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Nev Cottrell (35)
The high dollar is what is hurting Tasmania. No different to any other tourism heavy economy in Australia.
So now it has dropped from $1.10 US to $0.83 US they should flood in.
The high dollar is what is hurting Tasmania. No different to any other tourism heavy economy in Australia.
I'm not sure what the controversy is here....
All the ABC have done here is report on very serious allegations made by refugees and the Indonesian police, supplied with video evidence that allegedly supports the claims....
They've also sought out to get a response from the RAN and the Government regarding these accusations...
The only beat up here is by News, focusing on some supposed Facebook comment, or email (the stories differ... which is it?) by a research assistant trying to get to the truth in the matter because her boss (who is?) has doubts (so?) about the validity of the refugees' claims.....
It's such a flimsy attack on the ABC, but filled with so much rancid jingoistic bait they'll catch a few with it....
Don't let your joy of hitting Abbott show too much yet.
They can both be correct about the work conditions.
The workers conditions in some areas is in an EBA before 2012. Those Aboott quotes.
The 2013 apply to new workers is Stone's reference points.
The pther points where Abbott could be wrong may be his advice.
So now it has dropped from $1.10 US to $0.83 US they should flood in.
Don't let your joy of hitting Abbott show too much yet.
They can both be correct about the work conditions.
The workers conditions in some areas is in an EBA before 2012. Those Aboott quotes.
The 2013 apply to new workers is Stone's reference points.
The pther points where Abbott could be wrong may be his advice.
No, Abbott just like so many times in the past has been exposed as a total fucking hypocrite.
Listen to Stone's full interview on the ABC AM program and you will appreciate the depth of her reply and the detail covered regarding the SPC issue. The bit about her calling them liars is just the juicy bit.
The one thing that the Liberal party has always had is some good moderates that have never been shy of standing up to the far right crazies. Good to see they still exist.
Check the Media Watch show and the ABC responses today about their errors.
Yeah because the ABC is suddenly a fair, balanced and reliable source when you think a production of theirs supports what you're saying.
Still high. Australia generally kicks along at its best when the dollar sits around the mid 70's.
Tourists to Australia will flood to Tasmania after we have finished fucking up the Great Barrier Reef.
That doesn't change my opinion that the News and Current Affairs area at the ABC is left of centre from the majority of Australians. As the only news/ current affairs group that has such cross media influence, a situation not allowed for commercial interests and being tax payer funded they should be in your words "fair, balanced and reliable"
For a start, news generally occurs when conventional wisdom is brought into question. Something which by definition can't be a popular or majority held position.
What am I missing?Don't let your joy of hitting Abbott show too much yet.
They can both be correct about the work conditions.
The workers conditions in some areas is in an EBA before 2012. Those Aboott quotes.
The 2013 apply to new workers is Stone's reference points.
The pther points where Abbott could be wrong may be his advice.
More twaddle and not a scintilla of corroborative evidence nor any follow up to tell us where the investigation is up to.In a joint statement, the corporation's managing director, Mark Scott, and its director of news, Kate Torney, say they "regret if our reporting led anyone to mistakenly assume that the ABC supported the asylum seekers' claims".
That doesn't change my opinion that the News and Current Affairs area at the ABC is left of centre from the majority of Australians.
This sort of comment gets brought up a lot and it isn't just aimed at the ABC.
The ABC and SBS are home to pretty much all of Australia's proper current affairs shows and investigative journalism. These shows generally attract journalists whose political views lean towards the left.
If you look at the other end of the spectrum, the high profile radio hosts, commercial network newsreaders and high profile opinion writers in this country are predominantly conservatives. Most of the highest paid media jobs in Australia fall in this category as well.
Maybe conservatives need to stop questioning why left leaning journos are attracted to certain areas of the media and instead question why conservative journalists are attracted to the highest paying jobs which often come with their own soapbox.
I heard an interview a while ago with an American conservative journalist who was complaining about Hollywood and in particular the Hollywood script/screenwriters being too left leaning. The obvious response was that conservatives are almost by definition not attracted to those sort of jobs that on the whole are very low paying and have low to no job security. Then there's also the proposition that people interested in any sort of creative field are less likely to be conservative.
The ABC is publically funded and not like the others. I don't pay for 2GB. Never listen to any of them at all.
If you look at the payscales that came out last year I'd question the "Maybe conservatives need to stop questioning why left leaning journos are attracted to certain areas of the media and instead question why conservative journalists are attracted to the highest paying jobs which often come with their own soapbox.etc"