Many people are asking about the reasons for this week’s Hollywood writers strike. An examination of scripts written before it erupted indicates the issues were already on many minds…
Bugger all
Rate rises complicate the Coalition campaign
We won’t know if the RBA Board has actually raised rates until tomorrow, so vast volume of comment on the topic remains, essentially, speculation on speculation of a rate rise. Matters are much more complication for the Coalition. Rate rises are complicating their campaign.
The Oz, Haneef and the undertow of power
There is always an undertow to public life. As the shock-waves of the Haneef story subside to daily rumble and The Australian’s Hedley Thomas no doubt gathers his clippings for what will be a hard to beat Walkley Award entry, it is worth reviewing what the media coverage of the affair tells us about Australia’s networks of media power.
