Comments on: El Nino looking more and more likely http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/04/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-37/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:14:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tom McLoughlin http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/04/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-37/#comment-44087 Tom McLoughlin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:50:36 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/04/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-37/#comment-44087 Costello has no credibility on foreign affairs after the false WMD claims starting a war in Iraq with perhaps a million casualties direct and indirect. In fact that was the point of the 2007 federal election. Seems the editorial or Fairfax Board are a bit slow on the uptake. Maybe when Ron Walker does toddle off we can get some nuanced and measured policy analysis on the editorial pages. Costello has no credibility on foreign affairs after the false WMD claims starting a war in Iraq with perhaps a million casualties direct and indirect.

In fact that was the point of the 2007 federal election. Seems the editorial or Fairfax Board are a bit slow on the uptake. Maybe when Ron Walker does toddle off we can get some nuanced and measured policy analysis on the editorial pages.

]]> By: Brian Kelly http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/04/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-37/#comment-44016 Brian Kelly Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:49:47 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/04/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-37/#comment-44016 If free-to-air television stations want to retain the right to broadcasting major sporting events then they must undertake to show it live to all markets where the particular sport is played. Demanding live NRL coverage to SA, WA and Tasmania would be ludricrous, but AFL is played in all states and therefore should be live throughout Australia as should be all International Cricket played in this country and any other international sport. Otherwise, put the rights on the open market. A word of caution - pay-television must not be able to charge extra for any of this sport as they are doing with the Winter Olympics ($50 extra to view this) If free-to-air television stations want to retain the right to broadcasting major sporting events then they must undertake to show it live to all markets where the particular sport is played. Demanding live NRL coverage to SA, WA and Tasmania would be ludricrous, but AFL is played in all states and therefore should be live throughout Australia as should be all International Cricket played in this country and any other international sport. Otherwise, put the rights on the open market. A word of caution - pay-television must not be able to charge extra for any of this sport as they are doing with the Winter Olympics ($50 extra to view this)

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