What I've been up to lately

See package of links to our Murdoch coverage.

Wednesday, May 16: nursing home board meeting.

Tuesday, May 15: attended Coca Cola Amatil AGM in Sydney, regular spot on 774 ABC Melbourne, plus discussed Federal budget with George Megalogenis at the Wheeler Centre. Listen here.

Monday, May 14: appeared on Q&A and wrote Crikey story on various Liberal gambling dealings.

Friday, May 11: lengthy interview with Jane Hutcheon on ABC TV's One Plus One.

Thursday, May 10: see local paper coverage of Manningham's 10 year financial plan.

Wednesday, May 9: Crikey story on Wayne Swan's various budget fiddles, interviewed by Ten and Seven news on Gina Rinehart, ABC Tassie spot on budget, regular spot on 774 ABC Melbourne and interviewed about executive pay rorts on RN Drive.

Tuesday, May 8: Manningham Leader reports on council colleagues wimping executive pay disclosure. Special council meeting on budget in evening.

Monday, May 7: Crikey story on latest round of pay-TV piracy wars between The AFR and The Australian.

Friday, May 4: Manningham's draft budget now public. Proposed rate rise of 6%. Crikey story on Packer casino play.

Thursday, May 3: Crikey story on Rupert Murdoch and James Packer.

Wednesday, May 2: Murdoch chats on ABC Sydney, ABC Victoria, Network Ten and 2UE. Attended ASA AGM and also interviewed for Hack story on MRRT.

Tuesday, May 1: attended ASA board meeting, regular spot on 774 ABC Melbourne and council briefing in evening.

Monday, April 30: attended ASA board meeting and Melbourne Weekly Eastern reports on delayed pay disclosure vote at council.

Sunday, April 29: attended centenary of Templestowe Park Tennis Club.

Saturday, April 28: sledged in The Weekend Australian for tweets about Rupert and attended MAV conference.

Friday, April 27: attended welcome dinner at MAV Councillor Development Weekend.

Thursday, April 26: big day of Rupert interviews. Appeared on ABC News24 at 7am, Radio Australia at 7.30am, ABC Perth, ABC Melbourne and wrote this Crikey story.

Wednesday, April 25: nice ANZAC Day with the kids and watched 4 hours of Rupert's Leveson appearance.

Tuesday, April 24: Crikey story on Slipper and pokies, interviewed on RRR about Murdoch, ethics speech at major hospital and public council meeting in evening.

Monday, April 23: council submitters meeting ahead of tomorrow's council meeting, interviewed on ABC Tasmania about Wilkie.

Sunday, April 22: spoke at Rotary district conference at Docklands, appeared on Inside Business and attended Templestowe Festival.

Saturday, April 21: interviewed on ABC Newsradio about latest Peter Slipper scandal.

Friday, April 20: attended ALGWA conference at Manningham and pre-recorded Inside Business.

Thursday, April 19: highly regarded Manningham CEO Lydia Wilson announced resignation after more than 5 a half years of great service.

Wednesday, April 18: attended VLGA working group on gaming and part of nursing home board meeting.

Tuesday, April 17: speaking gig with Jon Faine in Toorak, exited Blue Energy SPP with $500 gain and council briefing in evening.

Monday, April 16: lodged two notices of motion for next week's council meeting plus wrote this story on executive pay disclosure for Crikey.

Sunday, April 15: spent several hours working on the memoir, plus enjoyed watching The Logies.

Friday, April 13: attended Manningham breakfast for local state MPs, wrote this Crikey story on Robert Doyle's dealings with the Murdoch family and guest Tweeted on Lateline.

Thursday, April 12: attended Macquarie Atlas AGM in Sydney, interviewed by Jane Hutcheon for One Plus One, regular 774 ABC Melbourne spot and evening debate against IPA's Chris Berg on Finkelstein recommendations.

Wednesday, April 11: Paula started new job so busy day with the kids given school holidays.

Tuesday, April 10: drove back from Cobram, made $310 on Austin Ex SPP and council briefing in evening.

Monday, April 9: back up to RACV Cobram for one last day with family on Easter holiday.

Saturday, April 7: back home to work on memoir after two days at RACV Cobram with the family.

Thursday, April 5: interviewed for this NPR feature on Rupert Murdoch's Australian history.

Wednesday, April 4: sent this Mayne Report email edition, regular spot on 774 ABC Melbourne and interviewed on The Drum about James Murdoch resigning as BSkyB chair.

