Disastrous ABC performance demanded MD’s departure
ABC Chair, Kim Williams, has correctly shown his Managing Director the door. The reasons for doing so are many. David…
Right person, wrong job
Albo missteps on ABC Chair appointment
Our ‘matter-of-fact’ Queen in life and in death
The public outpouring of emotion and deep sorrow being expressed around the world following the death of Queen Elizabeth II…
Keneally is Labor’s Kryptonite
Of the many federal election strands still being forensically examined – one at least is resolved. Former Labor high-flyer, Kristina…
Get your tickets for TV’s six week election ‘circus’
We’re off and running in the circus that is the 2022 election campaign and day one (of 42) didn’t disappoint.…
Trust us! We’re from the ABC…
ABC management and their high-paid editorial gurus would like taxpayers to believe the national broadcaster is the ‘most trusted’ source…
Virtuous ABC’s parallel universe
ABC Managing Director, David Anderson, has devoted his entire career to the national broadcaster. It shows. In a recent extraordinary…
Want to ‘think bigger’? Switch off the ABC
Earlier this month, ABC Managing Director David Anderson delivered the startling news to a Senate Committee that, ‘Now, more than…
The curious case of Joe Gersh and his defence of Ita Buttrose
The repeated efforts of ABC Director Joe Gersh to defend his Chairperson, Ita Buttrose, are as laughable as they are…
Sister Olive, 1921: the last filly to win the Melbourne Cup
What better time than Cup Day to mark a little piece of racing history? A century ago, in 1921, a…
Who exactly runs the ABC nowadays?
The combative, pugnacious Gaven Morris is quitting his taxpayer-funded job as national news chief at the ABC. The questions as…
Snapshot Victoria: the State of Chaos
Victoria today: 242 days in lockdown; 11,018 active Covid cases; 1,438 new infections, 856 deaths Under 50% of the population…
ABC frontliners drowning in their own sycophancy
Just how stupid do ABC marketers and presenters believe their audience actually is? On the evidence, the answer is very.…
ABC Four Corners does longevity well, accuracy badly
It’s no secret our national broadcaster is fond of self-congratulation. This week, the carefully choreographed ‘back-slapping‘ reached dizzying new…
The Drum sounds the ABC’s death knell
Propriety, and the laws of defamation, prevent me from writing about ABC TV’s The Drum that which so richly deserves…
Robot Waleed’s ‘moral burden’ as he dances in The Minefield
ABC Radio National’s The Minefield claims to ‘unpack‘ the moral and ethical issues of our time. Sadly the show fails to unpack…
Daniel Andrews is no longer just a threat to Victoria, but the nation as a whole
Stricken by all the attention being paid to New South Wales, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, joined the ABC’s 7.30 for…
An abundance of dread as Daniel Andrews’ comeback looms
In just days, the architect of one of the worst chapters in the life of Victoria (outside of war and…
The comic relief bombs as a nation waits for Dan Andrews’ return
Reports of Melbourne’s renowned theatres all being closed this weekend are false. A Daniel Andrews’s scripted tragicomedy Let’s Lock Up…
Andrews’ fumbling acolytes take Victoria to the brink
It’s all in a day’s work for the still absent, highly paid Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews. While Dan comfortably takes…
ABC 7.30: ‘Underwhelming – on any measure’
High paid ABC TV current affairs presenter, Leigh Sales, likes nothing more than rattling off carefully compiled, pre-prepared questions to…
Incompetence abounds in Victoria – but I feel fully reassured
Having spent another 40 minutes of my life this morning — time I won’t get back — listening to senior…
A is for arrogant, B is for boring and C is for contemptible
Over a year ago I wrote that ABC TV current affairs was in trouble and drifting badly. The people, policies…
You won’t be missed tomorrow, Meghan
As members of the Royal family gather to mourn and celebrate the remarkable life of Prince Philip it is entirely…
Did Eddie resign or was it the Pope?
ABC TV news viewers this week could have been excused for thinking the Papacy had been suddenly vacated. Fully…
