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Date	Media Company	Publication/Program/Site	Rate Per Word	Rate Per Piece	Length	Negotiable Y/N?	Comments
2018/03/21	NRL	nrl.com.au		500		Yes	View
2018/02/26	Audrey Journal	audreyjournal.com.au		150		No	View
2017/06/19	Australian Government	Department of Agriculture and Water Resources				Yes	View
2014/04/23	AAP	AAP				No	View
2014/04/23	ABC	ABC Science		170	400-600	No	View
2014/04/23	ABC	ABC Environment	0.65	170		No	View
2014/04/24	ABC	Radio National		450		No	View
2014/04/23	ABC	ABC Online		170	500	No	View
2014/04/24	ABC	Radio National		400		No	View
2014/04/24	ABC	Classic FM		300		No	View
2018/06/05	ABC	ABC TV				No	View
2015/11/25	Collective Magazine	Collective		400	1,200	No	View
2018/04/09	Private Media	Crikey!		200	400-600	Yes	View
2014/04/24	CSIRO	CSIRO	1		500-1000	No	View
2017/08/07	Daily Mail Australia	Video editing		200		No	View
2017/06/14	Edge Agency			350	500-800	No	View
2014/03/26	Express Media	Voiceworks		100	3000	Yes	View
2014/04/23	Fairfax	Canberra Times		150		No	View
2014/02/20	Fairfax	Australian Financial Review	1			No	View
2014/04/23	Fairfax	Sydney Morning Herald		400	400-60	No	View
2014/04/23	Fairfax	The Age		400	400-600	No	View
2014/04/23	Fairfax	Brisbane Courier		400	400-600	No	View
2014/04/23	Fairfax	Daily Life		400	800	No	View
2014/04/23	Fairfax	Sydney Morning Herald				No	View
2015/11/24	Fairfax	Daily Life		300		Yes	View
2014/04/24	Fairfax	The Good Food Guide		80	160	No	View
2014/04/24	Fairfax	The Sydney Morning Herald	0.70		1200	No	View
2014/04/23	Fairfax	The Age	0.80		2800-3000	No	View
2017/06/05	Fairfax	The Age	0.70		500	No	View
2014/04/24	Fairfax	Sydney Morning Herald	0.75			No	View
2014/04/23	Fairfax	The Age (Food Section)		500	700-1000	No	View
2017/06/14	Fairfax	WA Today				No	View
2014/04/23	The Fifth Estate	The Fifth Estate				No	View
2014/04/23	Frankie Press	Smith Journal Online		15	100	Yes	View
2014/04/23		Grains Research & Development Centre				No	View
2016/07/25	The Lifted Brow	The Lifted Brow		150		No	View
2014/04/23	Mayne Publications	What Tradies Want	0.40			No	View
2014/04/24	The Medical Observer	The Medical Observer	0.70	320		Yes	View
2014/04/23	National Geographic	Australian Geographic Magazine	1			No	View
2014/04/23	National Geographic	Australian Geographic Website		300	500	No	View
2014/04/24	National Safety Council	National Safety Magazine	0.7			No	View
2017/04/06	News Corp	Travel (online)		300	up to 800 words	No	View
2018/05/11	News Corp	Supplements (print and digital)	00.75			Yes	View
2014/03/26	News Corp	The Weekend Australian	0.70			Yes	View
2015/11/25	NewsLifeMedia	GQ	0.70			No	View
2014/04/23	ninemsn	Cosmopolitan	0.75			No	View
2015/11/25	ninemsn	Cosmopolitan	0.65			No	View
2014/04/23	ninemsn	Cosmopolitan	0.70			No	View
2014/04/23	News Corp	Sunday Style				No	View
2014/04/23	News Corp	Adelaide Advertiser		200	400-600	No	View
2014/04/23	ninemsn	Dolly	0.65			No	View
2017/01/17	Pan Macmillan	Pan Macmillan	0.70			Yes	View
2014/04/23	ninemsn	Australian Women's Weekly	0.65			No	View
2014/04/23	Right Angle Studio	The Thousands Sydney		35	200	No	View
2016/12/21	Rudaw	Rudaw English		120	700-1100	Yes	View
2017/09/05	Stockhead	Digital		440		Yes	View
2014/03/02	Text Publishing	Griffith Review	1.2		5000	Yes	View
2014/04/23	Universal Magazines	Dog's Life	0.25			Yes	View
2014/04/23	Yahoo7	Marie Claire	1			No	View
2017/08/15	Yarra Ranges Tourism	Digital				Yes	View
2017/09/27	SBS	SBS Sexuality		200		Yes	View
2017/09/27	SBS	SBS Movies		200		Yes	View
2017/09/27	Motion Publishing	The New Daily		200	Capped 500	Yes	View
2017/09/27	Urban List	Urban List		100		Yes	View
2017/09/27	Atom	Metro		300	2000 words	Yes	View
2017/09/27	Hardie Grant Media	Flourish/Venture		310	500	Yes	View
2017/09/27	News Corp	Stellar	0.80			Yes	View
2017/09/27	SBS	SBS Food		250	250 for interviewees	Yes	View
2017/09/27	Fairfax	Executive Style	0.60			Yes	View
