Fact-checking

Chris Uhlmann fails to declare Phil de Fegely as auctioneer – @Qldaah #Mediawatch #auspol

November 26, 2016

An auctioneer interviewed on an ABC negative gearing news story was presented as an housing investor.

Filed Under: #auspol, #Qgame, ABC, David Marler, Economy, Fact-checking, Front Page, Journalism Tagged With: #auspol, ABC, Australia, Chris Uhlmann, Mediawatch, negative gearing, Phil de Fegely, Scott Morrison

Part 10 of NoFibs Australian election coverage 2016: @Qldaah #ausvotes #auspol #qldpol

June 22, 2016

Ongoing coverage of the Australian election campaign for 2016.

Filed Under: #auspol, #ausvotes, #ausvotes2016, #Qgame, #qldvotes, ABC, Asylum Seekers, Australian Progressives, Budget, Campaign Financing, Climate Change, Clive Palmer, Corruption, David Marler, Defence Force, Democracy, Disability, Economy, Education, election2016, Environment, Fact-checking, Fairfax, Federal Election, Front Page, GST, Health, Ideology, Immigration, Industrial Relations, Journalism, Labor Party, Liberal Party, Marriage Equality, Media Reform, Mental Health, Misogyny, MSM, NDIS, New South Wales, News Limited, Paid Parental LEave, Palliative Care, Palmer United Party, Parliament, Population, Press Gallery, Queensland, Racism, Refugees, Research, Retirement, State Politics, Supperannuation, The Arts, The Arts Party, The Greens, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Transport, Victoria, Young Liberals Tagged With: #auspol, Australia, australian election, Ausvotes, Barnaby Joyce, Bill Shorten, Christopher Pyne, Coalition, Labor, Liberal Party, lucy turnbull, Malcolm Turnbull, nick xenophon

Part 7 of NoFibs Australian election coverage 2016: @Qldaah #ausvotes #auspol #qldpol

June 7, 2016

Ongoing coverage of the Australian election campaign for 2016.

Filed Under: #auspol, #ausvotes, #ausvotes2016, #IndiVotes, #Qgame, ABC, Asylum Seekers, Australian Progressives, Campaign Financing, Climate Change, Clive Palmer, Corruption, CSG, David Marler, Defence Force, Democracy, Disability, Economy, Education, election2016, Environment, Fact-checking, Fairfax, Federal Election, Front Page, Health, Ideology, Immigration, Indi, Industrial Relations, Journalism, Labor Party, Liberal Party, Marriage Equality, Media Reform, Mental Health, Misogyny, MSM, Muslims, NDIS, New South Wales, News Limited, Paid Parental LEave, Palliative Care, Palmer United Party, Parliament, Population, Press Gallery, Queensland, Racism, Refugees, Research, State Politics, The Arts, The Greens, Victoria Tagged With: #auspol, Australia, australian election, Ausvotes, Barnaby Joyce, Bill Shorten, Christopher Pyne, Coalition, Labor, Liberal Party, lucy turnbull, Malcolm Turnbull, nick xenophon

Part 4 of NoFibs Australian election coverage 2016: @Qldaah #ausvotes #auspol #qldpol

May 23, 2016

Covering the Australian election campaign for 2016. Table of contents Jump to comments section. Politics on the Reef. Bumbling Barnaby. Carping on with Barnaby. Spendometers and black hole politics. Donations and the Mob. . (May 27, 2016) Day 20 – Politics on the Reef Australia bleached from UNESCO report John Englart reported, “A UNESCO report identifies World Heritage […]

Filed Under: #auspol, #ausvotes, #ausvotes2016, #Qgame, #qldvotes, 60 Minutes, ABC, Asylum Seekers, Australian Progressives, Budget, Campaign Financing, Climate Change, Clive Palmer, Corruption, David Marler, Democracy, Economy, Education, election2016, Environment, Fact-checking, Fairfax, Federal Election, Freedom of the Press, Front Page, GST, Health, Ideology, Immigration, Journalism, Labor Party, Leadership, Liberal Party, Marriage Equality, Media Reform, Mental Health, Misogyny, MSM, NDIS, New South Wales, News Limited, NoFibs, Paid Parental LEave, Palliative Care, Palmer United Party, Parliament, Population, Press Gallery, Queensland, Racism, Refugees, Research, Retirement, State Politics, Supperannuation, The Greens, Transport, Victoria Tagged With: #auspol, Australia, australian election, Ausvotes, Barnaby Joyce, Bill Shorten, Christopher Pyne, Coalition, Labor, Liberal Party, lucy turnbull, Malcolm Turnbull, nick xenophon

