Welcome to Newmanised! The blog for redundant QG employees.

In late 2012, I and 65 of my colleagues were made redundant from the Tropical Public Health Unit, a section of Queensland Health based in the north of the state. 

I worked for Queensland Health for 20 years and, like many of my colleagues, I didn't want a redundancy - I liked my job and I wanted to keep it.

Bitter? You bet I am! But I decided creating a blog would be cheaper than therapy, so here it is.

It's a bit of a vent, but it's also a celebration of the work we achieved. And a small avenue for promoting the skills of those of us still seeking work.

The term "Newmanised" arrived in the north via the bush telegraph from some govvy employee down south - many thanks, whoever you are.

If you've got a story to share, send it to newmanised@gmail.com (keep it clean and legal, please). I'll moderate contributions and publish to this blog. Contributions under 200 words preferred.