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All or nothing; Now or never

May 12, 2009 – 2:53 pm

Caroline Overington’s latest post says that Wayne Swan’s proposal for paid parental leave “falls apart”. What is so wrong with it?
It’s not due to come in until January 2011 … that is, after the next election. It’s dependent on the Rudd Government being returned (quite likely) and on the deficit not blowing out (not at [...]

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Media on judges; judges on media

April 24, 2009 – 2:05 pm

We had some discussion on this site about media reaction to the case of Ronald King, who received a suspended sentence after sexually abusing a young girl. The Crown appealed against the lenience of the sentence, and yesterday the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal announced its decision – King now faces a custodial sentence of [...]

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To cuss or not to cuss

March 13, 2009 – 1:46 pm

Caroline Overington has written a piece about what she perceives as a recent drop in the standards of public discourse. She bases this conclusion on three examples of politicians swearing in public.
Late last year, for example, we had Tony Abbott, unforgiveably late for a debate with Nicola Roxon, and then swearing at her.
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Then, last Saturday, [...]

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To err

February 27, 2009 – 10:50 am

Caroline Overington ponders the arrest of an ABC news crew at the scene of the Black Saturday bushfires.
There are reports that an ABC Lateline reporter, thought to be Raphael Epstein, was arrested last night while at Kinglake, the site of Black Saturday bushfires.
Police say it’s a breach of the Coroner’s Act, because Kinglake is a [...]

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