in 2006 and 2007when her partner, Tim Math-

ieson, was a promoter of hairproducts in Victoria.

The car was reportedly in-volved in minor accidents,sparking insurance claims,while Ms Gillard was deputyleader of the opposition be-fore Labor won power.

In a decision publishedyesterday, the InformationCommissioner rejected MsGillard’s claims the matterwas personal informationand said there were ‘‘strongpublic interest considerat-ions that support trans-parency’’. ‘‘The central factsdisclosed in the documentsare that there may havebeen an incident of non-compliance with govern-ment guidelines on parlia-mentary entitlements.’’

Charges afterhorror smashA MAN has been chargedwith recklessly endanger-ing life after a horrific crashat Winnellie.

The learner driver, 26, wasdriving a Toyota Corollawhen it crashed into a poleon the Stuart Highway,opposite the Darwinshowgrounds, on Sunday.

Detective Acting SeniorSergeant Matt Allen said theman was bailed to appear inthe Darwin MagistratesCourt tomorrow. He hasalso been charged withaggravated assault.

DasSHOKU SHAKE! is inspired by the devastating earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan in 2011 Picture: ELISE DERWIN

Shake ofthe landIT’S a show sure to leave animpression on Darwin Festi-val audiences.

In a style created by co-director Yumi Umiumare cal-led butoh cabaret, DasSHO-KU SHAKE! is provocative,not always comfortable andincorporates dark elementsand a touch of comedy.

Butoh is a 1950s-60s Japan-ese modern dance form, orig-inally called the danceof darkness.

‘‘For me it’s great to com-bine it with cabaret and a mixof colour while still keepingthe dark side of it,’’ she said.

Ms Umiumare explained‘‘shake’’ originally had a funmeaning – like handshakes ormilkshakes – but the piece isalso about shaking emotionand inspired by the 2011earthquake in Japan.

‘‘The land was shaking,buildings swaying, peoplewere scattering and the bodywas shaking as well.

‘‘So that’s a dark area butthere’s also a lot of fun thingsgoing on as well . . .’’

Working with Japan’s fa-mous Theatre GroupGUMBO, the show was cre-ated last year with half thecast in Japan and half inAustralia – a lot was doneover the internet.

SHAKE! is the fourth piecein the DasSHOKU (meaning‘‘to bleach’’) series and wasrecently named a GreenRoom Award winner for In-novation in Cabaret.