ABC wars
Opinion
ABC
Familiar as hell? Shaun Micallef’s new chat show not what the ABC needs
Promoting his return to the ABC, Shaun Micallef quips that he stepped aside two years ago to make way for young talent, but there “wasn’t any”.
- by Thomas Mitchell
Latest
CBD
CBD
Jane Hume is reunited with her Lycra buddy
Canberra is a small town, as the Coalition senator found when she relived a viral moment at the Midwinter Ball.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Letters
Letters
Dutton’s nuclear plan is like something from a Soviet-era fantasy
Readers respond to Peter Dutton’s audacious pitch to nuclear Australia with some incredulity.
Analysis
Media & marketing
Should Paul Barry be the last journalist to host Media Watch?
With Barry about to end his 11-year tenure in the hot seat, the ABC could hand over the task of keeping the outlets honest to someone outside the so-called media bubble.
- by Calum Jaspan
Letters
Letters
Fear, loathing and other nuclear questions
Readers respond to Peter Dutton’s unveiling of the locations for nuclear power plants around Australia.
Letters
Letters
Rush to solve Melbourne housing crisis leaves questions unanswered
Readers ask how the state government’s plans for more housing in metro Melbourne will occur given current infrastructure shortages.
Letters
Letters
No taxpayer funds for schools that discriminate against gay teachers
Readers are appalled by the sacking of a young music teacher who lost her job with a Sydney Christian school after a parent saw her changed relationship status on Facebook.
Letters
Letters
No more pretty pictures, phonics will improve kids’ literacy
Readers mostly agree that the return of phonics is the best way to get children to learn to read and spell.
Letters
Letters
Dutton’s emissions plan is unconscionable and reckless
The Coalition proposal to withdraw from the Paris Agreement and lower Australia’s emissions targets leaves readers aghast.
Letters
Letters
Victorian Labor’s big build spending is a dangerous obsession
Readers discuss the recent conduct of the Jacinta Allan government and argue its financial management augurs badly for the next election.
‘A sound bite out of context’: Tingle’s racism claim backed by facts
Misinformation rules unless context is heard and understood.
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