2017/09/27	MMP	The Weekly Review	0.70		Usually 500	Yes	View
2017/09/27	Street Press Australia	The Music		70	Usually 700	Yes	View
2017/09/27	SBS	SBS Life	0.50		500-800	Yes	View
2017/09/27	Hardie Grant	Custom (AIPM, NGS etc)	0.70			Yes	View
2017/09/28	SBS	SBS Highlights		200	600-800	No	View
2017/09/28	Pacific	Subbing		45		Yes	View
2017/09/28	News Corp	news.com.au		500	800	Yes	View
2017/09/28	Fairfax	Sunday Life		500	700	Yes	View
2017/09/27	Cosmos	Cosmos Magazine	0.60		Varies	Yes	View
2017/09/27	AAAS	Science Mag	1.4			Yes	View
2017/09/28	News Corp	Kidspot		250		Yes	View
2017/09/28	Mamamia	Mamamia		250		Yes	View
2017/09/28	Engage Media	Content agency	0.70		500	Yes	View
2017/09/29	Antelope Media content agency	Various real estate agent clients		150	600	Yes	View
2017/09/29	Antelope Media content agency	Macquarie Bank		400	800	Yes	View
2017/09/29	Newsmodo	Azep nasal spray		250	400	Yes	View
2017/09/29	Niche Media	Architectural Review	0.50	400	800	Yes	View
2017/09/29	Hardie Grant	Project Manager	0.70	350	500	Yes	View
2017/09/29	Engage Media	For BOQ	0.70	350	500	Yes	View
2017/09/29	Australian Book Review		0.50	600	1200	Yes	View
2017/09/27	Fairfax	Various	0.65			Yes	View
2017/09/27	Paragon Media	Timber Trader	0.50	1000	2000	Yes	View
2017/10/03	Green Press	Treadlie	0.60		800	Yes	View
2017/10/03	Messenger Group	Collective Hub		400	1000	Yes	View
2017/10/03	Tower Magazine	UTS	0.85		1500	Yes	View
2017/10/03	Outlook Magazine	U Wollongong	0.95		1000	Yes	View
2017/09/27	SBS	SBS Food		200	250 for interviewees	Yes	View
2017/09/27	Schwartz Media	The Saturday Paper	0.80		2000	Yes	View
2017/09/27	Schwartz Media	The Monthly	1			Yes	View
2017/09/27	Fairfax	Good Weekend	0.80			Yes	View
2017/09/27	News Corp	Qweekend	0.70			Yes	View
2017/09/27	The New York Times	The New York Times	0.50			Yes	View
2017/09/27	The Guardian	Guardian Australia	0.60			Yes	View
2016/08/01	SBS	SBS Life	0.50		800	Yes	View
2017/09/27	Medium Rare	QANTAS mag	0.80			Yes	View
2016/03/01	Macmillan	Nature News	1		300	Yes	View
2017/09/27	Fairfax	Special reports	0.65			Yes	View
2017/09/28	Luxury Travel Media	Luxury Travel Magazine		400	800-1000	No	View
2017/09/28	Bauer	Subbing		45		Yes	View
2017/09/28	Medium Rare	Subbing		45		Yes	View
2017/09/28	Guardian	Guardian		210	600	Yes	View
2018/05/28	News Corp	news.com.au		500	800	Yes	View
2017/09/28	Traffic	renovate	0.50		800	Yes	View
2017/09/28	The Australian	Travel & Indulgence	0.70		1000	Yes	View
2017/05/15	Contently content agency	Various banking clients	1		800	Yes	View
2017/09/28	Fairfax	Traveller	0.65	400	1400	Yes	View
2017/09/25	Refraction Media science content agency	Various guides etc	0.60			Yes	View
2017/09/25	Filtered Media	Various custom	0.75			Yes	View
2017/09/27	Macmillan	Nature Index	1		500	Yes	View
2017/09/27	Nature Publishing Group	Nature Medicine	1.5		~2500	Yes	View
2018/06/18	News Corp	The Australian	0.70			No	View
2018/06/18	Limelight Arts Media	Limelight magazine	0	50	500	No	View
2018/07/25	News Corp	Herald Sun (photos)	0	350		No	View
2018/10/11	News Corp	Herald Sun	0.50			No	View
2018/10/11	Fairfax Media	The Sunday Age	0.70			No	View
2018/10/12	AAP	Leader (photography)	0	350		No	View
2018/10/15	News Corp	The Australian (photography)	0	400		No	View
2018/10/15	Fairfax Media	The Australian Financial Review (photography)	0	250		No	View
2018/10/15	Citrus Media		0	700		No	View
2018/10/15	Citrus Media (photography)		0	600		No	View
2018/12/10	SBS	SBS Guide Highlights	0	200	per 600-800 word blog post	No	View
2018/12/10	Medium Rare	Jones	0.70			Yes	View
2018/12/10	Medium Rare	Jones	0	45		No	View
2018/12/10	Medium Rare	Foxtel	0	40		No	View
2018/12/10	Medium Rare	Visit Canberra	0	40		No	View
2018/12/12	Guardian Australia		0	220	800 words	No	View
2019/02/28	Nine Publishing	The Sydney Morning Herald	0	227		No	View
2019/04/10	Agence France-Presse	photography	0	350		No	View