The political cycle turns quickly
Wise heads in politics and media should know better than to be writing off the Liberal Party based on its election losses.
Chris Mitchell
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Tech, lies and videotape: fake news is rising
The ABC and Guardian Australia continue to peddle false lines from Labor that renewables are the cheapest form of energy, and its IR reforms are the best way to secure pay rises for workers.
Swan ruffles feathers with Covid mistakes
Norman Swan has fallen into the same politicised advocacy trap that’s snared many much younger ABC journalists.
Media blind to pantomime on climate stage
It should be obvious that national leaders, presiding over a 6 per cent rise in global emissions this past year, don’t actually believe in an imminent emergency.
Labor’s IR risk offers little reward for PM
Why would Anthony Albanese risk his electoral standing on a poorly thought-out raft of IR reforms that will do nothing to make the country stronger in perilous economic times?
Truth about deaths of Indigenous women
Perhaps a new generation of journalists at the ABC can report the truth on the issue of violence against Indigenous women, in a way the older cultural gatekeepers at the corporation could not.
Journos shun inconvenient truth on climate
Newsroom rounds have changed so much during the digital age that many reporters now only write what their audience wants to hear.
Green evangelism hides power price truths
Journalists have known for years that wind and the sun are far from free. But many won’t report it.
Journalists duped by corporate activism
Uncritical reporting of ESG commitments by business has created a climate in which the social policies of companies and super funds often receive inordinate publicity.
Long way back for economic stimulistas
Jim Chalmers and Anthony Albanese seem determined to tackle productivity problem in a way no government has since John Howard lost office.
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