You can’t fight an ideological war by shutting physical borders
As news came out yesterday evening that a Syrian refugee passport was found next to one of the terrorists in the Paris attacks on Friday, […]
Daily Telegraph
Introducing the new “ABC free” AUSTRALIA … now with extra ignorance, selfishness and cruelty
(Or why we need the ABC) Since the coalition’s Murdoch lead victory in last September’s federal election there has been a palpable shift in our […]
Is Murdoch Australia’s Biggest Sleaze Mogul?
I am but 50 pages into the Paul Barry biography Breaking News and the overriding impression one gets from these first few pages is that […]
Why Labor Lost
Firstly: The truth of the matter is that my Party is at times its own worst enemy. For the six years Labor has been in […]
Conduct unbecoming?
By now everybody would have seen the widely condemned front page (above) of The Daily Telegraph, but did anybody read the accompanying editorial rubbish? I […]
Murdoch hates Rudd: a reminder
The Fairfax media and the social media have seized on the ‘rumour’ that Murdoch wants to wipe away Kevin Rudd’s chance of electoral success, in […]
Someone has well and truly lost the plot
That fine custodian of moral virtue, Piers Ackerman, is mostly known for his frothing-at-the-mouth appearances on ABC Insiders most Sunday mornings and as a journalist […]
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 […]