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Editorial interference by the ABC's chairman
ABC Chairman Maurice Newman made a few comments yesterday that may go a long way to explaining some of the pressures editors and producers at the public broadcaster may be under – specifically on the issue of anthropogenic global warming [...]
Get Carter!
All sorts of dark conspiracies are alleged at Quadrant. Quadrant Online previously reported that the ABC had invited Bob Carter to contribute to an online debate on The Drum following their publication of a series of five articles by Clive [...]
Lead buried
Drum Editor Jonathan Green appears to have capitulated to braying demands for a false balance. Next week: The Drum-Unleashed will feature a series of pieces commissioned from noted writers on the sceptic side of the climate science debate. Included will [...]
Google grows a pair?
Google. We launched Google.cn in January 2006 in the belief that the benefits of increased access to information for people in China and a more open Internet outweighed our discomfort in agreeing to censor some results. At the time we [...]
Not spilling, dripping
Meanwhile in other spill news, NSW Premier Nathan Rees has lived to fight another day, reportedly seeing off the possibility of a leadership challenge by Treasurer Eric Roozendaal and/or Frank Sartor. NSW Premier Nathan Rees insists his leadership is “solid [...]
More spill thread with added smokey goodness
The spill is on, Tony Abbott is in, Joe Hockey looks to be taking inspiration from Peter Costello in wanting the leadership without getting blood on his hands, Kevin Andrews has ruled himself out and George Brandis has now shown [...]
Ethics in NSW schools
Andrew Clennell in today’s Sydney Morning Herald points us to an interesting trial mooted by NSW Premier, Nathan Rees. Ethics classes will be introduced in NSW schools, offering an alternative to religious studies for the first time in 100 years, [...]
All clear in McGurk inquiry
As Imre Salusinszky noted a few days ago, the McGurk inquiry into planning decisions made for land in the Badgery’s Creek area of western Sydney has found that, ‘no NSW Labor politician or government official has acted corruptly.’ In handing [...]
Tripodi tipped out in Rees reshuffle
It’s been a big weekend at the annual NSW State Labor conference, with embattled Premier Nathan Rees winning the right to choose a cabinet of his own making. A ministerial re-shuffle could be on the cards in New South Wales, [...]
Pwning the future
In a quick and dirty post announcing the presence of LP on Twitter I wrote about where I thought mass adoption of the platform was likely to take place. My favourite use for Twitter? Search for breaking news and to [...]
LP on Twitter
Yes, LP is now Twittering. I’m sure you’ve heard of it. Heck you can’t avoid it now that it’s become the favourite plaything of the mainstream media. In fact it appears whole conferences are dedicated to Twitter – participants seemingly [...]
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