Gillard gets what she deservedGillard gets what she deserved
A LITTLE over three years after she knifed Kevin Rudd in the back, Australian prime minister Julia Gillard has fallen by the wayside. She came to office by the backdoor[...]
Month: June 2013
Australia has a leadership problemAustralia has a leadership problem
WOULD Australia’s first female prime minister, Julia Gillard, have been in the position she is today if she had become leader of the Labor party in the regular way and[...]
In Australia, justice can be black and whiteIn Australia, justice can be black and white
IN February 2010, Andrew Lovett, an Australian rules football player, was charged with one count of rape over an incident in December 2009. Lovett had been recruited by St Kilda[...]
Pursuing Armstrong: a journo’s tale of triumphPursuing Armstrong: a journo’s tale of triumph
WHEN journalists criticise something repeatedly, those who read their offerings tend to conclude that the journalist in question has a dislike of the person or people at the heart of[...]
The death of free-to-air televisionThe death of free-to-air television
A FEW months before Christmas 2005, the UK’s biggest electronics retailer, Currys, announced that it would not be stocking VCRs that year. It was one of the earlier announcements of[...]
Countdown to the poll that countsCountdown to the poll that counts
ONE hundred days from today, Australia will go to the hustings to elect a new federal government. The indications from opinion polls are that the incumbent Labor government will be[...]