With five weeks to polling day, a familiar political refrain has been reworked and restated: namely, let “the real Malcolm Turnbull” stand up. This follows the suggestion that the Coalition is not performing as well as it might be because the Prime Minister is not being himself. The call for Malcolm Turnbull to be Malcolm [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG – ISSUE NO. 316 20 May 2016 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 [...]
I have had two encounters of the personal kind with the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, neither of which was satisfactory. The first occurred on May 6, 2014, when I was walking to my Sydney office on Phillip Street. It was early in the morning and I was surprised to see [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG – ISSUE NO. 315 13 May 2016 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 [...]
In the lead-up to the July 2 election there has been some focus on a group termed “Delcons”. Translated, the label stands for “delusional conservatives”. It was invented by The Daily Telegraph columnist and Sky News contributor Miranda Devine to describe the likes of Brisbane academic James Allan and Sydney-based one-time Treasury secretary and Nationals [...]
Free speech will be under challenge following the emergence of Donald Trump as the candidate presumptive for the Republican Party in the forthcoming presidential election in the US. Already the US Left has disrupted Trump rallies. In Fort Wayne last Sunday, in the lead-up to the Indiana primary, Trump supporters (including military veterans) were accosted [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG – ISSUE NO. 314 6 May 2016 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. 313 29 April 2016 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. 312 22 April 2016 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 [...]
There is something awesomely pompous about individuals who proclaim their education, present or past employment, awards and the like to weigh into the public debate. The implied suggestion in such qualification flashing is that the views of an honorary professor in industrial relations research at the University of NSW are more significant than those of, [...]
