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Tweet Ross Jones presents Independent Australia’s highly affordable response to Opposition Leader Tony Abbott’s budget reply. (From left) Julie Bishop, pamphlet, Tony Abbott. I JUST listened to Tones’ budget reply. The first thing...
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 Tony Abbott was criticised by what he said in his speech on forced adoptions, but it was what he didn’t say that most revealed his character, says Gordon Aplin. On 21 March 2013, Prime Minister Julia Gillard delivered an eloquent...
Tweet In the last day or so, Clive Palmer’s party signed up Peter Slipper, kicked him out and changed its name to PUP. WTF is going on? Ross Jones tells the tale. WHAT A FARCE. The whole Clive show looks for all the world like a naked grab...
Tweet In fading light, Abbott is pinned to the crease on GST, asylum seekers, broadband policy, education reform, and now IR policy. John Lord looks at Abbott’s worsening chances on day one of this first Election Test. TO USE cricketing...
Tweet The intriguing aspect to the Ettridge versus Abbott case heard in the Brisbane Supreme Court yesterday, says Alan Austin, is that Ettridge has a case but the media aren’t interested. David Ettridge and Tony Abbott. THERE ARE two...
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...
Tweet …or never let the truth get in the way of a good story. The owners of the mainstream press in Australia and the political party that serves their interests largely dictate our one-sided political coverage, says Letitia McQuade. The...
Tweet Fairfax “investigative journalist” Kate McClymont won a Walkley Award for a story on the HSU and Craig Thomson; Peter Wicks shows why it wasn’t worth a cracker. Kate McClymont: just add source. (Image courtesy Peter...
Tweet Declare your enemy a kook, a klutz or a slimeball, proclaim you’ve already won and ostentatiously prepare for office — this is the tried and tested method Abbott and his acolytes are following, says Bob Ellis. Karl Rove receiving the...
