Democrats – registered and ready to go
The Australian Electoral Commission advised this morning that our latest audit showed we do indeed have the required 1,500 members! In fact, our member numbers have grown to well more …
Legal for politicians to lie?
The ABC’s RMIT fact-checker confirmed that political parties can lie with impunity in their advertising during federal election campaigns, or anytime really. Remember ‘Labor has secret plans to introduce a …
Did that media code just get gutted by Facebook? Yes … an update
We were right – the Media Code is dead. A sweet side deal has been struck with News Corp and Nine Entertainment bypassing all the conditions in the Code and …
Facebook work-arounds
Dean of Swinburne Research and Dev, Lisa M Given, in The Conversation suggests some straightforward ways to fill the gap left by Facebook restrictions: Sign up to Australian news organisations’ …
Regulate the tech giants
The Government’s News Media Bargaining Code legislation has passed the House of Reps and seems likely to get through the Senate with Labor support. It’s a ridiculous bill and a sop to …
Alan Jones
Racist, sexist, opinionated, offensive and contemptuous. Worse, Jones is a bully who wielded power over politicians, incited hatred and violence, promoted our most base instincts. Who could forget his vicious …