About Melanie Hailstone

Melanie combines high academic achievement with extensive practical knowledge and experience in running a successful writing, editing and copyright clearance business.
Melanie enjoys writing a wide variety of engaging, thought-provoking and accurate content for both print and digital media.She currently works for the Brotherhood of St Laurence as a Communications Specialist.

Melanie has also written copy for a number of organisations including Maurice Blackburn, The Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Australian Teachers of Media, Arts Victoria, AusIndustry and The Melbourne Comedy Festival. Writing credits for television include Satisfaction, City Homicide and Stingers.

A career highlight recently was a successful Order of Australia submission for the distinguished physician, nephrologist Dr David Pugsley.

Happiness Lives Here I don’t remember much from my childhood but I do remember this —dangling from a hotel balcony, three flights up. It’s one of my first memories....	Social Media, Brand Engagement and the Law Traditionally the relationship between social media and the legal profession has been an uneasy one. Social media: fun and engaging. Legal...	Leopard skin jocks: A profile on AO Dr. David Pugsley Dr David Pugsley often answers the door wearing just his underpants. Today he is sporting the leopard skin high cut variety. He’s recovering from...	Quirk & Co Quirk and Co is a store which tames the wilds so you can bring a little of the natural world into your home. Step off Victoria Street in...
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TEN tips for being the perfect rock wife 1. Always say you went to the gig. Try to go but if the band doesn’t come on until one am – a hot date with the electric blanket is better. Phone...	All Shook Up Rock-’n’-roll music. How did such a simple thing get so complicated? A chance meeting on a cold Tuesday on December 4, 1956, brought...	Cuba: A Love Story. But is the Honeymoon Over? “Why would you go to a crusty, third world communist country like Cuba for your honeymoon?" my friends asked me. "Where’s the romance in that?”...