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Editor: Lee-Ling Sim

Tel: 0412 776365, (02) 6161 5122     Email: lsim@grapevine.com.au

B Sc (Hons), University of Malaya, Malaysia; Effective Scientific and Technical Communication Course, University of Wales, UK

Services

  • Editing—Substantive editing, copyediting, plain English rewriting to suit audience, proofreading, developing corporate styles, ensuring consistent style
  • Other services—Tax-time publications, annual reports, scientific journals, agendas, brochures, programs and proceedings of technical international, national and state conferences, minutes of technical national, state and corporate or executive committees, newsletters
  • Subject fields—Government, tax, agricultural, scientific and other technical subject areas
  • Media—Annual reports, scientific publications and newsletters, TaxPack

Specific projects

TaxPack, TaxPack supplement, Retirees TaxPack, Short tax return instructions and many publications referred to in TaxPack from from 2001 to 2010 (led a small team of editors in the Australian Taxation Office responsible for all tax-time publications); minutes of executive and corporate committees of the Australian Taxation Office; annual reports, scientific publications and newsletters of NSW Agriculture; minutes of scientific meetings of national and state committees of agriculture; annual reports, scientific publications and proceedings of international and national conferences of the Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia.

I understand a wide range of subjects, extract and process relevant information targeted to specific audiences, have extensive experience in editing a wide range of publications, a critical eye for detail and passion for grammar. I am very familiar with Australian Government style, and am able to ensure consistency with Australian Government style or style of individual organisations