The Bradfield Bulletin - 26 September 2025
If you think freight rates are volatile, have you seen the price of fruit? I paid $9 for a piece of watermelon yesterday (and it wasn’t even that big!). Now, with school holidays...
The Bradfield Bulletin - 19 September 2025
YESTERDAY was my birthday (ssshh, I turned 46!). As I get older, I still can’t figure out how my brain can hold onto every lyric of Gangsta’s Paradise like it’s the ’90s, yet...
The Bradfield Bulletin - 12 September 2025
IT'S all happening in shipping this week! We all saw those containers fall off the Mississippi while it was alongside at Port of Long Beach earlier this week. Someone even told me...
The Bradfield Bulletin - 5 September 2025
IT FEELS like we’ve finally turned a corner with the weather, at least in my neck of the woods, it feels like spring has definitely sprung! The house suddenly feels a little...
The Bradfield Bulletin - 29 August 2025
AT THE end of last week, my girls’ high school celebrated Book Week - the annual test of a parent’s creativity, budget, and sanity, usually involving a last minute dash for a...
SEAFARER WELFARE: Hugs, Hope, and the Humans at Sea
IT WAS a bitterly cold Friday afternoon in the city when I met with Sue. I apologised for the non-WA-like weather, but Sue — who’s from Melbourne — laughed it off. “This is...
The Bradfield Bulletin - 22 August 2025
I'VE BEEN battling a breakout this week that has me reaching for the Clearasil and concealer like a teenager — some things never change! Unfortunately, the shipping industry...
The Bradfield Bulletin - 15 August 2025
AH, THE week that just wouldn’t quit. By Tuesday, I’d already declared it the longest week ever, the universe seemed determined to prove me right by stretching out every remaining...
The Bradfield Bulletin - 8 August 2025
THIS week started with me at the gym, trying to look cool as I tripped over the stand of an exercise bike. Rather than let that stop me, I picked myself up, avoided all eye...
The Bradfield Bulletin - 1 August 2025
THIS week, I felt like I was living on the edge. I put the washing out day after day - always right as the clouds started to gather. Then, I was bold enough to test the structural...
The Bradfield Bulletin - 25 July 2025
THE KIDS went back to school in WA this week, just in time for some of us to recover from the huge night that was the W.A. International Trade Ball. I’m still finding random false...
The Bradfield Bulletin - 17 July 2025
THEY say dress for the job you want… but they never said anything about what’s under the blazer. These days, my version of “smart casual” is a business jacket over pajamas, the...
The Bradfield Bulletin - 11 July 2025
IT'S SCHOOL holidays here in Western Australia and it's right about now that I have realised my kids are old enough to hold actual conversations. Mostly about the mushroom trial...
The Bradfield Bulletin - 4 July 2025
THIS week started with me trying to rotate and flip the mattress alone, doing my best not to strain my back (doesn’t take much these days!). I thought that was going to be the...
The Bradfield Bulletin - 27 June 2025
WELCOME to the Bradfield Bulletin – your Friday hot take on industry headlines by Amanda Bradfield. There’s a lot going on in the world right now… but let’s start with something a...
