Archive for: Alan Jones

The opinion makers

The opinion makers

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...

 

Is Julia REALLY Juliar?

Is Julia REALLY Juliar?

Tweet Did Julia Gillard really lie during the 2010 election campaign about introducing a carbon tax?  Tom Orren says “aye hae ma doots!” BACK IN 1984, I was in a car pool of five. Five is the perfect number for a car pool because...

 

A fair go for Prime Minister Julia Gillard

A fair go for Prime Minister Julia Gillard

Tweet Tony Abbott’s greatest successes have been making Prime Minister Julia Gillard seem illegitimate and obscuring her government’s achievements. The media and public have been too hard on her. Clint Howitt explains. LAST MONTH’S...

 

Latham’s neo-liberal Labor and the Abbott right rat-snake

Latham’s neo-liberal Labor and the Abbott right rat-snake

Tweet Mark Latham may have succumbed to the creed of neo-liberalism, but he has summed up the Abbott right to perfection in his new Quarterly Essay, says Graham Jackson. As an old card-carrying trade unionist, I spent part of my Victorian Labour...

 

Moisturised Tony

Moisturised Tony

Tweet Gee records a day in the life of moisturised Tony and his kitchen window sill tomato. read more »

 

Neighbourhood watch

Neighbourhood watch

Tweet Beware if you see any of these new arrivals in your neighbourhood, says Gee. read more »

 

Cory Bernardi’s Coalition Wildersbeast

Cory Bernardi’s Coalition Wildersbeast

Tweet Will all the Coalition politicians who support the racist ideology of Dutch fanatic Geert Wilders please raise their hands, asks senior correspondent Barry Everingham. Senator Cory Bernardi and his close friend, Dutch Islamaphobe, Geert...

 

Peta’s ponderings

Peta’s ponderings

Tweet Gee releases an intimate internal memo from Peta to her boss. read more »

 

The mad hatter’s Australian Tea Party

The mad hatter’s Australian Tea Party

Tweet David Flint and his extreme rightwing chums are looking to set up an Australian version of the U.S. Tea Party movement. Senior correspondent Barry Everingham is most amused. (Image: screen shot of story on news.com.au) David Flint is becoming...

 

Tragic market failure

Tragic market failure

Tweet The 2DayFM prank call tragedy, and world’s failure to combat climate change, are obvious examples of depressing market failures, says Victoria Rollison. ON SATURDAY, I woke up to the news that 2DayFM prank phone call victim, Jacintha...

 
 
 
 

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