Culture wars…….we seem to have these on-again-off-again ideological stoushes every single time conservatives enter government.
Jun 302015
Jun 082015
It’s been a while since I last put my political thoughts into this tome.
Dec 052013
Here’s a tip for those of you taking an interest in Australian politics, in this desertified media landscape. The Global Mail and The New Daily are two of the newest and most refreshingly non-conservative oriented online media outlets available today. I particularly enjoy the writing style of Mike Seccombe at TGM while the no nonsense, unopinionated, factual reportage being provided by TND is refreshing, and in my view, what a ‘newspaper’ really ought to be all about. News, not some bigoted or biased so-called journalists personal opinion, conflated to appear as fact. Hello, News Limited? Yes, I’m looking at you, […]
Mar 182013
I just had to explain to someone the fuss about the federal government’s proposed reforms to media regulation in Australia.
Jan 312013
This is why we, the voting public, refuse to take the main-stream media in Australia any more seriously than the Watchtower we so often find jammed under the front gate or in the letterbox. Frankly, from my perspective, this style of so-called journalism is just about as popular and needed as the ignominious JW’s at the front gate.
Nov 242012
Today’s editorial appearing in The Melbourne Age. It speaks not volumes, but libraries of volumes. There is a better way forward. Australia has no need of dog-whistling, bible-thumping, narrow-minded political opportunists or poll-driven, electorally fearful and inconsistent leadership as representatives in our Parliament. We need people of character, moral standing and a willingness to stand by their genuine Australian ethos. Australia doesn’t need A change…..Australia simply needs TO change.
Oct 112012
Listening to ABC Radio National this morning, I am now convinced more than ever that Main-Stream Media – MSM to we in the ‘sphere – are entirely out of touch with issues of gender surrounding our body politic at present.
May 032012
The Drum is always a good read. Sometimes contentious, sometimes fatuous, and often thought provoking. Today’s effort by Jonathon Green falls within the first & latter categories in my view.
Feb 202012
So the media trough keeps on being filled.