The Australian newspaper) ... that “the reign of Billy is coeval with the foundation of the Colony”, while the editor of the Australian newspaper thought East’s portrait of Blue should be hung in Government House. It was astonishing ...

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appeared in the pages of the conservative Argus newspaper as a bitter wharfies’ strike brought ... to sympathise with his plight. It seems old habits die hard in Australian public life. Our plutocratic ... Herb Elliott, in full-page newspaper adverts defending Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest. Elliott blithely ...

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for a sovereign wealth fund, WikiLeaks and the rule of law, democracy and the decline of newspapers. Most ... interest in the balancing virtue of equality, Turnbull disagrees. Like most Australians, he regards himself ... Hirst has called the typical form of Australian egalitarianism, the “equality of manners”. Turnbull ...

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The Australian is not a subtle newspaper. But it certainly has a genius for timing. Within ... prevails in the media corporation that dominates between 65% and 70% of the Australian newspaper market. ... of the  Australian  has  said that his newspaper has not carried out an FOI claim on my research grant. ...

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newspapers over claims that she was rolled by senior ministers over the appointment." ... (Australian Politics, Bob Carr, Julia Gillard, Crikey) ...

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daughter of the Western Australian mining magnate, the late Lang Hancock, one of the most right-wing Australians of the postwar era. As reported recently by Jane Cadzow in the Good Weekend , Hancock once ... of what Lord Monckton said: Is there an Australian version of Fox News? No. This is the thing I’ve ...

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backbenchers and backroom boys “backgrounding” the media against Rudd. The Australian had been savaging Rudd ... were in bed with News Limited newspapers. Even my own friendship with the prime minister had been put forward for ridicule. One newspaper rang to ask me if I’d helped him write his health policy, which had ...

The Monthly - Rhys Muldoon - 2012-03-01 10:51 - 12 comments - 0 attachments

running the Australian newspapers earned him respect as well as fulfilment, although they weren’t without ... Mark Day wrote in the Australian . Most News Corp watchers both inside and outside the camp ... of speculation early last month that Lachlan would take over as chair of News Corp’s Australian roots, News ...

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the history-steeped capital built by the British; instead, it combines the scant peri-urban charms of the Australian ... at one of the junta’s state-run newspapers, reluctantly turning out boilerplate glorifying General Ne ...

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For better or for worse, unlike most commentators, my judgments about Australian politics ... listening to radio, watching current affairs television and following the newspapers. As it happens, opinion ... entirely non-contentious conclusion. Kevin Rudd led one of the most popular governments in Australian ...

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of Elliott during World War II to help with the defence of Darwin – had approached the local newspaper, both ... to grieve. His decision to approach the local newspaper was of itself unusual. Bush Aborigines don’t use ... if there is an adverse reaction. The editor of the newspaper, Jasmin Afianos, was surprised to find Driver seeking her ...

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of the Year”. If Rupert Murdoch, who recently turned eighty, is the most influential Australian of the post-war era, Julian Assange, who will soon turn forty, is undoubtedly the most consequential Australian ... was first discovered. The Australian Federal Police conducted a long investigation into the International ...

The Monthly - Robert Manne - 2011-12-19 13:24 - 9 comments - 0 attachments

News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch, The Australian newspaper) ... Australian journalists have a sad history of going off to Washington to be ruined. They leave home the hope ... Calwell and used his new national broadsheet, the Australian , to demand ‘Black Jack’ McEwan succeed ...

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them with the rape convictions of Middle Eastern Australian men in Western Sydney. His comments, ... of Lebanese Australian boys were doing at Cronulla was not asserting their difference but rather embracing Australian culture enthusiastically. Hage says the behaviour of the Lebanese boys at the beach was a product ...

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of climate scepticism . In it, the climate change coverage of high quality newspapers in six countries – ... in the newspapers of English-speaking countries than in the papers of the others countries studied. Second, climate ... countries. And third, in the countries studied, right-leaning newspapers, like the Wall Street Journal , ...

Blog - Robert Manne - 2011-12-12 10:46 - 31 comments - 0 attachments

5562719 Following the Australian newspaper's lengthy response to his Quarterly Essay ( Bad News: Murdoch's Australian and the Shaping of the Nation ), Robert Manne ... and the Australian . The conversation is hosted by Crikey's Sophie Black. Presented by The Wheeler ...

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Australian  newspaper with Eric Beecher ( Crikey ). Entitled 'Bad News: Murdoch's  Australian  and the Shaping of the Nation', the essay investigates what happens when one newspaper becomes ...

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published often had material that was embarrassing to the newspaper excised. Even though the Australian ... only two main conclusions in my recently published study of the Australian , “Bad News”. ... the ideological agenda of the newspaper distorted the way it presented news and opinion or of its penchant ...

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(News Limited, The Australian newspaper) ... Before my Quarterly Essay on the Australian was published there was some discussion ... account of how the Australian has responded to my critique will explain why. The best way ...

Blog - Robert Manne - 2011-10-05 13:58 - 25 comments - 0 attachments

for it anyway. Newspapers across Australia carried 49 reports of Carnegie’s proposal, television stations ... is upside down at the moment,” remarks Dr Robin Archer, an Australian political sociologist at the London ... tax on the wealthy. Without the support of the Australian Labor Party, the Greens cannot hope to win ...

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(Australian Politics, News Ltd, Quarterly Essay, Robert Manne, The Australian newspaper, The Age) ... The Australian and the shameless actions of News Ltd " The Australian has turned itself into a player in national politics without ...

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News: Murdoch's Australian and the Shaping of the Nation, Robert Manne investigates Murdoch’s lead political voice here, the Australian newspaper, and how it shapes and distorts the national debate. ...

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entirely justified. (deconstructing paul kelly) (Australian Politics, The Australian newspaper) ... response from a journalist at the Australian to my Quarterly Essay ‘Bad News’. ... of the Australian’s handling of the climate change debate and its role in what is called in 'Bad News' ...

Blog - Robert Manne - 2011-09-19 17:37 - 24 comments - 0 attachments

broadcast and the fact that both teams are sponsored by corporate bookmakers said a lot about Australian ... betting on the permutations of the Australian stock exchange was recently rejected by ASIC. “I think ... was voracious, if untapped. Australians are the most fearless gamblers in the world. A recent report ...

The Monthly - Jonathan Horn - 2011-11-04 15:27 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

for the screening and handled the international media like a pro. For the film’s Australian release this month Ivan ... movies and arthouse movies. Moree Girls will be genre, a kind of Australian Western, ... and especially the way it ended – “blew me away”. It was the first Australian film he’d seen. He saw a lot ...

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