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As a punter, books written on media, particularly ones based on the relationship between traditional media institutions and the internet fascinate me. Not because I have any wonderful attraction to wanting to be a journalist, I am quite happy in my small business, the fascination is because I am avid [...]

I am really busy at work at the moment & was going to let #SexAppeal go, thinking that others would step in & fill the void on the TV Stations & Newspapers as obviously they are corporate environments so very well aware of what is acceptable behaviour & what is not. Many did, though not enough, par [...]

Yesterday I read a very good article by Jennifer Wilson “Let’s talk about trust”, how both Prime Minister Rudd and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott are both trying to pull the “Trust me, No! Trust me more...” ploy.

Only a few days into the election and a lot of what Mr Abbott has been saying is sounding eerily similar to what Mr Newman said before the last Queensland State election. Setting up the stage for how bad the economy is, how we are in dire straits, pretty much “be afraid, be very afraid”.

Not the movie, the wonderful Tomorrow series written by John Marsden, where Australia was invaded but we never knew or were told who exactly it was that invaded us. Today’s coalition press conference was a bit like that, following on with Mr Abbott’s invisible theme, we are being invaded by a group [...]

I'm all out of faith, this is how I feel... I may be cold, not naked on the floor, but I am shamed :( I know Natalie Imbruglia's song was not about Asylum Seekers, but gee, at the moment, a lot of those words & emotions really resonate for me.

What has happened to this country? It is like the chicken & the egg scenario, are we drawn to sensationalism because it is handed to us by the media OR do the media mete out the ridiculous hyperbole because the public demand it? That situation is bad enough, outside looking in though, the fact that wha [...]

The blood sport that has been our politics has been particularly unedifying and to be perfectly frank, has depressed the hell out of me. I don’t mean the fanbois type cheering of Rudd vs Gillard camps, or the glee of LNP supporters, I mean the fact that what has occurred is the culmination of 3 years [...]

Mr Birmingham, who lives in this great state of Queensland questioned why State of Origin matters, yes, titled “Remind me why this Origin thingy matters”. Now I know Mr Birmingham has children and this is important. Children who are being raised in this state. What sort of example is he setting [...]