It’s shaping as your average Monday. A quiet start to the week and, in the evening, a high-fibre diet of televisual roughage served by the ABC. In walks the Communications Minister, fittingly, to shake up the schedule. Except he’s not the Communications Minister any more. He’s challenging the Prime Minister for his job. With that…
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The line between news and voyeurism
Twenty-four hours beforehand, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation had public opinion on its side in the wake of Government-imposed budget cuts. Then Phil Hughes, playing a Sheffield Shield match for South Australia and vying for selection in the Australian Test cricket team, was hit in the head by a fast delivery. As he was airlifted to…
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