Making up the news
We all know just how manipulative, dishonest, sensationalist, gutless, unfair and unbalanced the media is in this country. And it seems at time as though […]
What Julia Gillard is up against
If I were the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, I’d get to the point quite often where I would feel the need to vent about the […]
In whose opinion?
An old friend, Nick, recently said that what was once news has now been replaced with a journalist’s view on the world. The journalist’s opinion is […]
An Open Letter to Tony Abbott
Dear Tony Abbott I notice that you’ve been getting a free run in the mainstream media over your whole career and it occurred to me […]
Oh please, shoot me now!
Anybody who watched – sorry, laboured through the ABC’s QandA shoot me now could not have helped to notice that, despite the multitude of tweets […]
Howard’s Golden Years
Do you remember how good life was under the Howard Government? How we were all made to feel safe from terrorists and boat people? Remember […]
Tony Abbott: At war with the Universe
It’s not unusual for a politician to stand against, rather than for something. John Howard’s dismissal of climate change (until he reckoned there were a […]
The Scourge of the Swing Voter
Happy Australia Day! Last night I went to the inaugural Adelaide Wonk Drinks. It was, as promised, heaps good. I had my very first offline […]
Voting for action
In our previous piece, Climate change ‘a lay person’s dilemma’ John Lord provided a logical argument in consideration as to whether to believe or not […]
Was Australia invaded or settled?
Was Australia invaded or settled? This article was first drafted this time last year in response to a passionate debate around Australia Day on whether […]
Tony Abbott in the Lodge: Never
David Marr’s quarterly essay “Political Animal” gives an engrossing, even gripping insight into the persona of the leader of the Opposition, Tony Abbott. I made […]
Trial by media
In the heart of the nation’s capital, in the heart of its Parliament, we have the Canberra Press Gallery and, in its private alcove, the […]
Andrew Bolt: the globe-trotting weather presenter
Believe in climate change or not, there is no denying that the most vociferous and fanatical arguments come from those kitchen table scientists who do […]
News media: A little word, a big effect
I sometimes pick up on some sloppy reporting, deliberate spin or bias in the mainstream news media (MSM). It always creates huge interest on Twitter […]
Do some research and you’ll find it’s OK not to be black enough
Aborigines face the unending task of resisting attempts, on the one hand to cut them off from their heritage, and on the other to bury […]