By the time five years have passed, that figure rises to about 50%. . At the age of 24, he opened a general store which did quite well until it was destroyed by fire three years later, in 1878. Over the next twenty years, Benson amassed a holding of 46,000 acres, much of it in Columbia County. Three of those were on Overingtons page, but the fourth was to the page of author and journalist Gideon Haigh. Benson had to find a way to economically transport thousands of tons of wood from his logging operations in Oregon to southern California. All he had left was his knowledge of the logging industry, which he determined to put to good use by moving his family to Portland, Oregon, the center of a rapidly growing timber industry. His most revolutionary invention, however, came more than a decade later, in response to the booming population of turn-of-the-century California. But they initially failed to identify her shopping buddy Benson, whose day job is The Australians national affairs editor. It opened in 1913 and was known as the Oregon Hotel. Albanese is doing a good solid job in a time of pandemic where the unity of the national moment naturally favours incumbents, Shorten told an audience which counted Senator Kimberley Kitching, former Labor MP Theo Theophanous and former Rio Tinto executive Ken MacPherson - who also served as Shortens former chief of staff during his term as Opposition Leader. ", Tony Abbott on Scott Morrison: "He looked like he was starting to tear up. [4], In the early 1920s, Benson moved to southern California to retire, but gradually became active in business again, buying and developing land and managing business properties. And not a moment too soon either, given Fridays release of a probe into four Cartier watches given to staff effectively torpedoed any chance of the executives return to Post HQ. After arriving in the United States, the family took out naturalization papers, simplified their family name to Benson, and proceeded to become US citizens. He introduced a number of changes to Northwest logging, including the donkey steam engine[citation needed] which replaced the oxen that had previously been used to haul logs. In the event, only two of the 120 rafts he eventually built were lost, and the venture turned out to be an immense success that lowered lumber costs and sustained the California building boom for the next decade. It has to be said that CBD has no evidence Overington herself has anything to do with the deletions. They wrote that early in the pandemic Morrison "hatched a . The land was later dedicated as Madrona Park. Simon Benson gave his name to a Portland high school, a Portland hotel, and twenty brass water fountains in Portland's downtown. Simon Karl Benson was born on April 29 1923. Simon Benson was born the 13th child to the late Druscilla and Kim B. Then 27, he was completely broke and now had a wife and child to care for. But most interestingly was Abbott telling his friendly scribe about three Liberal Party branch officeholders in Warringah covertly working against the re-election of their local member. He purchased a 400-acre tract of land in the Columbia River Gorge, which included Wahkeena Falls and Multnomah Falls, and deeded it to the City of Portland for a public park. Unmasked: McKenzie's shopping trip to remember with new partner. In semi-retirement, Benson devoted much of his energy to civic causes, drawing on his practical business experience. Benson replaced the skidroads with narrow-gauge railroads, and the oxen with steam donkeys, small industrial winches that could work all day and all night. Senator Bridget McKenzie shopping at Bunnings in Wodonga, Victoria, alongside News Corp's Simon Benson.Credit:Twitter. We acknowledge the biases present in this narrative, and are committed to promoting a new, more historically accurate narrative that better reflects marginalized peoples. Insiders story: how Sunday mornings reveal the strange relationship between the ABC and News Corp. authorities were probably bugging his phone, after they were outed queuing together at Bunnings. It's not every day a diner finds themselves seated metres from former prime minister Tony Abbott. Visit the contact page to learn more about visiting hours. The rafts could be towed through the open ocean to San Diego, where he had a sawmill ready to cut them for the lucrative California market. Around 20% of new businesses in the United States fail within their first year of operation. Subsequently, the land was divided to become the Wahkeena Falls Recreation Area, Benson State Park, and Multnomah Falls Recreation Area. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. Bridget McKenzie is in a relationship with The Australian's Political Editor Simon Benson who broke the Scott Morrison story so when did she find out what Mo. "But don't mention my name Make it more general." So, this is how sausages are made! Senator Bridget McKenzie shopping at Bunnings in Wodonga, Victoria, alongside News Corp's Simon Benson.Credit:Twitter. