Jones lumbers Abbott with Rudd’s mess
Kevin Rudd turns Australia’s immigration policies and border protection into an absolute shambles and who does the ABC’s Tony Jones demand solve the problem? The Coalition. [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Oct 30, 2009 | 13 comments View Post
No room for the facts on ABC’s Lateline
Two of the biggest criticisms of the ABC and its cohorts in the Canberra press gallery are that they are consumed by group think, and that they will only take up the cudgels on behalf of one side of an argument – the “liberal” or “progressive” viewpoint. [...]
Oct 27, 2009 | 18 comments View Post
The asylum seeker issue says a lot about what passes for debate in Rudd’s Australia
Let me be sure I understand this properly. The flood of boat people from south Asia continues, with yet another vessel carrying 32 people intercepted by the Navy near Christmas Island this morning. [...]
Oct 24, 2009 | 11 comments View Post
BNP: Question time round-up
“The man’s got guts!” “At last, someone saying exactly what we all feel”. “The hand-picked audience in the studio hated what Nick had to say, but we loved it”. “I’ve never seen such political bullying on TV in my life.” “When he pointed out how all the others are racist against the English, we were all cheering”.
Oct 23, 2009 | 20 comments View Post
Just who does the National Farmers Federation represent?
Clearly not farmers, according to a report in The Australiam under the misleading headling “Farmers reject Nationals on carbon scheme”. Apparently the NFF has demanded that the Nationals drop their opposition to carbon emissions trading. [...]
Trioli caught mocking Barnaby Joyce?
ABC2’s News Breakfast this morning ran the above grab of Nationals’ senate leader Barnaby Joyce just before crossing to Canberra reporter Hayden Cooper for comment on federal politics. [...]
Oct 20, 2009 | 4 comments View Post
ABC campaigning for asylum seekers
Nothing is guaranteed to bring out the ABC’s true colours more than a row over asylum seekers. The ABC has thrown away any semblance of objectivity and impartiality in its coverage of the Sri Lankan boat people intercepted trying to leave Indonesia for Australia. [...]
Oct 17, 2009 | 24 comments View Post
Beersheba Day 2009
Beersheba Day 2009: Come and join us to commemorate the 92 anniversary of the famous charge by the Australian Light Horse at The Battle of Beersheba. [...]