. The pair, photographed at the checkout of the Wodonga Bunnings store smiling and sharing a joke, appeared sans masks - despite a Victorian Health ruling requiring them to be worn inside. . He was one of seven children in the Berger Iversen family. 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 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. 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. Benson was a technical innovator as well as an investment pacesetter. [4], In the early 1920s, Benson moved to southern California to retire, but gradually became active in business again, buying and developing land and managing business properties. Benson went into the business of logging in several locations in Washington and Oregon, buying up tracts of timber wherever he could. In 1917, he helped pass the first bond issue for a state highway system and served on the first state highway commission. Wetherby, who had leased the land around the waterfall for several years, wanted to build a hydroelectric power plant there; Benson, along with many of Portlands citizens, wanted to preserve the falls beautiful natural scenery and keep the land from being developed. Funeral services were held Saturday October 3, 2020, at the Enterprise Civic Center. For those on holidays last week, news about the relationship broke after the pair were photographed at the checkout of Wodonga Bunnings sharing a joke but sans masks - despite a Victorian Health ruling. When citizens of Hood River County voted a $75,000 bond levy to construct the portion of the highway that would run from the Multnomah County line to Hood River, Benson purchased the entire bond issue within a month because the bonds were not selling. He worked as a Director at the Omnicom agency Fleishman Hillard, leading one of the company's biggest clients, Emirates, as well as leading the media training team. Senator Bridget McKenzie shopping at Bunnings in Wodonga, Victoria, alongside News Corp's Simon Benson.Credit:Twitter. The traditional method of logging up to his time had been to use teams of oxen to drag logs across makeshift skidroads, greasing the logs path to speed up the process. A fellow shopper snapped the relaxed looking pair and circulated the image on social media via the Mad F***ing Witches feminist Twitter account, taking aim at their failure to comply with health guidelines. Roshena Campbell has hit the campaign trail with a pamphlet in which the mother of three describes herself as the strongest voice for Casey and serves up some serious credentials including joining the party as 19-year-old and meeting her future husband James while the pair were volunteering. They are the work of anonymous Wikipedia contributor Blogstar2020. [2] Simon had two more children with Esther, Alice and Caroline, before Esther died in 1891 after a long fight with tuberculosis. Last weekend, an Insiders panellist briefly opened a window into the strange relationship between News Corp and the ABC. Christopher Warren is an Australian journalist and writer. Also lunching at Season was Graham Skroo Turner, seated with his wife Jude one table over from the McInnes clan. It opened in 1913 and was known as the Oregon Hotel. Toggle navigation. Whatever the case, theres more work to be done by Shorten apparently. Riding through two personal cycles of prosperity and poverty before his third and lasting success, Benson went into the business of logging near Clatskanie, Oregon and Oak Point, Washington, downstream from Portland, buying up tracts of timber wherever he could. For sixteen months it lost money and finally Benson took over management, at which time it became known as the Benson Hotel. 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. The PM shouldn't get teary in public." The PM shouldn't get teary in public. He was never afraid to invest his money in the community, taking his dividends in the form of increased civic spirit and greater opportunities for his fellow citizens. 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. The Sydney Morning Herald reported at the time that the journalist had yelled abuse and appeared furious. 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. For many years he had observed some of his workers showing up to the factory drunk. 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. However, Bensons astuteness wasnt limited to his business ventures. 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. Before that, Simon worked in Downing Street as a Special . After a few years in Wisconsin, he came to Oregon and set himself up as a storekeeper only to be wiped out by a fire . NZME journalist Simon Wilson. Maybe that will change after the books wider release. While not exactly having the gee whiz factor of the revelation that his former deputy Tanya Plibersek can count on conservative broadcaster Alan Jones as her number one fanboy. The Coalition is positioning for a major political fight with Labor over the future and purpose of superannuation. Strategic ambition aside, Dore is a factional opponent of Abbott's Hard Right. Freelance writing. 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. It was modeled on the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago, a brick structure with the same type of French mansard roof. "I mean without them, you wouldn't hear this negative stuff." 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. Then 27, he was completely broke and now had a wife, Esther Searles, and son Amos to care for. A NOTE ABOUT RELEVANT ADVERTISING: We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our network and other sites. "He looked like he was starting to tear up. The account at first failed to identify Benson. We are guided by a deceptively simple, old idea: tell the truth and shame the devil. In 1894 Simon married Pamelia Loomis by whom she had two more children, Gilbert and Chester. "The only people who give a shit about the kids on Nauru are in Kooyong and Wentworth." As CBD has revealed, the Liberals have received nominations from former Family First Party candidate Peter Bain and other hopefuls including City of Melbourne councillor and barrister Roshena Campbell, who is married to Herald Sun national weekend political editor James Campbell; law firm owner Grant Hutchinson; sales and partnerships manager Aaron Violi, who worked for Senator James Paterson; management consultant Andrew Asten, a former Alan Tudge staffer; interior designer and wildlife lover Donalea Patman; and prominent oncologist and Guardian columnist Ranjana Srivastava. Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers are determined to have a fight over the future of superannuation. Explore more details about Simon below! [4], The Simon Benson Award was created in 1999 to honor the region's contemporary pioneers of philanthropy. 28. When citizens of Hood River County voted a $75,000 bond levy to construct the portion of the highway that would run from the Multnomah County line to Hood River, Benson purchased the entire bond issue within a month because the bonds were not selling. He introduced a number of changes to Northwest logging, including the donkey steam engine[citation needed] which replaced the oxen that had previously been used to haul logs. 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. Simon Benson, Northwest Lumber King. Copyright Nationwide News Pty Ltd. All times AEST (GMT +10:00). 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]. Scott Morrison and Simon Benson.Credit:Illustration: John Shakespeare. At the age of 24, he opened a general store which did quite well until it was destroyed by fire three years later, in 1878. The authors of the book - Geoff Chambers and Simon Benson. In 1913, for instance, he was pitted against the Portland-based developer George Wetherby in a dispute over the nearby Multnomah Falls. Former head of Australia Post, Christine Holgate. You can access the latest stories from the journalists youre following here. Photo / Doug Sherring Name: Simon Wilson Age: 60-something Job: Senior writer Location: Herald newsroom, Auckland. Skys not the limit as David Speers moves to the ABC, Speered on Aunty: the new Insiders boldly remakes an institution, Bushfire coverage doesnt mean much when it comes to cuts and culture wars. Prior to that he was the national political editor for the Daily Telegraph. Back in September, Abbott had 30 local Liberals vote against his re-endorsement as their candidate (68 voted in favour; there were two informals). Benson had to find a way to economically transport thousands of tons of wood from his logging operations in Oregon to southern California. Simon Benson gave his name to a Portland high school, a Portland hotel, and twenty brass water fountains in Portland's downtown. By the time five years have passed, that figure rises to about 50%. He grew up in Melbourne and studied philosophy before completing a postgraduate degree in journalism. The Australian ended up publishing an apology. It was modeled on the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago, a brick structure with the same type of French mansard roof. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. Feminist activists Mad F***ing Witches circulated the image on social media and attacked the maskless McKenzie. [2] Benson is buried at River View Cemetery in Portland. Canberra's famous Kurrajong Hotel, where loose lips make fascinating dinner eavesdropping. Lars Nordstrm: Skogshuggarna i Fjrran vsterns skogar. By 3pm he was in the environs of 1 Treasury Place, the complex where Premier Daniel Andrews offices are located. 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. Laws which allow a debtor to declare bankruptcy are not often considered a lynchpin of the economy, but in many ways the modern business landscape would not be possible without them. After arriving in the United States, the family had taken out naturalization papers, changed their family surname to "Benson" and proceeded to become United States citizens. Were working to restore it. 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. To connect a sign in method the email must match the one on your Crikey account. The Simon Benson House was moved to the park blocks in 2000. Superannuation is chief among them. Now a wealthy man, Benson's interests expanded beyond the timber industry. Alex Ellinghausen. 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). If you were though, you'd hardly be surprised to see The Australian's national affairs editor Simon Benson sitting opposite. These unique Benson bubblers are still an icon of downtown Portland, and provide over 100,000 gallons of drinking water to the citys residents every day. $8.95. 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. Bensons employer News Corp did not return requests for comment. Specifically, several paragraphs from the entry have mysteriously gone walkabout amid signs that the website has been rinsed of some unflattering content. Simon Benson was a lifelong entrepreneur. We acknowledge the biases present in this narrative, and are committed to promoting a new, more historically accurate narrative that better reflects marginalized peoples. On Tuesday evening, 7.30s loss sure was the movie crowds gain. He later built the famous Benson sea-going rafts which could carry up to six million board feet of timber, cutting the cost of transporting logs to markets in California. The federal Treasury has never seen anything it hasnt wanted to tax or tax more. The admission came the day after sending the Twittersphere into overdrive in which McKenzie was slammed for visiting the Bunnings with Benson without masks. Many onlookers shook their heads, certain that his rafts would break up and sink, bankrupting him in the process. Well, kind of. . She was born in New Orleans Louisiana, USA. Even after retiring in the 1920s, he soon got involved with property management and began a second career that lasted the rest of his life. The renovation of the house took nearly a year, with P & C Construction supervising and some 30 subcontractors participating. I