An extraordinary five year defamation case, involving a TV station, a radio network, a federal MP and a press photographer, ended yesterday when the court ruled in favour of the media organisations.
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Tips and rumours: Why can ABC jobs only be Sydney or Melbourne?
In today’s tips & rumours section, the Melbourne Film Festival website under attack, Labor in-fighting in Queensland and WA and ABC jobs stick to the big smoke.
The Sydney-ification of ABC local radio
ABC local and regional radio will be back under Sydney control next week when all of the senior management roles are taken up by people in NSW.
Tips and rumours: ABC Radio stays mono
One tipster questions if ABC Radio will actually go digital, and what’s going on between Julie Bishop and Dennis Jensen?
Tips and rumours: More tales from Turnbull
Malcolm Turnbull does some unsolicited meeting and greeting at a Perth shopping centre, plus gossip from the Sunday Tele.
Kate Dundas: I never met an ABC workstream I didn’t like
The new head of ABC Radio, Kate Dundas, has big plans.
There are no “big swinging dicks” in the Liberal Party
Liberal frontbencher Christopher Pyne sets some facts straight on ABC891.
Your ABC’s celebrity tarts
Either the ABC is independent — truly independent — or it’s not. And right now, you’d have to say, it’s not, writes an ABC insider.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Iguana-gate, righteousness and demon babies … Miranda Devine … Babcock and Brown … religion, war, Eurovision …
Putting the heart into advertising
Crikey has noticed heart creep in advertising — beyond the normal boundaries of February 14. Let us count the ways, writes Jane Nethercote.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
Prime Minister John Howard this morning on ABC radio: “If Mr Rudd wants to have a debate about surpluses between now and election day, make my day.” Over to you, Kevin Rudd. This is the debate you demanded. Do it.
Crikey Policy Comparison Part 9: Reconciliation
So the national debate moves on to the evergreen topic of reconciliation. Mr Howard, for a long time seen as the chief blocker of reconciliation, both practical and symbolic, now offers a bold symbolic gesture to Aboriginal Australia and its supporters.
If you do the crime, Johnnie…
The first thing I thought when I heard John Howard’s black referendum announcement was “Oh my goodness, where does that leave The Australian newspaper”. Very much alone, and out on quite the limb, would be the answer, writes Chris Graham.
The Government 10+ points behind on its own polling
More and more, the consensus is that parliament will return the week after next. And why wouldn’t it? Crikey understands that the Government’s internal polling has it lagging nationally by 10.6%, writes Christian Kerr.
How can we ever trust the Canberra Press Gallery?
The question Canberra journalists would like us to be asking today is whether we can trust Peter Costello and his relationship with John Howard. The other urgent question is whether we can trust the Canberra Press Gallery, argues Margaret Simons.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Piers Akerman and apologies all round … Telstra says don’t break up Telstra … marginals, pork and a few gremlins … soft Labor voters and Haneef … childhood obesity …
Leak puts The Australian in the ethical frame
Serious ethical as well as legal questions arise from the publication in The Australian today of excerpts from an interview by the Australian Federal Police with Dr Mohamed Haneef.
Last night’s TV ratings
Crikey / Friday, 18 January 2008
Even in summer Thursday nights are typical, reports Glenn Dyer.