From #Watergate to #Ashbygate: A review of “Ashbygate” the book, by Joan Evatt @Boeufblogginon

December 4, 2015

A few weeks ago Ross Jones and Dave Donovan, of Independent Australia, sent me messages asking me to review Ross’s book on the Ashbygate saga. Despite being as crook as Rookwood I was more than happy to agree, and in due course a copy appeared in my letterbox. I was in the middle of reading […]

Filed Under: #auspol, Ashby Conspiracy, Fact-checking, Front Page, Ideology, Journalism, Liberal Party, MSM, Press Gallery Tagged With: Ashbygate, Brough, Dirty Tricks, Ethics, Fourth Estate, Independent Australia, James Ashby, Joan Evatt, LNP, Mainstream Media, Peter Slipper, Police, Politics, Power, Press, Tories

The collected rage of Chris Kenny post-Abyan interview – @Qldaah #auspol

October 25, 2015

Analysis The Australian’s associate editor and former chief of staff to Malcolm Turnbull, Chris Kenny was the first and only journalist to be granted a visa to visit and report on the Australian asylum seeker detention centres located on the island nation of Nauru. Neither the paper or Kenny would confirm if the $8,000 application fee was paid. A […]

Filed Under: #auspol, #freespeech, Asylum Seekers, David Marler, Democracy, Fact-checking, Fairfax, Freedom of the Press, Front Page, Immigration, Journalism, Liberal Party, Muslims, Racism, Refugees Tagged With: Abyan, Asylum Seekers, Australia, Chris Kenny, Malcolm Turnbull, Nauru, Police, rape victim, Refugees, sexual assault, Tony Abbott, Twitter

Time for @mediaalliance to take charge of secret tapes ethics debate: @margokingston1 #MediaMargo #MediaWatch

August 5, 2014

I sent this email to the Media Alliance today. Dear Media Alliance, Last night’s Media Watch discussed the ethical dispute among journalists over the ethics of recording interviewees without their permission. The dispute shows serious disagreement on the matter. The Age believes it is always ethical. Some others, including me, believe it it permissible only […]

Filed Under: #auspol, #KingstonReports, #MediaMargo, Democracy, Fact-checking, Fairfax, Freedom of the Press, Front Page, Journalism, MSM Tagged With: Accountability, Canberra Press Gallery, Citizen Journalist, Ethics, Integrity, Interview, Journalism, law, Mark Pearson, Media Reform, Mediawatch, New Media, Social Media, The Age

Delivering transparency on Budget night: @Info_Aus invites you to the table

May 5, 2014

On April 24 Pia Waugh of the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) announced the first ever release of Australian Federal Budget Data in Excel and CSV formats. This is the culmination of both internal and external lobbying by open data and budget transparency advocates. There are many people within the Finance Department committed to improving […]

Filed Under: #auspol, Activism, Budget, Citizen Journalists, Economy, Fact-checking, Front Page, Grass roots politics, Rosie Williams Tagged With: budget transparency, open data

How the media stuffed up twice on $10 billion black hole yarn

August 29, 2013

Supreme confusion reigns among our esteemed media on the story, the players, their roles and the status of information released by the Government today. The Government claims that earlier performed departmental costings and modelling of the Coalition’s policies showed that they are likely to produce a $10 Billion black hole. Below is a quick summary […]

Filed Under: #auspol, Budget, Economy, election2013, Fact-checking, Federal Election, Front Page, Journalism, MSM, Press Gallery, Tony The Geek Tagged With: Black Hole, Budget, Chris Bowen, Coalition, Department of Finance, Election Costings, Election Coverage, Finance, Media, Parliamentary Budget Office, PBO, Penny Wong, Press, Treasury

No Fibs Bennelong reporter @preciouspress counters Paul Sheehan race attack on @jasonyatsenli