Newspapers and bloggers: isn’t there room for everyone?
2 July 2009
Crikey
It must be pretty humbling to feel your power slipping away. And not just slipping away to an equally powerful competitor, but slipping away to — gasp! — ordinary people.
Utegate raises no end of questions for the media too
23 June 2009
Crikey
Fairly amazing when you think about it. That political leaders withstand the political pressure exerted by wars, global financial crises, and overboard children, but the question of the existence of a single email, and the genuineness of that email, can threaten to end political careers.
The Politics Of Envy
26 May 2009
NewMatilda.com
Most Australians enjoy a good kick at their elected representatives, but the recent outbreak of pollie-bashing over expenses is unfair and completely misses the point, argues Scott.
Everything in moderation … even for Andrew Bolt
25 February 2009
Crikey
Any blogger with a reasonable flow of comments on their site will tell you that it’s tricky to strike the right balance between giving people the freedom to say what they want, while restricting that freedom to prevent distasteful or legally questionable comments from being published.
Nothing’s off limits for Bolt’s pompous point-scoring
9 February 2009
Crikey
In July last year a newborn baby, umbilical cord attached, was found dead in a rubbish bin in regional Victoria. The traumatised local community and a stunned nation felt sadness for the child and concern for the unknown mother. There is an unspoken understanding in the media that such tragic events should not be the catalyst for political or ideological point scoring, but that didn’t stop Herald Sun columnist Andrew Bolt from callously using this child’s death as an excuse to lay the boot into environmentalists because the body was inside a green shopping bag.
They’re Doing It Anyway
16 January 2009
NewMatilda.com
Critics of the AMA’s proposal for earlier sex education are ignoring the fact that currently many kids are having experiences long before their education catches up, writes Scott.
The Wingnuts And Tragics Of 2008
17 December 2008
NewMatilda.com
From demon children to Liberal backbenchers suffering relevance deprivation, 2008 was a big year for politicians behaving badly. Scott scores Canberra’s pollies on their dance steps in and out of Parliament.
Happy Anniversary, Kev
24 November 2008
NewMatilda.com
Remember this image? It represented the hopes of millions of Australians during last year’s election campaign. One year on, it’s as relevant as ever.
What Are Teachers Being Taught?
28 October 2008
NewMatilda.com
Schools have been told to go “back to basics” with English grammar lessons, but it’s universities that need to pick up their game.
Are You Experienced?
18 September 2008
NewMatilda.com
Malcolm Turnbull once paid rent; Nathan Rees once took out the garbage: politicians are falling over themselves to prove their struggle street credentials. But is personal experience the only way to understand what others are going through?
Why I will be watching the Senate
8 September 2008
Project Democracy
I like the Senate. Like, I really like it. Not only is it the Australian Parliament’s house of review, which is really important and awesome and everything, but it’s also a magnet for all sorts of ideological and single-issue nutjobs that make it a refreshing change for all of us political tragics who are accustomed to a diet of boring whitebread pollies such as Kevin Rudd. (Just like a Sunblest devon sandwich they’re soft and give the illusion of being meaty, but ultimately lack taste and nutrition.)
