Born to Run
As you know, the tawdry world of political campaigning has long since taken up with…More
Tagged: Media and Culture
What About the Digital Agenda?
The Australia 2020 Summit brought people from the heights and the streets together to meet…More
Opening up the ABC
ABC Managing Director Mark Scott’s wishlist of six digital channels by 2020 is to be…More
Bingeing Youths are not the Issue
I’m thinking many years back now. It’s my post-HSC muck-up day, and the Year 12…More
Same Old Song and Dance
Can governments create creativity? Is cultural expression, or even great art, something that can be…More
Mr Percival is Dead
A recent re-watching of the film Storm Boy (and a subsequent re-reading of my own…More
Computer Says No
It’s not breaking the Official Secrets Act to reveal that governments love national security pretexts.…More
Monika Jagaciak Is the New Dorian Gray
The bodies we prefer to watch are miniscule. The bodies that we prefer to ripen…More
Miranda Magorium's Wonder Emporium
You have to feel sorry for the neo-conservative commentariat – their crusade against the nasty…More
Hell Hath no Fury Like a Woman Overlooked for Promotion
I was never certain about the genesis of Janet Albrechtsen. Initially, I believed her to…More