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Fairfax revenge: The Age attacks — and airs its political bias in Melbourne Ports

A dispute over the erection of campaign bunting and corflutes on the eve of a Federal election is ...  
Should the identity of terrorists be withheld?

Juan Cole questions whether the decision of some French media outlets to withhold the names and ...  
IA, Brian Martin QC and Kevin Rudd: Appointments and disappointments

Malcolm Turnbull's appointment of Brian Ross Martin QC to his NT Royal Commission and decision to ...  
Krugers, Bolts and glass houses

Esteemed sociological anthropologist and social media commentator, Norm Francis, discusses the ...  
The latest renewable energy myths from Murdoch and the Coalition

Dodgy data, the Coalition and the Murdoch press have again presented a spectacular performance in ...  
Lateline, Norington and a problem with the facts

Norington's recent Lateline appearance to discuss his book on the HSU saga was misleading and ...  
Radio shock jock and the hysterical woman

Musician/songwriter and well known front person for ‘Rocky and The Two Bob Millionaires’,  ...  
Murdoch and the Coalition: This week targetting renewables

The Murdoch media and the Coalition are ramping up the war on renewables in the wake of soaring ...  
Five uneasy pieces on the mainstream media and the election

Dr David Stephens examines the role of the mainstream media in the federal election, noting the ...  
Cheerleaders of the press like Murdoch don't win elections like they used to

The relentless bias of the Murdoch media is now just turgid sermonising to the right. The Univ ...  
Another hung parliament for Australia or was that just a warm-up vote?

Uncrumple those how-to-vote cards and wake up Antony Green, we’re going back to the polls. Dr ...  
Election blame game

Peter Wicks discusses the political fallout following the Coalition's election performance and ...  
Mainstream media: Now just a propaganda mill for Big Business?

Mainstream media is hopelessly conflicted these days with an ideology to sell, bought and paid for ...  
Nash, Cash and the Coalition's idea of "misogyny"

John Maycock discusses recent cries of "misogyny" by Senators Nash and Cash in response to Bi ...  
The Sydney Morning Herald fades to a Tory sunset

The Sydney Morning Herald is stumping nakedly for Malcolm Turnbull, writes Dr Evan Jones, just ...  
The Australian's Great Barrier Reef editorial: A misrepresention of science

A scientist, misquoted in The Australian, says the facts were misrepresented in the newspaper's ...  
Why Turnbull opted for such a long campaign

Journalists need to take a closer look at both Labor and and LNP policy without letting Turn ...  
On turning forty

On Friday 20 May 2016, the Sydney Writers' Festival is holding a special tribute to Bob Ellis (see ...  

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