Politics

The riddle

The gagging of Peter Cundall

PRESENTER Liz Jackson ended last night’s Media Watch with the “pulping of Peter Cundall”. Said Jackson: “What a relief now to get...

Valedictory — Brian Harradine

Senator HARRADINE (Tasmania) (5.59 p.m.) — Before anything else, I want to — and, in fact, need to — acknowledge those friends...

Where the buck stops

AS the cat said to the canary, just because I’m fluffy doesn’t mean I’m not serious. One of the correspondents to this...

Scapegoats and spin doctors

FORMER TT-Line chairman Nick Evers says he has been a victim of “political spin-doctoring” as the State Government tries to off-load the...

Read!

A FASCINATING analysis of breaking news-story-via-leak and the regurgitation of words straight from the Source’s mouth is published on the website of...

For Sale: the Fifth Estate

BACK from my combined liver-cleansing/depilation/colonic irrigation/parliamentary prayer retreat at the Zeehan spa and home entertainment emporium … And let me tell you,...

Stodgy, complacent, myopic

THE majority of Tasmanians probably don’t know it exists but those in the media and politics certainly do — and it’s won...

No satisfactory explanation

I SHARE the view of the editorialist in the Saturday Mercury (4/6) that parliamentary committee hearings are an important part of the...

My new Best Friend

Saturday Mercury columnist Wayne Crawford noted the wondrous warmth between Tasmanian Labor Premier Paul Lennon and Prime Minister John Howard last week....