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Lissa Christopher

Lissa Christopher

Lissa Christopher is a Newsletter Producer.

Cracking the canine code

We find out what’s behind common pet problems and what you can do about them.

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Some dogs need medication, not just obedience training.

Why your ‘badly behaved’ dog may need medication not more obedience training

Our wild, loud, disobedient dog turned out to be a terrified dog.

  • Lissa Christopher
Dogs have issues with separation anxiety.

Up to 40 per cent of dogs develop separation anxiety. Here’s how to treat it and prevent it

There are also lots of myths about what causes separation anxiety, including being too caring or letting your dog sleep on your bed. Just. Not. True.

  • Lissa Christopher
Dogs have amazing noses.

Why the way to win a dog’s heart and mind is through their (amazing) nose

Providing opportunities for dogs to use their sense of smell can have remarkable benefits.

  • Lissa Christopher
Alpe di Siusi - which at about 1800 metres is Europe's largest high plateau - looking across to two rocky peaks, Sasso Lungo and Sasso Piatto.

Hiking the Dolomites, Italy: Walking the wondrous plateau Alpe di Siusi

Up here, one is never far from a comfy chair, an Aperol spritz and a charcuterie board.

  • Lissa Christopher
Margaret Court and Rod Laver both won calendar grand slams

‘Who influenced this process?’: Readers respond to Margaret Court’s AC

Margaret Court’s Australia Day honours upgrade to a Companion of the Order of Australia generated some heated reader debate.

  • Lissa Christopher
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Tennis players in quarantine at View Melbourne hotel.

‘Risks are too high’: Readers respond to the Australian Open

The decision to stage a major sporting event involving more than 1200 international arrivals is understandably contentious and our readers have strong views about it.

  • Lissa Christopher
Christine Holgate giving evidence about the purchase of four Cartier watches, worth $19,950 in total.

'$3000 - woo hoo': Readers respond to Australia Post's Cartier bonuses

The PM was 'appalled' by the decision to reward senior Australia Post staff with luxury watches. Our readers targeted the largesse and the PM's response.

  • Lissa Christopher
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at Beech Woods Recreation Center, in Southfield, Mich., Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The US doesn't 'do left': Readers respond to Switzer's Biden concerns

The ABC RN presenter and executive director of the Centre for Independent Studies is 'worried at the prospect of an America lurching left'.

  • Lissa Christopher
Lorraine Tarabay, the new chair of the MCA, at Barbetta in Paddington

What new museum chief knows about art, survival and pasta

'I observed my colleagues and their stress releases, everything from alcohol to drugs to mistresses. My poison of choice was art.'

  • Lissa Christopher