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Independent Producers defend ABC outsourcing

david — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 05:03:47 +0000

How self serving is this? The beneficiaries of the ABC outsourcing juggernaut disagree the move will see job losses or a reduction in the creative independence of Aunty. Meanwhile the group has been very active in lobying the federal government for more money for the ABC so it, the ABC, can spend more money on [...]

O’Neill, the visiting expert on free will

david — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 23:02:30 +0000

I wonder who paid for Brendan O’Neill to visit these fine shores and lecture us on the perils of censorship? He has appeared on two ABC shows while also penning his eloquent prose for the discriminating readers of the Oz. It’s curious. Did he or some agent spruke his credentials to various decision-makers at a [...]

Conroy checks the Sky move

david — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:05:04 +0000

In a fascinating quote Daniel Flitton claims

An independent panel of public servants set up to evaluate the competing tenders saw Sky’s as the better bid, only for the government to baulk at the prospect of stripping the contract from the publicly funded ABC to hand it to a company part-owned by Mr Murdoch’s News [...]

Brain Fart by Gavin Atkins

david — Tue, 10 May 2011 22:49:19 +0000

In breaking news, Gavin Atkins over at The Oz have uncovered a evidence of “left-leaning group-think at The Drum”.

The real measure of bias at The Drum is not the range of opinion, it’s the frequency. Until the end of last month, 98 writers had been published eight or more times at The Drum, producing [...]

The Australia Network

david — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:02:47 +0000

Hmm…”How about a $223 million contract to broadcast Australia Network, the government’s overseas television station that reaches more than 34 million households in 44 countries throughout Asia, the Pacific and the Indian subcontinent?”

If that’s a five year contract, it aint a lot of money for TV service unless you get all of your content for [...]

Pyne reminds us, we live in an economy not a society

david — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 22:31:06 +0000

Sweet Mr Pyne from the state of free settlement demonstrates the right’s contempt for the mere idea of social progress with his ABC supplied free kick.

Christopher Pyne, the manager of Opposition Business in the House of Representatives, said Parliament would be a shambles with Senator Brown constantly raising Greens’ policy such as euthanasia…Rather than focusing [...]

ABC news channel on air soon

david — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:28:36 +0000

ABC management, driven mostly by former Liberal Party staffer and businessman Mark Scott seems hell bent on imposing a technocratic regime on the public broadcaster. In many ways this amounts to privatisation by stealth and Scott’s successes are many and far reaching.

While management has been able to argue that most of its decisions are in [...]

ABC to launch 24-hour news channel

david — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:44:18 +0000

Nothing happens quickly at the ABC. Mark Scott’s announcement today has been a long time coming and probably has more to do with Australian federal election cycles than anything else.

2010 is an election year so the traditional media will beat themselves into the usual lather as willing participants in the politics of distraction while [...]

The other contest

david — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:49:05 +0000

On Tuesday when the Libs kick out the petulant Malcolm Turnbull for his blatant disregard of Nick Minchin’s point of view there will ensue a small tussle between the hard right of the Liberal Party represented by the mad monk, Tony Abbott or possibly, all-time funny man Kevin Andrews and the “popular front bencher” and [...]

Political coverage on TV

david — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:16:51 +0000

Over 18 months ago the fearless poetry spouting leader of the ABC, Mark Scott made quite a splash about another jewel in the Ultimo crown, a so-called continuous news centre. This worthy initiative was mean to herald a 24hr news service to all Australians, not just those who are prepared to pay for Sky News. [...]