Political instability is not new to Australia. Not even in the modern era, which dates from the beginning of World War II. Sure, Australia has had five prime ministers since Melbourne Cup Day 2007 — namely, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Rudd (again), Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull. That’s six prime ministerships in six [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG – ISSUE NO. 335 30 September 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. Between November 1997 and October 2015 “Gerard Henderson’s Media Watch” was published [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG – ISSUE NO. 334 23 September 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 of [...]
Last year, Coalition ministers were banned temporarily from appearing on the ABC’sQ&A program by then prime minister Tony Abbott. After the treatment received by Regional Development Minister Fiona Nash on Q&Alast Monday, it remains to be seen if some Coalition ministers will implement a private boycott and avoid appearing before presenter Tony Jones and the [...]
It was as if the disdain of the Left intelligentsia travelled across the Pacific, from the US to Australia, in recent days. Last week, Democratic Party presidential candidate Hillary Clinton addressed a million-dollar fundraiser in Manhattan. Barbra Streisand was in attendance. Say no more. As has been widely reported, Clinton used the occasion to depict [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG – ISSUE NO. 333 16 September 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 was listening to ABC Radio 702 in Sydney when presenter Wendy Harmer announced that “we have just heard today of the passing of one of Australia’s best loved writers and magazine editors”. There followed the announcement that Richard Neville had died at 74. Neville is best known in Australia as the co-founder in 1963 [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG – ISSUE NO. 332 9 September 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. 331 2 September 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 [...]
Next Friday marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Mao Zedong, the leader of the Chinese Communist Party when the communists gained power in 1949. Australian-based followers of the man commonly known as Chairman Mao had planned to celebrate the occasion with concerts at the Sydney Town Hall (September 6) and Melbourne Town Hall [...]
