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Australia’s CSG industry — no longer such a gas
Australia’s controversial coal seam gas industry faces a deeply uncertain future. Environment editor Sandi Keane provides the full picture. (Image courtesy SBS) RISING GAS PRICES, the pitched battle...
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The story of Mustafa
Eight-year-old Mustafa came to Australia on a boat from Afghanistan without his family, and was in Woomera on his own. Marilyn Shepherd tells his sad story. Sarah Hanson-Young with pictures drawn by...
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The end of newspapers — and the rise of the online magazine
Managing editor David Donovan explains why the age of the one-stop newspaper is over — and not just in print, but also online. I WOULD LIKE to let you in on a secret. It’s something I’ve known for a...
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The forthcoming assault on workers’ rights
The Gordonstone mine dispute is a case study in why Tony Abbott must not be allowed to become prime minister, says former Victorian MP Denise Allen. “They may have buried the statue, but they can’t...
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The rise of the Radical Right
In the first of a three part series, Dr Geoff Davies considers the worldwide shift to the political Right since the 1980s, and how traditional conservatives have now become radicals. THE RISE AND...
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More hot wind from The Australian’s Graham Lloyd
Another anti-wind power article in The Australian has led scientists to denounce the paper’s continuing use of junk science to discredit renewables, says Cam Walker. GRAHAM LLOYD, The Australian’s...
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The rise of the Radical Right (Part Three): Australia today
In this final part of his three part series, Dr Geoff Davies surveys the current political scene, including the disarray of the Labor Party, from a longer perspective. THE RISE AND FAILURE OF THE...
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The future of investigative reporting in Australia
Even with the steep decline of Fairfax and APN, the future of Australian investigative journalism looks bright with the emergence of publications like IA, says Rodney E. Lever. Fairfax CEO Greg...
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Did The Australian misrepresent IPCC chair on global warming?
(via Skeptical Science) Posted on 25 February 2013 by dana1981 As we have discussed many times at Skeptical Science, although the warming of global surface air temperatures has slowed over the past...
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Ashbygate in depth: Mal Brough’s dry gully
In the first part of a three part series, Vince O’Grady shows in forensic detail just how many times Mal Brough has changed his story, or outright lied, about his conspiracy with James Ashby to bring...
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Ted Baillieu bails out of Victorian premiership
Ted Baillieu resigns overnight as Liberal Party leader, but senior correspondent Barry Everingham says — we ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Ted Baillieu was too decent to be a Liberal politician; when the...
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Nick Ross, the ABC and what lies beneath The Australian’s lies
ABC tech reporter Nick Ross has been taken to task by his employer after criticising the Coalition’s broadband policy. Technology expert Kieran Cummings reports. (Click on image to access the ABC...
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The day The Australian’s reporters stopped writing lies
Rupert Murdoch’s brazen intervention in the 1975 Federal election campaign led to reporters at The Australian going on strike. Don’t hold your breath for that to happen this year, says Joan Evatt....
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News Limited’s hysterical campaign confirms need for media regulation
News Limited is the main perpetrator of media abuses in Australia, writes Alan Austin, and hence the strongest proof the current self-regulation system is useless. Twitter response to Daily...
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Tony Abbott: Australia’s most effective Opposition Leader?
Many people have labelled Tony Abbott as Australia’s most effective opposition leader, but that’s nothing more than hyperbole, says Kieran Fitzgerald. A number of commentators and media outlets have...
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Honest politicians must hold nerve on media reform
Politicians must not cave into the self-interested and ruthless blackmail being waged by the Murdoch-Rinehart Press against media reform, says Rodney E. Lever. Prime Minister Gillard has never clearly...
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Islamophobia overshadows bipartisan multiculturalism inquiry
A small but vocal group of bigots can congratulate themselves for successfully hijacking a much-needed national discussion on multicultural service provision, writes Dr Chloe Patton. By Dr Chloe...
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Murdoch in Darwin and his plans for Australia
Rodney E. Lever considers Rupert Murdoch’s visit to Darwin, as well as the suspicious timing of his disgraced apparatchik Rebekah Brooks’ visit to Australia. EVIDENCE IS steadily mounting, day by day,...
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How Howard politicised the AFP and protected Downer and Bolt
Why are the AFP so eager to get Peter Slipper — but not Mal Brough? Ross Jones lifts the lid on Australia’s police / media / conservative political party cartel. WHAT DO Andrew Bolt and the AFP...
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The Dead Cat Revival
The Murdoch media have launched a vicious vendetta against the Gillard Government since Kevin Rudd was toppled. Managing editor David Donovan pieces together Australia’s hidden political picture. WHEN...
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