Former ABC board member Janet Albrechtsen has called for an end to exorbitant microphone checks amid fears they pose a tangible threat to Australia’s triple A credit rating. Albrechtsen, who on Sunday announced she would henceforth be boycotting the ABC,… Read More ›
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Alan Jones Listeners Face Crisis Of Identity
Alan Jones left listeners confused and anxious yesterday as the veteran conservative broadcaster attacked Prime Minister Tony Abbott on his breakfast radio program. Typically praising of the Prime Minister and the Coalition’s policies, Jones was openly critical of the government’s imposing… Read More ›
Abbott Government Keeps Election Promise Not To Cut ABC ‘Or’ SBS By Cutting ABC AND SBS
Keeping with then Opposition leaderTony Abbott’s explicit pre-election promise not to cut funding to ABC or SBS, Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced funding cuts to both ABC and SBS. The cuts to the ABC will amount to $254… Read More ›
Media Goes Wild Over Man Saying What Women Have Been Saying For Years
In a phenomenon that my female friends have been pointing out for a while, but I only really started to notice when my friend Jack highlighted it, the media has been going wild over men who publicly take the feminist stances… Read More ›
Controversial 7.30 Skit Offends
Infamous comedy troupe, The Chaser Flagship current affairs program, the 7.30 Report is under fire from conservative political commentators for a controversial sketch aired last Tuesday. Introduced by Craig Reucassel Leigh Sales, the 5 minute sketch proceeded to show a photoshopped picture… Read More ›
Clive Palmer Demotes Jacqui Lambie To Deputy Class Clown
Leader of the Palmer United Party and dinosaur enthusiast Clive Palmer has today announced that Palmer United Party Senator Jacqui Lambie has been demoted from head class clown to deputy class clown. The move follows weeks of tension between Lambie and… Read More ›