News
Archived news for 2011 | Recent news
News of World: sideshows and political opportunism
The News of the World phone hacking scandal has spiralled out in a dozen different directions. No wonder. It's fun to talk about Rupert Murdoch....
Giving up on national classification
There's an air of unreality about the Senate's review of the National Classification Scheme. Its final report was released in late June. On the...
One hack of a crime wave, or so they say
Keep calm and carry on: cyber crime is not the threat it's made out to be. There is no better fodder for naked fearmongering than crime conducted...
Newsflash, progressives: conservatives have opinions too
This article was published at: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/2750964.html. Ever since the rise of the Tea Party in the United States and the...
Tony Abbott? What did he ever do?
It's now approximately 18 months since Tony Abbott's election as Liberal leader, and the federal parliamentary Press Gallery is still grappling...
Media Watch: Everyone loves it until they advocate censorship
On last week's Media Watch, host Jonathan Holmes called for the government to use a practically defunct regulation to restrict free speech because...