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Making the things bad people have sound spectacular

February 20, 2012 – 8:00 am

I’m less sympathetic to the targets of this beat-up than most – frankly, the banks in this country deserve a much harder time from the media than they get – but that doesn’t mean I’m indifferent to hacks insulting their readers. It’s another one in the Gemma Jones or Anne Wright style – where you [...]

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The people will be angry about what we tell them they’re angry about

November 11, 2010 – 7:42 am

Check out this headline from yesterday’s Herald Sun, and the story it accompanied: It’s obvious what’s important to Stephen McMahon and his editors: STAMP duty reform is shaping as a key issue at today’s Herald Sun/Sky News People’s Forum. The latest Treasury figures show home buyers will be slugged more than $15.6 billion in property [...]

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