GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG – ISSUE NO. 247 17 OCTOBER 2014 The inaugural issue of “Gerard Henderson’s Media Watch” was published in April 1988 – over a year before the first edition of the ABC TV Media Watch program went to air. Since November 1997 “Gerard Henderson’s Media Watch” has been published as part [...]
The Suffering American Middle Class – A Movie We’ve all Seen Before Ever since the financial crisis of 2008, and resulting recession, the commentariat has carried on like pork chops about the demise of the American middle class dream. A late example is the book and film Gone Girl, which has a couple living in [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG – ISSUE NO. 246 10 OCTOBER 2014 The inaugural issue of “Gerard Henderson’s Media Watch” was published in April 1988 – over a year before the first edition of the ABC TV Media Watch program went to air. Since November 1997 “Gerard Henderson’s Media Watch” has been published as part [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG – ISSUE NO. 245 3 OCTOBER 2014 The inaugural issue of “Gerard Henderson’s Media Watch” was published in April 1988 – over a year before the first edition of the ABC TV Media Watch program went to air. Since November 1997 “Gerard Henderson’s Media Watch” has been published as part [...]
MEDICAL RESEARCH: THE GRANT THAT KEEPS ON COMING Stone the crows! The government is back in the winner-picking business. Industry minister Ian Macfarlane’s industry policy is imminent and one of the things he wants is for government to support growth industries backed by applied academic research in “agribusiness, mining technology, energy, oil and gas, advanced [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG – ISSUE NO. 244 26 SEPTEMBER 2014 The inaugural issue of “Gerard Henderson’s Media Watch” was published in April 1988 – over a year before the first edition of the ABC TV Media Watch program went to air. Since November 1997 “Gerard Henderson’s Media Watch” has been published as part [...]
TO STOP EBOLA – STOP CORRUPTION As plagues go, Ebola is pathetic – yes it is lethal once individuals are affected but it is very hard to catch. According to the World Health Organisation, Ebola spreads through “human-to-human transmission via direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes) with the blood, secretions, organs or other [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG – ISSUE NO. 243 19 SEPTEMBER 2014 The inaugural issue of “Gerard Henderson’s Media Watch” was published in April 1988 – over a year before the first edition of the ABC TV Media Watch program went to air. Since November 1997 “Gerard Henderson’s Media Watch” has been published as [...]
REASONS FOR OPTIMISM IN THE FEDERATION DEBATE Stone the crows! The feds want to fix federalism, at least in principle. On Friday, the Commonwealth government released a brief for the federation white paper process, due at the end of 2015. One of the key ideas on the agenda is “the practicalities of limiting Commonwealth policies [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG – ISSUE NO. 242 12 SEPTEMBER 2014 The inaugural issue of “Gerard Henderson’s Media Watch” was published in April 1988 – over a year before the first edition of the ABC TV Media Watch program went to air. Since November 1997 “Gerard Henderson’s Media Watch” has been published as part [...]
