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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 The Greens are at the crossroads as a political party — should they focus on the wider concerns of the electorate, or should they stick to environmentalism? Dr Peter Cock says they need to stay green. POLITICAL DISCOURSE in Australia...
Tweet Many people have labelled Tony Abbott as Australia’s most effective opposition leader, but that’s nothing more than hyperbole, says Kieran Fitzgerald. A number of commentators and media outlets have declared Tony Abbott to be “the...
Tweet News Limited is the main perpetrator of media abuses in Australia, writes Alan Austin, and hence the strongest proof the current self-regulation system is useless. Twitter response to Daily Telegraph’s comparison of Communications...
Tweet ABC tech reporter Nick Ross has been taken to task by his employer after criticising the Coalition’s broadband policy. Technology expert Kieran Cummings reports. (Click on image to access the ABC Media Watch story on this subject.) LAST...
Tweet Living on $35 a day might be possible for Adam Bandt for a week — but how about a month? Australian Democrat Alex Bond issues a challenge. Adam Bandt, Jenny Macklin and Kevin Andrews. WHEN I SAW that The Greens Adam Bandt had challenged...
Tweet The re-election of Robert Doyle as Melbourne Lord Mayor has more to do with the defeat of democracy by corporate interests than the true will of the people, says Carl Scrase. Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle and his wife Emma celebrate...
Tweet David Horton is alarmed by the ABC’s relentless march to the Right and has written the following open letter to managing director Mark Scott demanding answers. ABC managing director, Mark Scott — about this balance thing… Dear...
Tweet Doug Evans maps the overall Australian political scene — and makes some stark predictions about Australia’s future under an extreme rightwing Tony Abbott government. IN political fortune telling self-delusion is not helpful — the...
Tweet Dr Bob Brown shocked Australia by resigning as leader of the Australian Greens today without warning. Benjamin Thomas Jones says the change in leadership could either make or break Australia’s third party. It is not often in Australian...
