THE NET NEUTRALITY FIGHT: OLD TECH IN THE UNITED STATES BUT WIRELESS IS THE WORRY HERE In the United States the Federal Communications Commission is under pressure to intervene in the market to create a level playing field so giant Internet Service Providers (ISPs) cannot charge giant media companies more for distribution. The problem [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG – ISSUE NO. 241 5 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 [...]
HEALTH PRICE SIGNALS ESSENTIAL – OTHERWISE LIVING LONGER REQUIRES HIGHER TAXES STONE the crows! The US budget is fitter than diagnosed because the Yanks are spending less on health. The New York Times reports, “Health care, which has eaten into salary gains for years and driven up debt and bankruptcies, may be starting to [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG – ISSUE NO. 240 29 AUGUST 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 [...]
DEFENCE - THE UNITED STATES/CHINA/AUSTRALIA Stone the crows! Last week Clive Palmer dug his own political grave with the commentariat in an extraordinary outburst on Q&A: The Chinese Government wants to bring workers here to destroy our wage system … they want to take over our ports and get our resources for free. … they're communists, [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG – ISSUE NO. 239 22 AUGUST 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 [...]
INNOVATION BY GOVERNMENT – CAN IT WORK? Stone the crows! Why do we think government can engineer innovation? NSW Minister for Finance Dominic Perrottet is very keen on the collaboration economy, the idea of short term sharing between peers, demonstrated by service providers like Uber and AirBnB. The NSW Finance Minister, the way things are [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG – ISSUE NO. 238 15 AUGUST 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 [...]
Why we need more professionals than plumbers Stone the crows! The backlash against ever-more undergraduates has begun. Last week, Business Council of Australia chief Catherine Livingstone announced there were too many young people at university who would be better off in vocational education.[i] Fair enough, except VOC.ED isn’t exactly empty. There are around two million [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG – ISSUE NO. 237 8 AUGUST 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 [...]
