Saturday Salon
An open thread where you can, at your weekend leisure, discuss anything you like.
Crikey on LP
This piece was in yesterday’s Crikey email. Are Australia’s political blogs there yet? “Are we there yet?” is a question you often hear asked at seminars on new media these days. It refers to blogs. Nobody is really sure where [...]
Naomi’s posts
Ron observed the interest blogger Naomi Parry had in seeking preselection for the NSW seat of Blue Mountains in a post the other day. Unfortunately it appears that some of her political enemies from the right faction have been scouring [...]
Sacred Idol
The Age ran a story today on some of the Australian Idol contestants asking: Is there a Christian voting bloc backing certain Australian Idol competitors, or is the tradition of gospel singing behind their success? It is well documented that [...]
Should prosecutors wave pitchforks?
In her column on the career of prosecutor Margaret Cunneen, Miranda Devine agreed with her subject that when a guilty person goes unpunished, the system has failed, a sentiment that I defended against my occasional sparring partner, Peter Kemp. On [...]
Surfing the news
Tim Dunlop has been asked by News Ltd to run a blog on their website, Blogocracy, which will open for business on Monday (we’ll link to it when it does). It’s an encouraging sign that at least someone in the [...]
Flutey has a scoop
Flutey has a nice little scoop coming out of the Victorian election. Head on over there for a look. Will the Victorian media outlets run with this?
Ted Baillieu encourages speeding
In the midst of an election, Victorian Liberal leader Ted Baillieu had this to say about speed limits in that State. I’m not suggesting that people should exceed the speed limit, far from it,” Mr Baillieu said. “In reality, the [...]
Message received at Labor state HQ
According to The Age, a preference deal between Labor and the Greens, excluding Fundies First, is “more than likely”. Looking back on the whole episode, I suspect whomever leaked the original story to The Age is feeling rather pleased with [...]
Adult Themes
I have a review of Kate Crawford’s excellent new book on media myths about Gen X and Y and the changing social conceptions of adulthood published this morning over at Online Opinion. Adult Themes is well worth a read, and [...]
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