There will now be at least a change in what elements of the national mindset are articulated in the public sphere, and this will mean a change in the networks of media power, writes Margaret Simons.
Canberra
One female reporter does not a balanced panel make
Women who own property have been able to vote in South Australia since 1861 and all women since 1894. All Australian women have been able to vote in federal elections since 1902. Canberra, however, is blokesville – as last night’s debate showed, writes Christian Kerr.
Tips and rumours
By pure chance I spoke to two different senior commonwealth public servants yesterday in Canberra, who work in different departments, both of whom without prompting complained at length about how bored they are at work because there is simply nothing to do. One of these people is on 6 figures, the other close. One even […]
Media briefs and TV ratings
Aunty’s plum Canberra gallery position up for grabs … Regional viewers give NRL ratings bragging rights … Bart Simpson tells it like it is … Last night’s TV ratings.
Politics irrelevant to the economy: Macbank tells
While Johnny and Pete appear to be hoping the credit confidence crisis worsens so as to scare voters back to their “safe economic hands”, Macquarie Bank’s Rory Robertson is telling the bank’s customers it doesn’t really matter who wins the election, writes Michael Pascoe.
Nothing happened in Canberra this morning: Beckett on the Hill
Nothing happened in Canberra this morning. Nothing in the Samuel Beckett sort of way. Nothing means plenty. Nothing that is quite profound.
Jason Koutsoukis: showing how the job could – and should – be done
Good on Jason Koutsoukis. He may not be the most polished, experienced, wise or measured of the denizens of the Canberra Press gallery, but in his column in yesterday’s Sunday Age he managed to show something of how the job could – and should – be done.
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.