want to write a story about them.". He was the first operator in Oregon to adapt these new technologies to the logging industry, and within a decade his new approach had made him a very wealthy man. Shorten didnt mince his words when he addressed St Kildas Readings bookshop on Sunday. Subsequently, the land was divided to become the Wahkeena Falls Recreation Area, Benson State Park, and Multnomah Falls Recreation Area. Award-winning journalist and author Caroline Overington shared a Walkley award for exposing a literary hoax involving author Norma Khouri while US correspondent for this masthead. [1] Inclusion: Driving Leaders and Business Outcomes to the Next Level, Intersectionality and the Value of all Peoples Experiences, Political Correctness: Maybe Not Such A Bad Thing After All, Age Is More Than a Number: Embracing Generational Diversity, The Enneagram: How this Personality Assessment Can Cultivate Inclusion, White Men as Inclusion, Diversity, & Equity (IDE) Partners. In 1898, he moved his family and his business headquarters to Portland. 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. Finished in 1918, the school was first used for the training of soldiers for World War I. A dangerous gulf is emerging between the PM and Treasurer. He grew up in Melbourne and studied philosophy before completing a postgraduate degree in journalism. She wrote some of the earliest Nancy Drew mysteries and created the detective's adventurous personality. Benson had proven that he had extraordinary business acumen in every part of the lumber industry, from tree to log to board. The veteran political journalist has been a fixture of the federal and NSW press gallery for more than two decades. Especially not about that, Benson shot back. Simon Bergerson Klve was born on September 9, 1851 in Gausdal, a small town in southern Norway. Today there are 52 Benson fountains, most in Portland but also one in Sapporo, Japan (since 1965), the first of Portland's sister cities; one at the Maryhill Museum of Art in the Columbia River Gorge; and since 2012 one in Pendleton, Oregon. Then, one day, a fire broke out in his store and destroyed everything: the building, his merchandise, and all the money he had invested in it. He grew up in Melbourne and studied philosophy before completing a postgraduate degree in journalism. Benson asked rhetorically. 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. Sportsbets Labor Leadership odds put Plibersek at 2.10, while Shorten languishes in sixth place at 15.00. So, this is how sausages are made! In 1898, he moved his family and his business headquarters back to Portland. We don't disagree with this advice. He is the author of the bestselling 2010 political book Betrayal: The Underbelly of Australian Labor. It houses a visitor's center and is home to the PSU Alumni Association. Benson relocated to Portland around the turn of the twentieth century. Leigh Sales attends the premiere of No Time To Die. Auntys viewers noted host Leigh Sales was absent from her usual role presenting the public broadcasters most self-important daily current affairs program, leaving the duties to chief political correspondent Laura Tingle. Simon Benson Clarice Manning Benson Show all locations and family AGE 40s Simon Michael Benson Hurricane, UT Phone NumberAddressBackground Report View Details Other Addresses Sandy, UT Taylorsville, UT West Jordan, UT Salt Lake City, UT How does this impact our democracy?. Superannuation is chief among them. The Crikey comment section is members-only content. You can access the latest stories from the journalists youre following here. 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. Abbott, Benson later recommended, just "had to stop reading Fairfax and listening to the bloody ABC". Benson was also an enthusiastic supporter of good roads and among a group of businessmen who encouraged the building of the Columbia River Highway. Leigh Sales attends the premiere of No Time To Die.Credit:Getty Images. In 1891, lumberman Simon Benson bought $6000 worth of used iron and built a railway into his Washington timberland. His solution was a log raft, constructed from hundreds of huge logs held together with heavy chains. Benson also gave the City of Portland $10,000 for the installation of twenty bronze drinking fountains. It was re-opened to high school students in January 1919 and re-named Benson Polytechnic. Of course if they had masked up, no-one would have been the wiser. On Wednesday, sources close to Hawke dismissed the claim. Benson wrote under the Stratemeyer Syndicate pen name, Carolyn Keene, from 1929 to 1947 and contributed to 23 of the first 30 Nancy Drew mysteries, which were bestsellers. Over the next 18 years, Benson changed Pacific Northwest logging by introducing steam power and ocean-going log rafts. For a date with steely eyed assassin Daniel Craig and extra content for the podcast, wed do exactly the same. However, he was far from a narrow-minded businessman, focused only on profits and the bottom line. In 1905 Benson donated the Forestry Building at the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland. For sixteen months it lost money and finally Benson took over management, at which time it became known as the Benson Hotel, just as it is today. 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. Simon Karl Benson was born on April 29 1923. 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. With his new technology, Benson developed a large lumber operation spread over thousands of acres. In recognition of all that Simon Benson had done for the City of Portland and the State of Oregon, he was chosen to represent Oregon at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915 as the state's "First Citizen.". In 1916, Benson gave the Portland School District $100,000 to help fund the building of a polytechnic school. In the early 1920s, Benson moved to southern California to retire, but gradually became active in business again, buying and developing land and managing business properties. 