Scott Morrison and Simon Benson.Credit:Illustration: John Shakespeare. Benson was also an enthusiastic supporter of good roads and among a group of businessmen who encouraged the building of the Columbia River Highway. Abbott, Benson later recommended, just "had to stop reading Fairfax and listening to the bloody ABC". The rafts could be towed through the open ocean to San Diego, where he had a sawmill ready to cut them for the lucrative California market. Last weekend, an Insiders panellist briefly opened a window into the strange relationship between News Corp and the ABC. The admission came the day after sending the Twittersphere into overdrive in which McKenzie was slammed for visiting the Bunnings with Benson without masks. Despite travel restrictions taking an enormous toll on Turners Flight Centre business, he looked uber-chipper as he and McInnes enjoyed a post-luncheon chat. All he had left was his knowledge of the logging industry, which he determined to put to good use by moving his family to Portland, Oregon, the center of a rapidly growing timber industry. A growing schism between reform and reassurance, Albanese risks breaching faith with voters on super, Ideology rather than fiscal urgency driving Labor, Qld-linked oligarch in bid to lift sanctions, Super move an attack on middle Australia: Howard, Well block Labor changes to super, vows Dutton, Tax kite may prove acostly, ill-judged distraction, Dont mess with our democracy, ONeil warns, find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out here. The Rennovated Simon Benson House at its new location on the campus of Portland State University Courtesy of the Portland State University Alumni Association. But most interestingly was Abbott telling his friendly scribe about three Liberal Party branch officeholders in Warringah covertly working against the re-election of their local member. Benson also paid for the masonry footbridge across Wahkeena Falls and the reinforced concrete arch pedestrian bridge over the lower Multnomah Falls. The Coalition is positioning for a major political fight with Labor over the future and purpose of superannuation. Whats less clear, however, is whether those rules extend to MPs and journalists and shopping trips. A spokeswoman for Aunty crisply informed us Sales, who doubles as a host of the popular Chat 10, Looks 3 podcast, had taken a day of annual leave. Such a fate would have prevented the eventual rise of many of Americas greatest citizens, including the future presidents Abraham Lincoln and Harry Truman, as well as the subject of todays story. Were working to restore it. Senator Bridget McKenzie shopping at Bunnings in Wodonga, Victoria, alongside News Corp's Simon Benson. Simon Benson (1851-1942) Simon Benson gave his name to a Portland high school, a Portland hotel, and twenty brass water fountains in Portland's downtown. Former head of Australia Post, Christine Holgate.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen. In his mid-teens his family immigrated to the United States, settling in Black River Falls, Wisconsin and in the process changing their surname to Benson. "Named and expelled. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. The only portfolio other than health he advised some colleagues he had happily snatched was that of resources, which he took on in April 2021. With this in mind, he offered Portlands government $10000 to install public water fountains throughout the city. Then 27, he was . NZME journalist Simon Wilson. [9] Conservationist Francis J. Murnane was instrumental in preserving the bubblers, his first successful project. The Coalition is positioning for a major political fight with Labor over the future and purpose of superannuation. Simon Benson was a tee-totaler and he wanted to discourage his workers from drinking alcohol in the middle of the day. This is the home known as the Simon Benson House. Like in the February 2015 challenge to his parliamentary captaincy, the other candidate was an empty chair. Now a wealthy man, Benson's interests expanded beyond the timber industry. Australias balancing act in the great power competition between the US and China means it is now a primary target for espionage and foreign interference. A dangerous gulf is emerging between the PM and Treasurer. The former PM says the Albanese governments proposed reforms to super are driven by a belief that peoples retirement savings are a political honey pot. A dangerous gulf is emerging between the PM and Treasurer. Entrepreneurship is a process of experimentation, and no matter what field one is in there are always experiments that dont pan out. A project of the Oregon Historical Society, 2020 Portland State University and the Oregon Historical Society, The Oregon Historical Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. She wrote some of the earliest Nancy Drew mysteries and created the detective's adventurous personality. Strategic ambition aside, Dore is a factional opponent of Abbott's Hard Right. [4], The Simon Benson Award was created in 1999 to honor the region's contemporary pioneers of philanthropy. Alex Ellinghausen. [1] Biography [ edit] Background [ edit] Simon Benson was born Simen Bergersen Klve [1] in the valley of Gausdal in Oppland county, Norway. Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie sent the Canberra bush telegraph into meltdown last week when she told CBD she was dating Simon Benson, a senior political journalist from The Australian. Well, kind of. Outside the post office, former SBS chief executive Michael Ebeid, who quit to become the next big thing at Telstra, until he wasnt and abruptly quit in October, has support in the government from Communications Minister Paul Fletcher and the PM. Simon Shuster is a well-known journalist who is of Russian and American descent. It's not every day a diner finds themselves seated metres from former prime minister Tony Abbott. He was buried in East Lawn Memorial Hills, Provo, Utah, United States. He was previously National Affairs Editor, the Daily Telegraph's NSW political editor, and also president of the NSW Parliamentary Press Gallery. [2], Benson later built the Columbia Gorge Hotel near Hood River in 1921. However, as we recount these successes we should bear in mind that failure is also a major part of the entrepreneurial experience. Benson was uncharacteristically tight-lipped about the details when CBD inquired on Sunday, as was Sydney-based publishing house Pantera Press, which published Bensons previous effort, Betrayal: The Underbelly of Australian Labor. Secondly, youthful conservative lemmings are like hen's teeth, deployed by Secretariat to marginal seats like Reid and Banks, not to door-knock Mosman for a former PM on an 11 per cent margin. Illustrations. It did well until it was destroyed by fire three years later. Portland: Binford & Mort, 1976. In 1912, he began building a fine hotel because he felt it was needed in Portland to attract tourists and more commerce to the city. The freewheeling conversation covered many bases. He purchased a 400-acre tract of land in the Columbia River Gorge, which included Wahkeena Falls and Multnomah Falls, and deeded it to the City of Portland for a public park. Wikipedia relies on an army of prolific volunteers to update it, but Blogstar2020 has made only four edits in total. He was federal . Benson had to find a way to economically transport thousands of tons of wood from his logging operations in Oregon to southern California. 28. Unmasked: McKenzie's shopping trip to remember with new partner. Contact us on: support@crikey.com.au or call the hotline: +61 (03) 8623 9900. Copyright Nationwide News Pty Ltd. All times AEST (GMT +10:00). On Wednesday morning, Dasher was observed at Melbournes Park Hyatt Hotel. Benson was a technical innovator as well as an investment pacesetter. The former Labor leader appeared at the Melbourne store to launch the Labor Right essay collection, The Write Stuff, which includes entries from a slew of Right factional allies including Jim Chalmers, Clare ONeil and ALP deputy leader Richard Marles. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, it was later saved from city condemnation and restored by the Friends of Simon Benson House and moved to the Portland State University (PSU) campus at SW Park and Montgomery in 2000. Furthermore, this person listened intently, and took fairly comprehensive notes. Feminist activists Mad F***ing Witches circulated the image on social media and attacked the maskless McKenzie. Diners at Noosas beachfront Season restaurant the Sunday before last couldnt help noticing Mark McInnes strutting around the joint with a smile plastered across his face. Look, bragged first-time Insiders panelist (and The Australians national affairs editor) Simon Benson last weekend, heres something to see: all four panel members are past or present News Corp journalists. [8] The interior was copied in the Glacier Park Lodge. Benson, who had little schooling himself, believed in the importance of education. And Peter Dutton is happy to give them one. Two boys drink from one of fourteen "bubblers" Benson gave to Portland.. At the turn of the twentieth century, logging magnate Simon Benson was , The Benson Hotel, built in Portlandby pioneer lumberman Simon Benson i, The Columbia River Highway, now known as the Historic Columbia River Hi, The Simon Benson House, a Queen Anne-style house built in 1900 by timbe. The interior of the house featured rich detail and decoration . In 1894 Simon married Pamelia Loomis by whom she had two more children, Gilbert and Chester. The house is named after logger and civic philanthropist Simon Benson, who built the grand Queen Anne style house just after 1900 on the corner of SW 11th and Clay in downtown Portland across from the historic Old Church. Just after 1900, Simon Benson, a successful logger and civic philanthropist, built a grand Queen Anne style house on the corner of SW 11th and Clay in downtown Portland. Born in London, Simon was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, where he studied philosophy, politics and economics. The house, moved to prevent demolition, is now on the Portland State University campus and houses the university's alumni association. The Coalition has accused Jim Chalmers of failing to model the super tax hit on more than 500,000 public servants and veterans captured under defined benefit schemes. [2] Benson is buried at River View Cemetery in Portland. If you were though, you'd hardly be surprised to see The Australian's national affairs editor Simon Benson sitting opposite. No doubt McInnes was thrilled hed busted out of Victoria for a Queensland holiday - but it became clearer the next day just why he was looking quite so pleased with himself, when Premier owner Solly Lew announced his retail wunderkid McInnes was walking away from the business with a multimillion-dollar golden handshake (which covers a 12-month notice period and two years gardening leave). Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie has revealed she is in a relationship with News Corp's federal political journalist Simon Benson a day after the pair were photographed together shopping in a regional Victorian hardware store without masks. Simon Benson was born in Gulbarns-dalen, in south-central Norway on October 7, 1852. authorities were probably bugging his phone, after they were outed queuing together at Bunnings. Simon Benson Verified National Affairs Editor, The Australian Canberra, Sydney Australia, Politics As seen in: The Australian, Wiley Online Library, News.com.au, The Daily Telegraph (Australia), The Herald Sun, The Courier-Mail, Gold Coast Bulletin, The Advertiser (South Australia), PR Week, Independent Australia, YourMoney.com and more Simon Crompton. The veteran political journalist has been a fixture of the federal and NSW press gallery for more than two decades. Benson introduced several innovations into the business that lowered his operating costs significantly. "Kirkebker: SAH, Gausdal prestekontor, Klokkerbok nr. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Maribyrnong MP couldnt resist the opportunity to take a thinly veiled swipe at Albo by taking aim at the partys tiny policy agenda, even as he publicly declared his support for the leader. By the time five years have passed, that figure rises to about 50%. After a bit of reflection, he concluded that punishing the offending workers wouldnt eliminate the source of the problem. Look, bragged first-time Insiders panelist (and The Australian's national affairs editor) Simon Benson last weekend, . The Coalition has accused Jim Chalmers of failing to model the super tax hit on more than 500,000 public servants and veterans captured under defined benefit schemes. Simon Benson was born in Norway in 1851, one of seven children in the Berger Iversen family. To connect a sign in method the email must match the one on your Crikey account. One of the original Benson Bubblers was installed at the corner of SW Park and Montgomery, in front of the Benson House, to commemorate this gift. In 1867, his parents and the rest of the family also followed landing first in New York City, and then traveling to Black River Falls, Wisconsin, to join the oldest son and daughter. Albanese is doing a good solid job in a time of pandemic where the unity of the national moment naturally favours incumbents, Shorten told an audience which counted Senator Kimberley Kitching, former Labor MP Theo Theophanous and former Rio Tinto executive Ken MacPherson - who also served as Shortens former chief of staff during his term as Opposition Leader. The couple were fresh out of a fortnights hotel quarantine in Brisbane (no rich lister quarantine exemption for them!) Simon Benson was born in Norway in 1851, one of seven children in the Berger Iversen family. The Prime Minister may have dipped further into his governments political capital than needed, to achieve a disputed outcome. Abbott complimented Health Minister Greg Hunt (an outstanding minister), Energy Minister Angus Taylor (not the life of a party but a really decent bloke) and his predecessor Josh Frydenberg (energetic). NOTE: This information was originally written and compiled in 2002 for submission to the National Register of Historic Places. Especially not about that, Benson shot back. Simon Benson. Lars Nordstrm: Skogshuggarna i Fjrran vsterns skogar. I want to write a story about them.". Benson was also an enthusiastic supporter of good roads and among a group of businessmen who encouraged the building of the Columbia River Highway. In 1912, he began building a fine hotel because he felt it was needed in Portland to attract tourists and more commerce to the city. Simon Benson gave his name to a Portland high school, a Portland hotel, and twenty brass water fountains in Portland's downtown. He brought Henry Thiele, later owner of his own famous restaurants in Portland, to be its head chef. A handful of internal candidates are still considered to be contenders for the post which netted Holgate a startling salary for a public servant of $1.6 million. SPOTTED: Former Labor senator Sam Dastyari skulking around Melbournes parliamentary precinct. And Posts consumer and community boss Nicole Sheffield - once News Corp Australias former magazine queen and later digital boss - is still a possibility, which would amuse her former colleagues at News Corp no end. We are guided by a deceptively simple, old idea: tell the truth and shame the devil. Leigh Sales attends the premiere of No Time To Die.Credit:Getty Images. In 1905 Benson donated the Forestry Building at the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland. He grew up in Melbourne and studied philosophy before completing a postgraduate degree in journalism. Were working to restore it. His most revolutionary invention, however, came more than a decade later, in response to the booming population of turn-of-the-century California. Or is it a case of putting the finishing touches on a new team hopeful of a Labor federal election victory. "The only people who give a shit about the kids on Nauru are in Kooyong and Wentworth." Former head of Australia Post, Christine Holgate. In this series weve looked at many entrepreneurs whose hard work resulted in small victories, which then built the groundwork for greater success in the future. Funeral services were held Saturday October 3, 2020, at the Enterprise Civic Center. Twenty-four hours later MFW announced Bensons identity and asked: Why are they together? Superannuation is chief among them. Having heard about all the timber there was in the Northwest and with his experience working in the woods of Wisconsin, he scraped together all the money he could and moved his family to Portland, Oregon around 1880. "Call Alex Dore," he suggested, the former Young Liberal president and future Warringah aspirant Abbott claimed is "aggressively mobilising" ground troops to support him. We acknowledge the biases present in this narrative, and are committed to promoting a new, more historically accurate narrative that better reflects marginalized peoples. MacColl, E. Kimbark. Twitter was quick to take Benson at his word: there have, after all, been a few new faces from the heart of the News Corp beast pop up on the ABCs flagship political commentary program since David Speers was poached as presenter from Sky. He has been quoted as having said: "No one has the right to die and not leave something to the public and for the public good."[6]. 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