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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...
Tweet Peter Wicks reports on Kate McClymont’s continuing vendetta against Craig Thomson and provides more revelations about Kathy Jackson and Michael Williamson. Kate McClymont and Craig Thomson. A FEW WEEKS AGO, I wrote a piece about...
Tweet Fairfax’s sacking of brave whistleblower, financial reporter Paddy Manning, marks a sad turning point in the history of Australian journalism, writes Associate Professor Evan Jones. Sacked Fairfax financial journalist and whistleblower,...
Tweet Tony Abbott says WorkChoices is “dead, buried and cremated”, but his new IR policy leaves the door open for radical workplace relations changes, writes Luke Williams. JUST BEFORE the 2007 Federal election, I was sitting in...
Tweet Peter Wicks discusses the importance of the mainstream media, its ethics, bias and its exclusion of Independent Australia from the Canberra Press Gallery. I DON’T THINK that the importance of being a member of the mainstream media...
Tweet Kate Ahearne was at Jimmy Watson’s with the IA crowd last Friday, and says she came away inspired and excited by the possibilities of the new media. “Now we have the miracle of writing on air, writing on the sky.” ~ Tess...
Tweet While nuclear energy has no direct carbon footprint, it is still a contributor to global warming; we know this, because Einstein tells us so. Guy Lane explains. Cooling towers at a nuclear power plant. Nuclear energy produces vast amounts...
Tweet A recent SBS documentary on Rupert Murdoch has again raised serious concerns about him and his businesses’ morals, ethics and integrity. Paul Begley comments. Rupert Murdoch (image courtesy Rex Interstock) WHEN THE British actor Paul...
Tweet Mungo MacCallum is one of Australia’s most distinguished and respected political journalists. Mungo MacCallum According to Wikipedia, he ‘…covered Australian federal politics from the Canberra Press Gallery for The Australian,...
Tweet Hate and vitriol toward our prime minister, mostly by shock jocks, has reached fever pitch — an atmosphere unleashed by Abbott’s aggressive style. Michael Taylor comments. IF I WERE to be asked which side of politics indulged...
