When I read Don Watson’s comments about the Redfern speech my overwhelming feeling was embarrassment, writes speechwriter, poet and novelist Joel Deane.
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Crikey Says: That other former Labor leader…
He’s feisty, he’s a pugilist, a former Labor leader and he lives, mainly, in his own political past. The most exciting ex-leader in Australia is Paul Keating, and he’s at it again today.
Paul Keating: Bugger Don Watson, Redfern was my speech
Stop giving Don Watson all the credit for the famous Redfern speech, they were my thoughts and my sentiments and I dictated them to Watson, declares former PM Paul Keating.
Talking the Town: Talking the Town: Don Watson’s Bendable Learnings launch
Management language has spread to the most unlikely places and has “seeded itself” — mainly through consultants, according to Don Watson. Margot Saville reports from his book launch.
Tips and rumours
Brendan Nelson might be on a listening tour, but he apparently isn’t hearing. His office has apparently directed Coalition members and senators to publicly object to the closure of the CDMA network. Yet privately more than one backbencher, including ones who have done as they were told, confess they have received no complaints. Is Paul […]
Sorry reaction: from Ray Gaita to David Flint
It was moment that will be remembered by the nation for generations to come, so how did the people see it? Thomas Hunter and Sophie Black posed the question.