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Maribyrnong MP couldnt resist the opportunity to take a thinly veiled swipe at Albo by taking aim at the partys tiny policy agenda, even as he publicly declared his support for the leader. And she hit the jackpot, with coverage from both news.com.au (Leigh Sales kept it sleek) and the Daily Mail, which noted the Walkley winner chose a smart ensemble consisting of a long-sleeved black blouse and matching wide-legged trousers; and the 48-year-old ABC journalist pulled her blonde hair off her face in a slicked do, and chose a pale make-up look with a bright pink lipstick doing the talking. Simon Benson (September 9, 1851 - August 5, 1942) was a noted Norwegian-born American businessman and philanthropist who made his mark in the city of Portland, Oregon. One of the original Benson Bubblers was installed at the corner of SW Park and Montgomery, in front of the Benson House, to commemorate this gift. Bridget McKenzies squeeze pens book about the PM. Wetherby, who had leased the land around the waterfall for several years, wanted to build a hydroelectric power plant there; Benson, along with many of Portlands citizens, wanted to preserve the falls beautiful natural scenery and keep the land from being developed. Benson later built the Columbia Gorge Hotel near Hood River in 1921. The Coalition is positioning for a major political fight with Labor over the future and purpose of superannuation. In the early 1920s, Benson moved to southern California to retire, but gradually became active in business again, buying and developing land and managing business properties. He is writing a political book and has been spending a lot of time with Prime Minister Scott Morrison, and meeting with senior Morrison aides, including principal private secretary Yaron Finkelstein and chief-of-staff John Kunkel. He was previously National Affairs Editor, the Daily Telegraph's NSW political editor, and also president of the NSW Parliamentary Press Gallery. Despite travel restrictions taking an enormous toll on Turners Flight Centre business, he looked uber-chipper as he and McInnes enjoyed a post-luncheon chat. The former sports minister and Benson seemed to be flouting a rule requiring shoppers to wear masks. Australias balancing act in the great power competition between the US and China means it is now a primary target for espionage and foreign interference. Deleted was a reference to Haighs wife Charlotte, whom he married in January 2009. If you're interested in visiting, the Simon Benson House is open to the public every Wednesday, excluding holidays from 9 am 4 pm. Then 27, he was completely broke and now had a wife, Esther Searles, and son Amos to care for. Fast-forward six years to 2010 and the pair were married in the gardens of Victorias Parliament House all of which makes her current preselection tilt seem like a long time coming. Before that, Simon worked in Downing Street as a Special . Political Editor Sydney Award-winning journalist Simon Benson is The Australian's Political Editor. [8] The interior was copied in the Glacier Park Lodge. Which after 25 years (five as federal leader), can't tickle. He almost cried on TV when discussing children on Nauru. While Holgate and Ebeids former ABC counterpart David Anderson endured torrid times at Senate estimates, Ebeid was famed for turning his sessions into something akin to a gathering of the ACT branch of the SBS Eurovision fan club. The city later transferred the property to the state park system, one of whose units bears his name. The Coalition is positioning for a major political fight with Labor over the future and purpose of superannuation. Today there are 52 Benson fountains, most in Portland but also one in Sapporo, Japan (since 1965), the first of Portland's sister cities; one at the Maryhill Museum of Art in the Columbia River Gorge; and since 2012 one in Pendleton, Oregon. Curious. Simon is a journalist covering Education in Australia. Benson also paid for the masonry footbridge across Wahkeena Falls and the reinforced concrete arch pedestrian bridge over the lower Multnomah Falls. The Prime Minister may have dipped further into his governments political capital than needed, to achieve a disputed outcome. Chalmers is presenting as the frustrated reformer, Albanese as a leader intent on retaining popular appeal. Freelance writing. Bensons employer News Corp did not return requests for comment. You can. And Peter Dutton is happy to give them one. Simon Benson worked as a farmhand and logger for several years, carefully saving his money in the pursuit of a typical American dream: running his own business. From 2021: "Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie has revealed she is in a relationship with News Corp's federal political journalist Simon Benson" 5. Victorian Liberal president Robert Clark has been a stickler for preselection timetables since taking the partys top job in late 2018. Benson first went to work as a farm hand and later worked in logging camps and sawmills. Simon Karl Benson in BillionGraves. Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie has revealed she is in a relationship with News Corp's federal political journalist Simon Benson a day after the pair were photographed together shopping in a regional Victorian hardware store without masks. Benson had proven that he had extraordinary business acumen in every part of the lumber industry, from tree to log to board. In 1912, he began building a fine hotel because he felt it was needed in Portland to attract tourists and more commerce to the city. Simon passed away on April 22 2003, at age 79. "Those three should be expelled, shouldn't they?" Home Affairs Minister Clare ONeil has issued a blunt warning to hostile foreign powers seeking to influence democratic processes in Australia. Please try again later. This became the home known as the Simon Benson House. Simon Benson age 72 of Monroeville, AL died on September 23, 2020 at his residence. Chalmers is presenting as the frustrated reformer, Albanese as a leader intent on retaining popular appeal. Entrepreneurship is a process of experimentation, and no matter what field one is in there are always experiments that dont pan out. The Crikey comment section is members-only content. Many onlookers shook their heads, certain that his rafts would break up and sink, bankrupting him in the process. The only portfolio other than health he advised some colleagues he had happily snatched was that of resources, which he took on in April 2021. We recognise that their sovereignty has never been ceded. This is also known as Online Behavioural Advertising. Simon Benson carried out that philosophy with purpose and generosity. Australias balancing act in the great power competition between the US and China means it is now a primary target for espionage and foreign interference. Diners at Noosas beachfront Season restaurant the Sunday before last couldnt help noticing Mark McInnes strutting around the joint with a smile plastered across his face. Outside the post office, former SBS chief executive Michael Ebeid, who quit to become the next big thing at Telstra, until he wasnt and abruptly quit in October, has support in the government from Communications Minister Paul Fletcher and the PM. In 1891, lumberman Simon Benson bought $6000 worth of used iron and built a railway into his Washington timberland. The Oregon History Wayfinder is an interactive map that identifies significant places, people, and events in Oregon history. A dangerous gulf is emerging between the PM and Treasurer. His eldest brother Jon immigrated to the United States in 1861, followed by his sister Mathea in 1865. Portland: Binford & Mort, 1976. They are the work of anonymous Wikipedia contributor Blogstar2020. Acting chief executive Rodney Boys has greatly impressed the government with his no-frills approach to the role and for managing to avoid widespread delivery chaos during the Christmas parcel season, according to sources familiar with the search. He has reported on state and federal politics for 18 years. In recognition of all that Simon Benson had done for the City of Portland and the State of Oregon, he was chosen to represent Oregon at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915 as the state's "First Citizen.". Confidentiality clauses have prevented CBD from gleaning any more about the book, which we assume will bring readers insights into the Morrison government. Then, one day, a fire broke out in his store and destroyed everything: the building, his merchandise, and all the money he had invested in it. He was one of seven children in the Berger Iversen family. He used small logging railroads rather than ox teams to haul logs to the water and developed compact steam-donkey engines to winch felled logs to his railroad. Benson asked rhetorically. In 1898, he moved his family and his business headquarters back to Portland. The freewheeling conversation covered many bases. On Monday night, one lucky guest at the restaurant of Canberra's Kurrajong Hotel was so blessed. Look, bragged first-time Insiders panelist (and The Australian's national affairs editor) Simon Benson last weekend, . He often picked up land from homesteaders who had failed to make a go along the rainy lower river. Benson also gave the City of Portland $10,000 for the installation of twenty bronze drinking fountains. "He looked like he was starting to tear up. In 1905 Benson donated the Forestry Building at the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland. Last weekend, an Insiders panellist briefly opened a window into the strange relationship between News Corp and the ABC. Subsequently, the land was divided to become the Wahkeena Falls Recreation Area, Benson State Park, and Multnomah Falls Recreation Area. Award-winning journalist Simon Benson is The Australian's Political Editor. He was the first operator in Oregon to adapt these new technologies to the logging industry, and within a decade his new approach had made him a very wealthy man. At the age of 24, he opened a general store which did quite well until it was destroyed by fire three years later, in 1878. Morrison's odd conduct was revealed in a new book, Plagued, by Simon Benson and Geoff Chambers, journalists with The Australian. Specifically, several paragraphs from the entry have mysteriously gone walkabout amid signs that the website has been rinsed of some unflattering content. He lived in a custom-built house at the corner of Southwest 11th and Clay, where every room was paneled in a different type of wood. Christopher Warren is an Australian journalist and writer. Leigh Sales attends the premiere of No Time To Die.Credit:Getty Images. Getting the gang back together, perhaps? 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