Patrice Newell
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Patrice Newell (born 1943) is a former model, TV presenter, turned author, alternative lifestyle advocate and biodynamic farmer. In 1986 she gave up a high profile career with the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) and Nine network, to live on the land and run a 10,000 acre (40 km²) beef cattle property, known as Elmswood, in the Hunter Valley, NSW. Newell has a passion for biodynamic agriculture and healthy foods, which she talks about in her books; The Olive Grove and; Ten Thousand Acres - A Love Story. She is a founding member of the Hunter Olive Association.
Newell was the subject of A Place in the Country, the 4 October 2001 edition of the ABC-Television biography program, Australian Story.
In December 2006, she announced that she would be running for a seat on the New South Wales Legislative Council in the March 2007 New South Wales State election as an independent candidate endorsed by the so-called Climate Change Coalition. Her policy is to put pressure on the Government to acknowledge that climate change is "the greatest crisis in human history" and that it should be recognised and taken into account in all Government policy.[1] However, there have been suggestions that her candidacy is merely a ruse to confuse voters and ensure the election of climate change "moderates" from the major parties and minor parties such as The Shooters Party over the NSW Greens.
Newell is married to Phillip Adams.
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| Presenters of The Today Show |
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| Steve Liebmann - Sue Kellaway - Patrice Newell - Liz Hayes - George Negus - Tracy Grimshaw - Karl Stefanovic - Jessica Rowe - Sarah Murdoch - Kellie Connolly |
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- A Place in the Country
- The Olive Grove, Penguin Books, 2000
- A Place on Earth
- The River
- Ten Thousand Acres - A Love Story Lantern
With her partner Philip Adams, she is the complier of several books of "jokes" cut and pasted from the internet:
- The Penguin Book of Australian Jokes (1994)
- The Penguin Book of Jokes from Cyberspace (1995)
- The Penguin Book of More Australian Jokes (1996)
- The Penguin Book of Schoolyard Jokes (1997)
- ^ [1] Sydney Morning Herald, 13 December, 2006. Retrieved 13 December, 2006.
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