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Cracking Coonan's filter and other tech wrecks
For the second time in recent months, Communications Minister Helen Coonan has found herself in the awkward position of trying to defend the merits...
Broadband projects an embarrassing, expensive failure
Perhaps John Howard is right - State Governments are stupid. When NSW Premier Morris Iemma announced its ambitious program to blanket Sydney with...
The value of secrets to pollies and journos
In 1870, the editor of the Chicago Times got his job description down nicely: "It is a newspaper's duty to print the news, and raise hell." So it...
Laws against concentrated media ownership hurt, rather than help
The Australian reports today that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has begun its inquiry into Fairfax's acquisition of Southern...
Monitoring porn: not government's responsibility
Prime Minister John Howard used last night's webcast to Christian groups across the country to announce a $190 million "crackdown" on pornography,...
Is Aunty's strength a net gain?
The ABC has turned 75 and still occupies a central place in Australia's political status quo. But getting to its 100th birthday may be tougher. The...