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Tweet Budget night is the night political journalists pretend to understand economics — like Leigh Sales did when interviewing Wayne Swan on ABC 7.30 last night. Managing editor David Donovan reports. Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan and ABC...
Tweet Mass media induced group-think seems to suggest the Government is diabolical and Julia Gillard a witch — but that doesn’t mean it’s true, writes Letitia McQuade. Why we love to hate Julia Gillard We human beings are curious lot....
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 In a dizzying display of hypocrisy, rather than take action against the vile and violent misogyny promoted by one of its shows on Facebook, SBS have simply tried to deflect attention away from itself. Dr Benjamin Thomas Jones. When Independent...
Tweet Jenauthor tells the tale of Julia and Tony, two employees at a company who have applied for the same senior position. Two applicants have been short-listed for the position of manager of a call centre. Let’s call the applicants Julia...
Tweet Though it tries to maintain the rhetoric, Australia’s 2013 Defence White Paper appears to signal a strategic withdrawal from our middle-power status, argues Murray Hunter. (Image: screenshot from Network Ten YouTube video.) AUSTRALIA’S...
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 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...
Tweet Self-appointed referee David Speers tosses a coin to start Australia’s disability care competition? Gee gives us the rather predictable final score. read more »
Tweet Don’t give in to hysteria — Australia could quadruple its level of debt and still be better placed than most comparable countries. Alan Austin reports. AUSTRALIA’S PRIME MINISTER has just delivered an earnest speech...
