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Tweet As requested by Gavin and Stacey, a pair of manly men with manly beards, this week John Turnbull considers the manly world of soundtracks. SOUNDTRACKS ARE an odd beast. Some of them aren’t bad, and there are a couple that are verging...
Tweet Since Tom, Rupert and an idiot tomato installed Tony Abbott as an unbackable favourite, other tomatoes seem to have lost confidence. Gee reports. read more »
Tweet Hoddle Street mass murderer Julian Knight wants a PlayStation in his prison cell; Tess Lawrence says it’s just yet another play for media attention around the anniversary of his brutal crimes. by contributing editor-at-large Tess Lawrence JULIAN...
Tweet Globalisation might have a lot to do with the demise of Ford Australia but, according to Ross Jones, much of the blame can be sheeted a lot closer to home. (Image: screenshot from 7 News YouTube video.) AH, GLOBALISATION … what a...
Tweet Craig Thomson faced court yesterday and 19 new charges. Peter Wicks fills in the gaping gaps in the mainstream media’s coverage of these events. BY NOW, you have probably heard that Craig Thomson was in court in Melbourne yesterday. You...
Tweet Joe Hockey’s press club address yesterday included at least 20 fudges and furphies — all of them, again, ignored by Australia’s press pack. Alan Austin covers 15 of his most egregious errors. (Image courtesy @georgebludger.) STRAIGHT...
Tweet Christopher Pyne has clearly been pondering the fate of Sodom, says Bob Ellis, and may, therefrom, have exceeded his mandate. CHRISTOPHER PYNE has clearly been pondering the fate of Sodom. In Genesis 18, you will recall, Abraham asks...
Tweet Political rough-housing over the Gonski reforms have turned into a classic case of classroom bullying. Gee reports. read more »
Tweet There is a contradiction at the heart of conservatism, says Grant Wyeth, and it’s that capitalism in modern times is, by its very nature, rapidly changing and evolving. ON FRIDAY LAST WEEK in The Age, Waleed Aly wrote a thoughtful...
Tweet Wherever Murdoch and his minions thrive ‒ as they do in Australia ‒ bad journalism drives out the good. David Horton comments. RUPERT MURDOCH’S dominance of the Australian media is usually spoken of in terms of the 70% share his...
