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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...
22 May, 2013 2:32 am / 20 comments
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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...
21 May, 2013 2:40 pm / 23 comments
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Last weekend’s multi-mode weekly Morgan Poll shows support for the L-NP down 1% to 55% over the past week against ALP 45% (up 1%) on a two-party preferred basis.
The L-NP primary vote is 45.5% (down 1%) ahead of the ALP 32% (unchanged)....
21 May, 2013 10:44 am / 14 comments
TweetThe Government must make a stand to ensure delinquent fathers own up to their responsibilities to financially support their children, says Denise Allen.
Dr Parker: “Don’t worry … it will only be a little prick”
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21 May, 2013 8:32 am / 41 comments
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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,...
20 May, 2013 5:40 pm / 35 comments
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Before the manufacture of dangerous pesticides, Dr David Suzuki reminds us, our forebears relied on Mother Nature to solve problems like bed bugs.
SCIENTISTS OFTEN come up with new discoveries, technologies or theories. But sometimes...
20 May, 2013 12:01 am / 7 comments
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Skeptical Science Study Finds 97% Consensus on Human-Caused Global Warming in the Peer-Reviewed Literature (via Skeptical Science)
Posted on 16 May 2013 by dana1981, John Cook A new survey of over 12,000 peer-reviewed climate science...
19 May, 2013 11:31 am / 13 comments
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Tony Abbott’s budget reply featured at least 20 lies — all of them overlooked by Australia’s corporate media. Alan Austin covers a dozen of Thursday’s most glaring falsehoods.
Australia’s corporate media: wilfully...
19 May, 2013 8:39 am / 60 comments
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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...
18 May, 2013 5:01 pm / 39 comments
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Peter Wicks issues a wedding related correction and reports on the latest news about Craig Thomson and Kathy Jackson.
Peter Wicks speaks to Kathy Jackson last year.
IT SEEMS I need to put out a correction to something I have mentioned...
17 May, 2013 4:34 pm / 12 comments