Christopher Pyne gets it wrong again
Media release today from the Hon Peter Garrett MP (Minister for School Education; Minister for Early Childhood and Youth). Worth repeating. Christopher Pyne has shown […]
Politics
Tony Abbott in The Lodge: it’s still ‘never’
The polls suggest that Tony Abbott is close to getting his little grubby hands on the keys to The Lodge. The keys, then, will be […]
Letting the Labor Party narrative win
It’s not often that I see my mum, Kay Rollison, as angry as she was on Thursday. I too was furious at the behavior of […]
Vote ‘Yes’ for the News Media (Self-Regulation) Bill
As you are no doubt aware, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy wants his News Media (Self-Regulation) Bill 2013 passed by both houses of parliament by Thursday […]
Why I vote Labor
I first wrote this popular post mid 2012, but with the election this year I took the liberty of updating it and reinforcing why I […]
An Open Letter to Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd
Dear Julia and Kevin, Sorry to address you both informally by your first names, but I’m assuming I’d start off on the wrong foot if […]
News Limited and self-regulation
News Limited’s tawdry campaign proves Conroy’s point. After Rupert Murdoch’s chickens came home to roost spectacularly in the UK, his emus are scuttling about in […]
Campbell Newman: Tony Abbott’s “mini me”
Why is it that conservatives can never learn from their mistakes, only repeat them? With Campbell Newman’s latest announcements, on privatising health and educational services, […]
What Tony Abbott will do for you (Part 1): the age pension
I can’t see the mainstream media’s commitment to telling us who to vote for being relaxed until the election is over and they’ve safely delivered […]
Pauline Hanson and friends
I’ve never paid any attention to anything Pauline Hanson says, but I’m starting to pay some attention to what people say about her. It was […]
Julia Gillard has nothing to lose
The Labor party has everything to lose. Come September, not only could they lose the Federal election, but also many of the hard fought progressive […]
Andrew Bolt: more than just the village idiot
I’ve never seen Andrew Bolt as anything but a village idiot. The label, first applied by Mike Carlton a couple of years ago has stuck […]
Mr Abbott’s witch hunt
Tony Abbott has promised to do many things if the LNP win the 2013 election. This promise, now a couple of months old, has been […]
Opinion Poll Opinion
I know the mainstream media is only interested in polls owned by Rupert and any other opinion poll, however obscure, they can dredge up that […]
Self-censorship the best way to go
Yesterday I decided to remove my story Media bias threatens democracy. The reason is quite simple: most of the comments below the story were also […]