Sarah Spina-Matthews

A tropical lady in the UK. Freelance journalist @BBCNWT. Formerly ABC, ACM, News Corp. Email me: [email protected]

[Sarah Spina-Matthews @MsSarahMatthews]

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[Sarah Spina-Matthews @MsSarahMatthews]

@badbadstepdad Hello! I’m from BBC North West. Would we be ok to use your pic and video in our story? Cheers

[Sarah Spina-Matthews @MsSarahMatthews]

@StevenOakes Hi Steve - Sarah from BBC North West here. Would be ok to use your images in our story?

[Sarah Spina-Matthews @MsSarahMatthews]

In some news from me, I’ve departed ABC Darwin. After a few months of travelling, I’ve landed in Manchester, UK, where I’ll be freelancing so please reach out with any opportunities! Here’s my first freelance piece for ⁦⁦@ABCArts⁩: https://t.co/ojpcZNqCC6

[Yingiya Guyula MLA @YingiyaGuyula]

My amendment passed in the chamber tonight - supported by the assembly- to have have all classes of people acting in the role of Liquor Inspectors to be wearing Body Worn Cameras

[Sarah Spina-Matthews @MsSarahMatthews]

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[Nabil Al-Nashar | نبيل النشار @NabilAlNashar]

Just a small sample of the casual #racism I sometimes cop as an Arab Australian journalist 🤌🏽

Notice how polite I was to him before he declared immigrants are the root of all problems.

I was covering a hit and run by the way…but I guess the culprit is always “immigrants”.

[Sarah Spina-Matthews @MsSarahMatthews]

I’m in awe of Laura and people like her who share their stories for the benefit of the whole community. Thank you Laura for trusting me with yours. @ninafunnell @VicLawReform https://t.co/f1jbvmZUQe

[Sarah Spina-Matthews @MsSarahMatthews]

Larry was paid $4.20 an hour in Australia. It’s not enough to live on – but it’s completely legal https://t.co/fFzhGEiTxR

[Sarah Spina-Matthews @MsSarahMatthews]

@Josh_delPino Amazing! I knew basically nothing about it until last week. I’m obviously dying to go now!

[Sarah Spina-Matthews @MsSarahMatthews]

I've been on secondment with RN's digi team the last couple of weeks and I got to write this story, and learn heaps about, La Sagrada Família: https://t.co/pCYolhynSN

[Sarah Spina-Matthews @MsSarahMatthews]

@charmayne_a @WIM_Aus Congrats Charmayne!!!!!

[Charmayne Allison @charmayne_a]

Legal Aid NT has confirmed a cohort of people facing court in Alice Springs will be forced to represent themselves from next week, making the prospect of judicial fairness "a fantasy", according to a legal expert. ⁦⁦⁦@MsSarahMatthews⁩ https://t.co/DmjoTegMSS

[Bella Tolhurst @tolhurst_bella]

I had the pleasure of travelling home this week to tell my Grandfathers story ❤️

[Gina Rushton @ginarush]

I got really really really cranky and wrote this for @harpersbazaarus https://t.co/GWZl7QrJ4c

[yungenchee.bsky.social @YungEnChee1]

Remote NT schools underfunded by as much as $3.4 million because of effective enrolment policy, according to FOI documents | @MsSarahMatthews https://t.co/xgGWKCXSSe

[Sarah Spina-Matthews @MsSarahMatthews]

“At Gamardi, the local assistant teacher often runs the class alone. This year, the students received their first day of education with a registered teacher on Thursday, May 18, more than three months after the school year began.” @KylieMStevenson
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[Sarah Spina-Matthews @MsSarahMatthews]

This story was an honour to write. Huge thanks to the Areyonga community members, past and present, for being so generous with me in the process.

[Sasha Wilmoth @SashaWilmoth]

Fantastic story about the history of Areyonga school's bilingual program. I'm honoured to know such strong people fighting every day for their language and culture ❤️ https://t.co/QillWyu61p

[Caitlin Cassidy @caitecassidy]

Part three with @jordynbeazley on Gonski. “I am so sick of hearing people talking about the Indigenous problem in education. Put your money where your mouth is. Check cultural bias and think about why you aren’t funding us.” https://t.co/6O82urlR6h