Akerman on the Heiner Affair … Adler not on Enough Rope … Brough’s takeaway grog rules … soft Labor votes … Australia’s official foreign reserves … let’s blame Grandma …
Piers Akerman
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Our athletes suck. Good thing they don’t sing
Did not qualify. Last. Sixth. Did not qualify. Did not qualify. Last. Fifteenth. More than $580,000 was spent specifically for the lead up to the Osaka meet which was to allow “medal-potential athletes” to prepare. It’s no wonder the SBS commentary team was totally lost for words.
Straight from the sausage factory: how a media story is made
Bismarck once compared the making of legislation to the manufacture of sausages – it was necessary if people had to eat, but fairly unpleasant to watch happening. The same might be said for the manufacture of partisan “news” – but watching it occur can be quite fascinating, writes Mark Bahnisch.
Digging deeper into Kevin Rudd’s past
There’s some more Queensland murk being stirred up that might be designed to further muddy the waters for Rudd, writes Mark Bahnisch.
Pauline’s politics for pleasure and profit
A piqued Pauline Hanson has angrily rejected suggestions she is standing for parliament yet again simply for the public funding.
Studying the PM through the Crosby/Textor prism
Piers Akerman seems to suggest in his column today that perhaps John Howard should consider sacking his pollsters Crosby/Textor. He tries to refute what he claims are the five major points of the pollsters’ advice, writes Irfan Yusef.
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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 …
Piers Akerman’s research skills on display
According to the Daily Telegraph website of 1 August, their columnist Piers Akerman is “One of the nation’s most respected journalists … “. It is strange then, for a professional journalist to be so out of touch that he should write this little gem.