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 Norway in 1851, one of seven children in the Berger Iversen family. He used small logging railroads rather than ox teams to haul logs to the water and developed compact steam-donkey engines to winch felled logs to his railroad. He grew up in Melbourne and studied philosophy before completing a postgraduate degree in journalism. We are in a happy relationship and have been open about it, McKenzie and Benson told CBD in a joint statement, which was news to some of their colleagues. He died in Los Angeles, California in August 1942. 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. Simon is a journalist covering Education in Australia. Rather than engage in a lengthy legal battle, he simply purchased the land from its original owner and donated the title deed to the city, allowing the falls to be turned into a public park. Simon Benson in front of a one of fourteen "Benson Bubbler" he gave to the city of Portland.. Oregon Historical Society Research Library OrHi 50309, Oregon Historical Society Research Library. In 1921, after moving to Beverly Hills, California, Benson deeded the city of Portland nine acres overlooking the Willamette River between North Greeley and Going Streets. He brought Henry Thiele, later owner of his own famous restaurants in Portland, to be its head chef. He also put it to work for philanthropic purposes later in his life. But as CBD rather sensationally revealed, there is a precedent, with The Australian' s political journalist Simon Benson and the Nationals' Bridget McKenzie showing how love can bridge the media-political divide after they were outed queuing together at Bunnings. His eldest brother, Jon, immigrated to the United States in 1861, followed by his sister Mathea in 1865. . Benson is remembered for his philanthropy. He has reported on state and federal politics for 18 years. 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 This became the home known as the Simon Benson House. 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. So its interesting to see the same spat playing out in NSW, where two out of three factions are claiming the partys soft right faction, controlled by Immigration Minister Alex Hawke, is on a deliberate go-slow on preselection decisions in a bid to prompt the partys state executive to take control. His oldest brother, John, left the family farm in 1863 and emigrated to Wisconsin, where he worked in the . At the end of each day, well send you the most important breaking news headlines, evening entertainment ideas and a long read to enjoy. Which after 25 years (five as federal leader), can't tickle. Please try again later. He contributes for the New York-based TIME Magazine, which covers current events across the world. A red carpet assignment, in fact, at the premiere of the new James Bond flick No Time to Die. A Russian billionaire with interests in Queensland run by Rio Tinto is trying to overturn sanctions placed on him by Australian authorities who say he has close ties to Vladimir Putin. He was buried in East Lawn Memorial Hills, Provo, Utah, United States. But at the end of his press conference, he freely admitted having told the two journalists writing the book Plagued, Simon Benson and Geoff Chambers, at the time. Benson introduced several innovations into the business that lowered his operating costs significantly. However, he was far from a narrow-minded businessman, focused only on profits and the bottom line. In 1916, he gave the Portland School District $100,000 to help fund the building of a polytechnic school. Copyright 2023 Private Media Pty Ltd. Publishers of Crikey. Our Morning Edition newsletter is a curated guide to the most important and interesting stories, analysis and insights. Number of years as a journalist: 32. Of more interest is what the page doesnt reveal. And Peter Dutton is happy to give them one. Simon Benson was born Simen Bergersen Klve[1] in the valley of Gausdal in Oppland county, Norway. The interior of the house featured rich detail and decoration, and each room was paneled in a different kind of wood. Federal Tax ID 93-0391599. after a Christmas visit to London to see their daughter Jo and her family. A classic American success story in the wide-open economy of the early Northwest, he had a significant impact as an innovative timberman and philanthropist. In the event, only two of the 120 rafts he eventually built were lost, and the venture turned out to be an immense success that lowered lumber costs and sustained the California building boom for the next decade. Chalmers is presenting as the frustrated reformer, Albanese as a leader intent on retaining popular appeal. By age 24 he had saved up enough to open a general store in nearby Lynxville, which did well for several years. Simon passed away on April 22 2003, at age 79. The Morning Edition newsletter is our guide to the days most important and interesting stories, analysis and insights. "But don't mention my name Make it more general." "Call Alex Dore," he suggested, the former Young Liberal president and future Warringah aspirant Abbott claimed is "aggressively mobilising" ground troops to support him. The city later transferred the property to the state park system, one of whose units bears his name. 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. Born in London, Simon was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, where he studied philosophy, politics and economics. The former NSW Right powerbroker resigned from Parliament in 2018 after revelations he warned donor Huang Xiangmo, the billionaire Chinese property developer, that authorities were probably bugging his phone. After arriving in the United States, the family took out naturalization papers, simplified their family name to Benson, and proceeded to become US citizens. Benson, Alice. Finished in 1918, the school was first used for the training of soldiers for World War I. The freewheeling conversation covered many bases. He was federal . 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