Tuesday, April 3: attended Ownership Matters governance conference, debated with Ziggy Switkowki on remuneration consultants and attended council budget submissions.

Monday, April 2: Crikey story on News Ltd relations with Fairfax after pay-TV piracy revelations. Attended council transport committee meeting.

Friday, March 30: AICD course then did spin segment on 774 ABC Melbourne with Peter Reith.

Thursday, March 29: MC of Economic Development Australia conference at Manningham, then attended MAV Metro Forum and guest tweeted for Lateline.

Wednesday, March 28: interviewed by Jon Faine, Waleed Aly and ABC NewsRadio about Murdoch pay-TV piracy, plus wrote this Crikey story.

Tuesday, March 27: Crikey story previewing Manningham pokies vote and attended public council meeting.

Monday, March 26: 12.15am interview with Tim Shaw about Queensland election on Fairfax Radio nationally.

Saturday, March 24: home from Quills at 3am, then up for two kids basketball grandfinals before a night of Queensland election watching.

Friday, March 23: attended AICD course all day, then Melbourne Press Club Quill awards at Crown.

Thursday, March 22: Crikey story on Paperlinx EGM, regular spot on ABC Melbourne, chat on ABC Gold Coast about NRL and attending Doncaster Rail briefing.



Wednesday, March 21: conference call with Ziggy Switkowski ahead of remuneration debate next month, plus attended board meeting of Manningham age care provider.

Tuesday, March 20: ASA board hook-up in morning, interview about continuous disclosure on RN Drive with Waleed Aly. Council briefing in evening.

Monday, March 19: presented at Gold Coast insolvency conference.

Sunday, March 18: attended part of Pitcher Partners insolvency conference on Gold Coast.

Friday, March 16: story in The Age about running for Melbourne City Council, chaired quarterly Doncaster Hill developers breakfast at Manningham and attended AICD course.

Thursday, March 15: Paula back from 10 day trip to China.

Wednesday, March 14: Crikey story on Future Fund buying out Gina. Regular spot on 774 ABC Melbourne, debate on Gina Rinehart at Readings and speech to Bendigo Community Branch.

Tuesday, March 13: Crikey story on Packer family political contradictions and attended ASA Manningham meeting.

Monday, March 12: Crikey story on Gina Rinehart and Fairfax. Melbourne Weekly story on Doncaster Rail.

Friday, March 9: attended AICD directors course all day. Interview on ABC Tasmania about Gunns.

Thursday, March 8: Cut & Pasted by The Australian, sharemarket speech to U3A.

Wednesday, March 7: Crikey story on Finkelstein Report, Manningham Leader story on upcoming pokies rates vote, plus attended ASA State committee.

Tuesday, March 6: early morning interview with Tim Shaw on Fairfax Radio overnights. 5 hour council briefing in evening.

Monday, March 5: Melbourne Leader ran this story on coming tilt at Melbourne City Council.

Sunday, March 4: labelled a "lefty" by one of News Ltd's more left wing columnists.

Saturday, March 3: opened the Melbourne Didgeridoo and Cultural Festival on behalf of Manningham's mayor.

Friday, March 2: story in The Age about proposal for a different pokies rates regime in Manningham to fund expanded problem gambling programs.

Thursday, March 1: Crikey story on James Murdoch, plus spoke to JJJ's Hack program, ABC News 24 and regular spot on 774 ABC Melbourne discussing various billionaires.

Wednesday, February 29: Crikey story on James Packer's Sydney casino push.

Tuesday, February 28: interview about Gunns on ABC Tassie, Crikey story on why Wayne Swan should quit, evening council meeting and interviewed by Inside Business on Packer's casino push.

Monday, February 27: interview on ABC regional Victoria on AGL's Loy Yang deal and attended two planning public meetings at council.

Sunday, February 26: appeared on Inside Business panel discussion with Kohler, Bartho and Rouxie.

Friday, February 24: SMH yarn on Lachlan Murdoch, council audit committee, pre-recorded Inside Business panel, speech on grant giving, dropped into ASA meeting on company monitoring and attended dad's 85th birthday dinner.

Thursday, February 23: ASA board meeting, speech at Red Hill to Five Mile Press sales conference and interviewed on ABC Tasmania about Labor leadership.

Wednesday, February 22: ongoing stoush with Burnie mayor Steve Kons in Burnie Advocate.

Tuesday, February 21: speech to Monash branch of ASA then evening council briefing.

