The Age published an article about http://theconversation.edu.au/, a new media outlet run by the former chief in editor of The Age. Not only have I seen intelligent articles on it, their editors and authors understand Creative Commons licenses.

I think Irwin was writing for The Age, just before his unfortunate encounter with a stingray:

Don't even whisper about impending property Debacle

The result so far? Ozblogger The Daily Flute crudely sums up the Coalition's line: 1. Make more money from property; 2. Have a bung (bribe) for buying a property; 3. Borrow shitloads at low interest ( Read more... )

Phil and Paul own a gold mine in Uganda? I only found out lastnight that at least one of them lived in Uganda -- it turns out, both of them do ( Read more... )

Yay! Labor finally have policies! Bad smirk! Bad!

Hey, the Age, a megawatt is a unit of energy per time. A unit of megawatts per year is fairly meaningless when it comes to talking about how much energy wind produces.

I like the last line "Mr Thwaites said he was not concerned about orange-bellied parrots slowing down plans." :)

The TdF is a ( Read more... )

Damn it SBS! I knew you'd do that, put an ad on, and someone would crash. Two riders, one of them a domestique important to McEwan ( Read more... )

Watching the TdF, and I'm coming to the realisation that SBS now advertise during their programs. Bastards. And they call themselves "SBS Independent" now ( Read more... )

I am encouraged by the dissent against advertising on SBS. I wonder if the more right wing papers have any of this discussion?http://www.theage.com.au/news/letters/ahh-the-sounds-of-adfree-silence/2006/06/02

Coonan can count. But only up to 5.

The government's changes to media rules will not reduce diversity of ownership, Communications Minister Helen Coonan says ( Read more... )