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Mediaportal Report ABC 720 Perth (Perth) Demographics Afternoons - 19/03/2009 2:50 PM Male: 8000 Bernadette Young Female: 12000 Station Phone 08 9220 2700 AB: 3000 GB: 14000 All People: 20000 Kate Miller-Heidke, Singer talks to Young about her song which takes the perspective of a person who stands by and does not do anything about bullying. She says she likes writing songs from the perspective of people who often do not have a voice in pop songs. Young says a UK classroom used this song. Miller-Heidke says the kids used her song in a video clip set in their schoolyard. She says the kids' helpline at MySpace have taken the song and are running a competition now. She says a lot of teachers are using it as a teaching tool. Miller-Heidke studied at the Conservatorium of Music in Qld and was an opera singer. She says her heart was not really in it. Miller-Heidke is performing tonight at the Amplifier Bar. She used to charge family members five cents for shows when she was a child and says five cents would buy her three redskins. She performs live in the studio. She talks about being on Sunrise and performing a song which features the word s-h-it. She says for some reason, shite is a lot more acceptable and they allowed her to say shite on Sunrise. Interviewees: Kate Miller-Heidke, Singer Duration: 8.55 Summary ID: P00034087803 © Media Monitors Bullying face-off rejected Clip Ref: 00048197690 Daily Telegraph, 06/03/09, General News, Page 18 323 words By: Bruce McDougall Curiour creature Clip Ref: 00048157759 Canberra Times, 05/03/09, Fly, Page 3 697 words By: None Pop star hopes to put bullies in their place Clip Ref: 00047881826 Courier Mail, 27/02/09, Qconfidential, Page 52 166 words By: None Kids standing out in a crowd Clip Ref: 00047540622 Daily Telegraph, 20/02/09, General News, Page 18 366 words By: Charles Miranda COPYRIGHT This report and its contents are for the use of Media Monitors' subscribers only and may not be provided to any third party for any purpose whatsoever without the express written permission of Media Monitors Australia Pty Ltd. DISCLAIMER The material contained in this report is for general information purposes only. Any figures in this report are an estimation and should not be taken as definitive statistics. Subscribers should refer to the original article before making any financial decisions or forming any opinions. Media Monitors makes no representations and, to the extent permitted by law, excludes all warranties in relation to the information contained in the report and is not liable to you or to any third party for any losses, costs or expenses, resulting from any use or misuse of the report. Grab bully by horns Clip Ref: 00047508442 Herald Sun, 19/02/09, Extra, Page 54 443 words By: Cameron Adams Bullying putting lives at risk Clip Ref: 00047414322 Daily Liberal, 17/02/09, General News, Page 8 379 words By: Anna Yeo ABC 702 Sydney (Sydney) Demographics Drive - 16/02/2009 3:23 PM Male: 31000 Richard Glover Female: 43000 Producer Ms Sascha Rundle 02 8333 1218 AB: 17000 GB: 50000 All People: 74000 Interview with Kate Miller Heidke, Musician. She talks about her visit to Cambodia, and a concert she played to raise awareness about modern slavery and human trafficking. She also talks about the way in which her song "Caught in the Crowd", from her second album "Curiouser", is being used in the campaign to combat school bullying in Australia. The Education Dept, the Daily Telegraph and the Kids Helpline have launched a competition for kids to make a video to go with the song. A My Space page has been set up for the competition. Heidke says she has been the victim of bullying herself, and she has also been a part of the crowd looking on as other children were bullied. Interviewees: Kate Miller Heidke, Musician Duration: 11.50 Summary ID: S00033723062 This program or part thereof is syndicated to the following 1 station(s):- ABC Central Coast (Gosford) © Media Monitors COPYRIGHT This report and its contents are for the use of Media Monitors' subscribers only and may not be provided to any third party for any purpose whatsoever without the express written permission of Media Monitors Australia Pty Ltd. DISCLAIMER The material contained in this report is for general information purposes only. Any figures in this report are an estimation and should not be taken as definitive statistics. Subscribers should refer to the original article before making any financial decisions or forming any opinions. Media Monitors makes no representations and, to the extent permitted by law, excludes all warranties in relation to the information contained in the report and