Monday, February 20: emailed 15,000 with latest edition of The Mayne Report. Chats on ABC Tasmania, ABC WA and 2UE about Rudd-Gillard saga.

Friday, February 17: panel discussion at property industry lunch.

Thursday, February 16: regular spot on 774 ABC Melbourne talking business then attended public meeting about Kew Cottages.

Wednesday, February 15: speech to Bendigo branch of the ASA.

Tuesday, February 14: column for The Drum on "Rupert Murdoch and The Sun". Attended council briefing in the evening.

Monday, February 13: Crikey story on Lachlan Murdoch's regulatory challenges with ACMA. Interviewed about Murdoch on ABC radio's PM program.

Saturday, February 11: interviewed by Geraldine Doogue on Radio National about Macquarie Group's outlook then attended all-day council strategic planning session.

Friday, February 10: all day photo shoot at home for cover of memoir, then attended council strategic planning session.

Thursday, February 9: studio interview about Rupert on ABC News 24 breakfast, Crikey story on News Corp results and regular 774 ABC Melbourne spot in arvo.

Wednesday, February 8: interviewed on ABC Tassie and The World Today about Gunns rescue. Crikey story on apparent Lachlan Murdoch cross-media breach, asked pokies questions at St Kilda Football Club AGM in evening.

Tuesday, February 7: council briefing in the evening.

Monday, February 6: Crikey story on News Corp and Sir Rod Eddington's Australia Day gong.

Sunday, February 5: column for The Sunday Age on Gina Rinehart.

Friday, February 3: Crikey story on political donations and Kevin Andrews. Appeared in this Today Tonight story on Gina Rinehart.

Thursday, February 2: attended 5 hour session reviewing CPA ethics and governance program, then regular spot on 774 ABC Melbourne.

Wednesday, February 1: interviewed on ABC News Radio about Gina Rinehart's Fairfax raid. Also did Lateline, Triple J's Hack program, ABC Newcastle, ABC Perth and ABC Gold Coast.

Tuesday, January 31: national interview about press secretaries with Tim Shaw on Fairfax radio network at 12.10am, attended scheduled mediation in the CBD and then first public council meeting of 2012.

Monday, January 30: attended meetings at council.

Sunday, January 29: loved the penguins at Phillip Island then back to Melbourne and watched end of epic tennis final.

Saturday, January 28: interviewed about foreign ownership doing the supermarket shopping on new Radio National show about food.

Thursday, January 26: breakfast address at Moreland Rotary Club Australia Day function then back to Phillip Island.

Tuesday, January 24: meeting with Doncaster Rail working group then first council briefing of the year.

Monday, January 23: interviewed on ABC News 24 on pokies, Crikey story on pokies, then attended tennis and did 30 minute Drive spot on 774 ABC Melbourne.

Sunday, January 22: Melton Leader story on our top 15 councillors now online.

Saturday, January 21: followed Wilkie announcement on Gillard's betrayal from Phillip Island.

Friday, January 20: interviewed about pokies on 5AA and wrote a Crikey story on Stop The Loss launch.

Thursday, January 19: Crikey story on pokies debate and spent afternoon with visiting US journalist talking Murdoch.

Wednesday, January 18: back from Phillip Island after a couple of days with the kids as Paula worked.

Tuesday, January 17: top 15 councillor list featured in Melton Leader (p12 epaper) and Maroondah Leader (p13 epaper)

Monday, January 16: Fairfax local paper published this story on CCSSCI defamation settlement.

Sunday, January 15: back home after lovely few days at Thredbo.

Thursday, January 12: interviewed by John Stanley on 2UE about super fund governance.

Wednesday, January 11: Manningham Leader published this story on state government interest in council matters.

Monday, January 9: expanded this list naming 15 best local government councillors in Victoria.

Friday, January 6: interviewed on 774 ABC Melbourne about coming demise of Eastman Kodak and updated Mayne Report Rich List.

Wednesday, January 4: Manningham Leader published this story on CCSSCI defamation settlement.

Tuesday, January 3, 2011: thoroughly enjoyed The Iron Lady.

Friday, December 30: sent out this bumper end of year email edition of The Mayne Report.

Thursday, December 29: worked hard in Olympic Room at MCG as Cricket Victoria thanked local government.

Friday, December 23: exited $45,000 Origin Energy notes play with gain of $850 and appeared on last Lindy Burns 774 ABC Melbourne Drive show.

Thursday, December 22: end of year piece for Crikey dishing out some business awards and attended 7 hour defamation mediation conference which eventually settled.