Jan McCallum

Journalist and editor based in Melbourne. Views are my own.

[Metro Trains @metrotrains]

⚠Hurstbridge/Mernda lines: Major delays due to a vehicle hitting the Elizabeth bridge near North Richmond.

>Select services may hold at available platforms.
>Select services may terminate/originate at intermediate locations.

Listen for announcements and check info displays.

[Jan McCallum @JanmacZ]

@susanmm3 @miketomalaris @ridetoworksyd The riding, the scenery, the #couchpeloton @SBS something to look forward to in Melbourne, thank you all

[Jan McCallum @JanmacZ]

@pracconnect And dictaphone no longer exists

[Jan McCallum @JanmacZ]

@pracconnect Went to high school where I learned shorthand. Even then we were told dictaphones would replace shorthand writers. I still use shorthand

[Jan McCallum @JanmacZ]

@prosser_tim @Bridie_OD @PolycatV In Victoria your local community centre often runs bike maintenance classes

[ABC News @abcnews]

Australian reporters evacuated from China amid serious safety threats https://t.co/spyx2xWiPj

[Todd Davies @todddavies]

Just received the most brutal vhishing attempt ever. Automated voice recording purporting to be @ato_gov_au, saying debts overdue, mail undeliverable, warrants out for arrest. Pure intimidation. The number was an 02 number (Australia). @Scamwatch_gov

[Jan McCallum @JanmacZ]

Do you know someone in Victoria who has lost their job due to covid? There is training and connection to a recruiter available thru VicGov, please RT

[VETASSESS @VETASSESS]

#VETASSESS and its online learning arm, @eWorksTweets are working with the #VICGovernment to provide online courses to people who have become unemployed due to the COVID-19 outbreak as part of the VIC Government’s #WorkingforVictoria initiative. For more https://t.co/ABATDld8GJ

[Aus Business Deans @BusinessDeans]

Is it time to rethink how companies budget? @UTS_Business Prabhu Sivabalan says yes if we are to avoid intrinsic weaknesses. https://t.co/WxzwzQrpsQ #accounting #budgets #strategy #finance @ITBmagazine

[Sophie McNeill @Sophiemcneill]

Hope our @4corners helps Australians pay more urgent attention to what's happening in #HongKong. Thanks to so many amazing brave Hong Kongers for speaking out - Tom, Yoyo, Gotham, Richard, @hkjohnsonyeung @joshuawongcf and to @limlouisa & @kevinkfyam for their insightful analysis

[Jan McCallum @JanmacZ]

Youth hostelling has certainly changed, @LeeMylne recently stayed at the Melbourne YHA https://t.co/5sZKa1cRcR via

[Stephen McDonell @StephenMcDonell]

The Chinese national anthem blaring out as nationalist Chinese students fight with those on campus in #Australia supporting #HongKong’s democracy movement just adds to the chaos as kicks and punches fly...

[Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hkfp]

Hong Kong anti-gov't protesters bring trains to halt during rush hour in latest act of civil disobedience @creery_j #HongKong

https://t.co/lRJ80K7afV

[Sholto Macpherson @sholtomac]

So what do people think about “flexible pay” startups like Earnd which lets employees “withdraw a portion of their income outside their pay cycle”. i.e. take a loan on your fortnightly wage. Now integrated with Payroll/HR provider Ascender @mattpaff @richwebscale @lotusaccts ?

[Jan McCallum @JanmacZ]

Great review by @sholtomac of productivity tools to help at work @ITBmagazine https://t.co/ZaTdo3meVq

[Jan McCallum @JanmacZ]

Where to for wage growth? Labour markets have held up relatively well as economies slow, but is that about to change? @RollinsA @ITBmagazine https://t.co/LzgqFDFj0N

[Jan McCallum @JanmacZ]

Exhaustion, cynicism, falling productivity. How to manage workplace burnout @ITBmagazine https://t.co/b9BHdRfiDl

[Jan McCallum @JanmacZ]

Back to the country: the rise of the regional accounting firm. Accountants practising in regional areas say it’s so rewarding they couldn’t live anywhere else. New technology has shrunk the problem of distance @ITBmagazine https://t.co/1SdML2ywbc

[Jan McCallum @JanmacZ]

How to cope with the EOFY tsunami of work @ITBmagazine @cpaaustralia #tax https://t.co/4dNsmhdKD9

[Jan McCallum @JanmacZ]

Asialink CEO Penny Burtt discusses Australia's engagement with Asia and her vision for forging strong international partnerships @unimelb @Asialink_au @ITBmagazine
https://t.co/XL8jycfiqT