George Megalogenis

No Crap App: w/b 27 Apr 2015

Pope, Canb Times 1 May 2015

Bali 9 executions

Greg Jericho: Indonesia, Australia and the Bali 9 – when symbolism becomes substance
Amy Maguire: Hard line on refugees undermines principled opposition to execution
Tony Walker: Challenge is to restore balance with Jakarta
Piping Shrike: The New Regionalism – another update

Marriage equality

Royce Millar & Ben Schneiders: Why is the union that represents supermarket workers stopping gay marriage?

Recognition

Paul Kelly: Polarising forces threaten to derail bid for indigenous recognition

Other thinkiness

Malcolm Farnsworth: The rush of events, the ballast of history
Jonathan Green: We’ve nothing to fear but our sense of certainty
George Megalogenis: History repeats
Jane Gilmore: The “One in Three” claim about male domestic violence is a myth

By request, my articles for the week

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No Crap App: w/b 5 Nov 2012

Meanwhile, Australian politics continued and some quality journalists kept their eye on the main game. Here’s the best of the week, plus a fabulous farewell piece from George Megalogenis.

Katharine Murphy: Is Gillard hitting her stride?
Paul Kelly: Labor trapped in front of its own surplus target
Ross Gittins: Food boom with a twist turns screws on farmers
Laura Tingle [free]: Leak brawl drowns out costings debate
Phillip Hudson: Our election too will be decided on key battlegrounds
Geoff Kitney [free]: Coalition haunted by ghost of 1993
George Megalogenis: It’s been mega, but a new life calls

No Crap App: w/b 29 Oct 2012

Pope, Canberra Times 1 Nov 2012

The week that was…

The week began with three competing political narratives: the revelations in Maxine McKew’s book, the launch of the government’s Asian Century white paper, and the second 50/50 Newspoll within two months.

Unsurprisingly, the press gallery’s attention moved swiftly from McKew to Abbott, particularly once it became clear he would ignore the white paper and press ahead with his “stop the tax, stop the boats” mantra. By week’s end, the gallery was openly wondering whether Abbott would emulate his former boss John Hewson by losing another “unloseable” election.

Meantime, Australia was excised for migration purposes, the US Presidential election loomed, and Mark Colvin gave the Andrew Olle address.

Spotlight on Abbott

Geoff Kitney [$]: Abbott cold shoulders Asian Century white paper
Peter van Onselen: Is this the turning point?
Jennifer Hewett [$]: Abbott’s Hewson legacy
Simon Benson: Cruel comparison spurs Abbott
Michelle Grattan: Headaches for Abbott as tactics falter
Lenore Taylor: Voter enthusiasm now well and truly curbed
Geoff Kitney [free]: Gillard has good reason to go early

Asian Century white paper and economics

Jessica Irvine: We must grab hold of Asia or be left behind
Ross Gittins: Opportunity knocks, but the door has to open both ways
GrogsGamut / Greg Jericho: Martyrs to austerity – appeasing the credit rating gods
George Megalogenis: It’s time for a serious debate on tax reform
Laurie Oakes: Will US lemmings leap off a fiscal cliff

Asylum seekers

Michael Gordon: Friendship hits a snag in a sea of confusion
Bernard Keane: The excision that isn’t, and why it’s good policy
Waleed Aly: Imagine there’s no haven

Brave new digital world

Jonathan Green: Give us diversity and we’ll choose our own facts
Mark Colvin: Facts matter as readers select their own truth

No Crap App: w/b 15 Oct 2012

Pope, Canberra Times 20 Oct 2012

The week that was…

Political reporting continued to swirl this week around the PM’s misogyny speech and related matters such as the MSM’s reporting of it, the community’s response and the shouty nature of political discourse more generally. Some noted that the ghost of Kevin continues to walk the halls. Others took respite in this weekend’s ACT election.

PM’s speech fallout and further analysis

Katharine Murphy: Life moments in the kitchen of great House
Bernard Keane: Defining terms in the great misogyny conspiracy
Jonathan Green: Is it ‘fascism’ to look for our common humanity?
Peter Craven: Our politics is conformist, not really sexist
Tim Dunlop: Public engagement stifled by an overbearing elite
George Megalogenis: Online sensation exposes Abbott’s gender card play to millions

What does the community think?

Bernard Keane: Generation game – age a factor in views on Abbott and Gillard
Peter Brent: Poll of polls

Rudd

Geoff Kitney [free]: Challenger Rudd wins the UNdercard

UNSC

Tony Walker [free]: Labor’s UN triumph leaves Abbott to rue rhetoric

Other good reads

Jack Waterford: New front in the culture wars
GrogsGamut / Greg Jericho: Queensland’s unemployment (and women) problem
Peter Hartcher: We heart Howard – both sides want to be like the Little Master
Mike Steketee: When Greens eat themselves

No Crap App: w/b 8 Oct 2012

Rowe, AFR 13 Oct 2012

The week that was….

This week’s collection may be controversial, considering that I’ve been more supportive than most in the online world of the way the MSM covered the PM’s blistering response to Tony Abbott.

Nevertheless, I’ve tried to provide a cross section of the best pieces which covered the event. I’ve also included quite a number of the end-of-the-week analyses which examine, among other factors, the disconnect between the MSM and “new media” responses. Also included are two thought-provoking pieces on the business of outrage that [now] pervades political discourse.

Finally, for those who’d like to spend a small part of their precious weekend thinking about something other than Slipper-gate and the PM’s speech, I’ve collected a number of great think-pieces to ponder.

The Prime Minister, the Slipper and misogyny