is not liable to you or to any third party for any losses, costs or expenses, resulting from any use or misuse of the report. Daily Telegraph 06/03/2009 Page: 18 General News Region: Sydney Circulation: 369000 Type: Capital City Daily back Size: 181.93 sq.cms MTWTFS- Bullying face-off rejected Bruce McDougall Education Reporter You Can beat the bullies WINaSWW5Swq EDUCATION bosses have stymied professional video hwm a ground-breaking plan to bring pacbq@ and a perforrrwtce Kate ViiMer-H*Ike bullies and victims together to work +r# out their problems face-to-face. for your school BullyingvictimKristieVasili wants the scheme launched across !E You CAUGHT NSW in a bid to break the vicious INS cycle of aggression that has crushed thousands of lives. CROWN? But the program widely used in Y5itdailyhek kamau and WWrJnf5paeela11 the United States hit a bureaucratic catjihr rxerar1 roadblock when Ms Vasili, 21, took IN detAi it to state and federal education departments. The NSW Depart- After Alex's death Ms Vasili ment of Education and Trainingasked the State Government to told her it already had strong anti-investigate the US program that bullyingpoliciescovering2240 stops bullies in their tracks. primary and secondary schools. Under the anti-bullying program Ms Vasili, who was profoundly run by Challenge Day organisation, upset by the death of 14-year-old leaders go to a school for the day bullying victim Alex Wildman, has and do activities. challenged Australians to stamp Students are asked if they have out the behaviour. ever been bullied for the colour of Alex took his own lifeaftertheir skin, their height, their weight, a fightwith another studentat what they wear, if they have braces, Lismore on the state's North Coastor for being gay, the way they talk in July last year. or the way they walk. Ms Vasili, a tai chi instructor "The bullies approached the kids from Lugacno in Sydney's south,they had picked on with tears in saidyesterday:"Basically,thetheir eyes and apologised," Ms education department is saying itVasili said.This teaches kids to be has programs in place already. kind and show love and compassion "To me this response was notfor one another.It's what our good enough. They didn't seem to schools need." care about the fact that a young boy Challenge Day claims to have ended his life and that many areinspired hundreds of thousands of depressed due to bullying." bullies to change their ways. Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) licenced copy Ref: 48197690 Canberra Times Page 1 of 2 05/03/2009 Page: 3 Fly Region: Canberra Circulation: 34629 Type: Capital City Daily back Size: 484.13 sq.cms MTWTFS- CELEBRATION TIME: Kate Mill er-Heidke performs at Canberra Day celebrations on Monday Kate Miller-Heidke stands out from the pack, SARAH PARKES writes Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) licenced copy Ref: 48157759 Canberra Times Page 2 of 2 05/03/2009 Page: 3 Fly Region: Canberra Circulation: 34629 Type: Capital City Daily back Size: 484.13 sq.cms MTWTFS- She says she can't shake it and herpull on the heartstrings and a mix of sense of rhythm is many genres. "incontrovertibly shite", but Kate "We went into this album with a Miller-Heidke has got everyone groovingvision. We mapped out how we wanted to the first single off her second album it to sound; the aesthetic, the spirit of it. Curiouser. Experimental, hooky, unashamedly pop Can't Shake It tells the tale of looking ... we wanted to exploit everything absurd on the dance floor and reveals that's unique about my music," she Miller-Heidke's sense of humour. This says. coupled with her operatic tones and Can't Shake It has been the most daring compilations makes her music commercially successful single for distinctive - a characteristic some peopleMiller-Heidke to date, but her favourite in the Australian music industry have from the album is the second single shied away from. Caught In A Crowd. It is the story of regret But the Brisbane artist has built her at having watched a friend being bullied own success. at school and doing nothing to stop it: "I "It's been a gradual steady process," was young and caught in the crowd/I Miller-Heidke says. "My music doesn't didn't know then what I know now/I was get played a lot on the radio. It's all beendumb, and I was proud/And I'm sorry," word-of-mouth and a lot of touring." she sings. The response to her debut album Little Miller-Heidke says the song came Eve landed her three ARIA nominationsfrom being traumatised at school and and won the attention of stars such as having the issues bouncing around in Cyndi Lauper, who she consequently her subconscious. However, she says it is joined on tour.