April, 2012

Suing Andrew Bolt so I may Speak Freely I am suing Andrew Bolt in the Supreme Court of Victoria The Courts provide the hope of a levelling field where we can vindicate ourselves against the sorts of personal attacks that Andrew Bolt has recently made against me. I am a law student and have some [...]

Gillard must resign, the government must go, election now. No, it’s not just Andrew Bolt saying it today. Grattan: JULIA Gillard should consider falling on her sword for the good of the Labor Party, because she can no longer present an even slightly credible face at the election. Kenny: The current Parliament is not stable [...]

Leveson inquiry: was Murdoch’s failure to get to grips with hacking an aberration? One stand-out moment in Rupert Murdoch’s testimony today was his statement about the News of the World being “an aberration” and that he should have closed it years ago. So, during those years when I was regularly describing it as a rogue [...]

Time for a fresh open thread. So here you go.

Some reflections on ANZAC Day, Cory Bernardi’s iPhone app, Peter Slipper, LOLBolt and the usual nonsense. You can download the podcast, find it at the iTunes music store, subscribe to the feed in iTunes or stream it online at our podbean page. For those of you subscribing through iTunes, we’d really appreciate it if you [...]

Yep, almost the weekend. I can almost hear the siren song of two-stroke yard machinery already. Floating around the Internet today is this great article on marriage equality by Jacob Holman, who edits the Pure Poison Podcast for us each week. It’s good news because the only thing they have lost is an argument. Because [...]

I’m not sure how I missed this one last week, but it’s still worth taking a look at Mr Tiedt’s reflection on ABC NSW political reporter Mark Tobin’s move into Barry O’Farrell’s office. The Mark of the Man Sometimes it’s not what was done, but how it was done that matters.

A provocative statement from Paul Sheehan in the Fairfax press today: What sort of kids are on the streets after 3am, in stolen cars, drinking alcohol, driving recklessly and resisting police?You know the answer. The statistical probability points to a subculture that is overwhelmingly over-represented in arrests, convictions, incarceration, child abuse, child neglect, domestic violence, [...]