A former Victorian editor of The Australian newspaper has been accused of biased reporting by outgoing Office of Police Integrity director Michael Strong.
Jon Faine
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: A low-cost solution to Qantas’s problems
Crikey readers have their say.
Radio ratings: ABC makes ground as Mitchell slumps
The ABC was the big winner in Sydney and Melbourne in the latest radio ratings, while the biggest loser was Fairfax radio.
‘Village idiot’ union head won’t give up on 9/11 conspiracy
Internal ALP enemies of Victorian Maritime Union state secretary and Trades Hall president Kevin Bracken are egging him on to further greatness after he reprised his considered theories on the 9-11 attacks on Melbourne radio this morning.
The ‘three imbeciles’ call a Woolies EGM to remove chairman
Woolworths CEO Roger Corbett may be regretting getting into bed with pokies billionaire Bruce Mathieson, after his comments on ABC radio have landed both men in hot water.
Revealed: Crikey lavished $200 on Conroy at black-tie journos dinner
Stephen Conroy is under the pump for his extracurricular affairs with media moguls, but he has them with journos too he says. It’s true: in March 2003, Senator Conroy was a guest on the Crikey-funded table at the Melbourne Press Club’s Quill awards. Uh oh.
Jon Faine: Nothing good about the West, just fumes and cheap real estate
Altona bashing is a classic inner-Melbourne snob pastime, and today 774 presenter Jon Faine decided to get in on the action. Altona: the smelly, crap suburb you only live in ‘cause you’re poor, says Faine.
A tale of drinking, driving and bloody idiots
Some nice confected tabloid outrage at the increasingly negative Herald Sun today, with a cover story of a drink driving charge from seven years ago. Compare that to a rather similar drink driving story about the Hun’s own editor.
Kennett, Bracks, Jeffed — it’s 10th anniversary season
This is a big call, no doubt, but Jeff Kennett led one of the most reformist and revolutionary governments in any stable western democracy over the past 50 years.
Costello to Turnbull: ner ner nee ner ner
Peter Costello is now scarcely even trying to hide his undermining of Malcolm Turnbull.
DSE’s prescribed burning: time for some answers
As Black Saturday victims claim that they’ve been denied a voice in the Royal Commission into bushfires, the DSE’s prescribed burns continued across the state.
Who is the minister some bits of Fairfax refuse to name?
It seems different arms of the Fairfax Media empire are more circumspect than others when it comes to outing Victorian state government ministers, writes Andrew Crook.
What Jaspan said to Jon
Former Age editor Andrew Jaspan returned to the public eye yesterday morning, writes Margaret Simons.
ABC’s Jon Faine treads a fine line with nowwearetalking
Jon Faine, 774 ABC presenter, is an intrepid interviewer, able to spot a conflict of interest at 20 paces. But his travel blogging raises interesting questions, writes Jane Nethercote.
ABC board: are we reaching the end of the political stack?
Tomorrow marks the beginning of the end of the stacking of the ABC Board, writes Margaret Simons.
Albrechtsen breaks her ABC rule
Conservative columnist and ABC Board member, Janet Albrechtsen, has breached her promise not to criticise the ABC in public after yesterday taking a swipe at Melbourne’s 774 presenter, Jon Faine, writes Andrew Dodd.
Demonising your enemy: PoMC takes on Blue Wedges
The battle for Port Phillip Bay is getting nasty, with some of the Port of Melbourne Corporation’s tactics now available for all to see, writes Lionel Elmore.
