1. Michael Eburn ANU College of Law and Fenner School of Environment and Society Australian Emergency Law: A blog in progress

2. Australian Emergency Law Why blog? Choice of platform. Who's reading it and how often? Sources of content. My practice. Reflections.

3. Why blog? To learn how. To claim the territory. University outreach.

7. Choice of platform Wordpress allowed: –easy setup; –sharing with and ;; –export to (but that’s stopped working); –a statistics page; –allows readers to comment (subject to approval).

8. Who's reading it and how often? What? –147 posts. –353 comments. Who? –301 followers on –140 on –204 connections on –645

9. Plus 40537 views on BestThinking.

10. Most views on 24 April 2012.

11. Sources of content ABC News; Lexis/Nexis; Readers questions.

12. My Practice Blog regularly, at least once a fortnight. The blog is a site for discussion so I: –Invite questions (and ask for permission to blog the answer); –Respond to comments; –Edit the obvious errors; –Maintain nettiquette; but allow robust discussion.

13. My Practice Link to sources. Ask “do the names need to be there?” Adhere to academic and legal honesty.

14. Reflections The readership is larger than I ever imagined; The feedback is (so far) all positive; Of all the writing I do, I think this has the widest reach and highest impact (but no DEST points); It's become my notebook.

15. Questions? Comments? Thank you for the opportunity to talk. Michael Eburn ANU College of Law The Australian National University CANBERRA ACT 0200 P: 02 6125 6424 E: michael.eburn@anu.edu.au