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I spent a bit of time today perusing the reports on the slow motion train wreck that is the British Labour Party and seasoned it with a few comparisons with similar dead ducks like the NSW Labour government and the nothingness that is K Rudd and Co. Going a bit further out on a limb [...]  Let that be a lesson to others,REFER UPWARDS or DIE! By the way, Amanda isn’t sacked from the ABC…she is merely removed as Head of Comedy. Fortunately the editorial policy processes are still intact which probably means that the Chaser team won’t be presenting the ABC news any time soon. Shaun Carney fires an appropriate shot across the bow of the good ship Chaser in his op-ed. Meanwhile in Europe the extreme right wing of politics has surged to prominence in the largely symbolic EU elections. Shaun would probably agree that both are sad events for humanity generally in so far as they symbolise the retreat [...] Aren’t we lucky that K Rudd and Co only spent a few hundred million propping up Holden -What I Learned Today – 0.000000435% A few months ago the so-called Gunns 20 were celebrating when the case against them collapsed but as Helen observed over at Larvatus Prodeo, the threat of legal costs is a well known tactic employed by people like Gunns who want to silence public opposition. Gunns are not alone as news broke today that Bob [...] Thanks to Crikey for the alert! How extraordinary, an industry award to a newspaper editor for coverage that has “been of consistently high standard”. Presumably that’s a standard that applies to the Petroleum Production and Exploration Association and isn’t covered by such tiresome considerations like truth that might bother a journalist. One is curious if [...] Occasionally know for real reporting, the Age has this little gem running on its football pages. Methinks Greg is actually understating the situation. The dressing room cameras are immensely invasive and the tacit understanding has always been that their use is limited to general scenes of players preparing before a game or celebrating afterwards. The decision [...] |
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