GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 488 13 March 2020 * * * * 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 [...]
It was no surprise to see Paul Keating on ABC television last Tuesday accusing the Coalition government of “ideological contempt”. The former Labor Party prime minister makes occasional entrances into the public debate and when he does, the language is invariably lively and memorable. What was surprising turned on the fact Keating was defending the [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 487 6 March 2020 * * * * 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 [...]
The media’s response to Monday’s speech by director-general of security Mike Burgess tended to focus on his comments about right-wing extremism as terrorism. However, as the ASIO head pointed out, “right-wing extremism has been in ASIO’s sights for some time”. Burgess added: “Obviously this threat came into sharp, terrible focus last year in New Zealand.” [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 486 28 February 2020 * * * * 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 [...]
In a public forum at the University of Sydney’s United States Studies Centre late last month, speaker Kim Hoggard declared that observing President Donald J. Trump in action was “like watching Rome burn”. The reference was to what she perceived as declining standards across the US under the Trump administration. The taxpayer-funded USSC tends to [...]
GERARD HENDERSON’S MEDIA WATCH DOG ISSUE – NO. 485 21 February 2020 * * * * 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 [...]
A STATEMENT BY GERARD HENDERSON CONCERNING THE BOLT REPORT 21 February 2020, 8.42 am I refer to the statement of Paris Street dated 20 February 2020. Initially I should state that I had no intention of upsetting a victim of child sexual assault – of whom I know several. I am very sorry for upsetting [...]
