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caffeinatedTopic: big media
Author’s general introductory note (skip this bit if you know this regular weekly column):
Just substitute ‘Sunday tv political talkie shows’ for "newspapers" in the quote above.
For actual transcripts and/or video feeds go to web sites quoted including Riley Diary on 7. And note transcripts don’t really give you the image content value.
Media backgrounders
Fiji tourism promotion folded into SunHerald hiding behind innocent children on the front cover in a dictatorship.
Nice immigrant profile of shadow minister Gladys Berejiklian in liftout SunHerald p8. By Lisa Carty usually an ALP suck.
Indeed Carty has an inspired piece on main opinion pages at p47 referring to “war chest” for unworthy Iemma Govt in “A state drunk with power” strongly echoing this:
Main feature story in weekend SMH about Costa mates network Penrith fast train project contrary to consensus of whole of govt against Costa. Strong implication of rotten govt that will squander revenue from privatised public energy assets. The sleaze is clear from Iemma referring to 99 leases as not really "a sale". As if. PIAC letter in the weekend Herald has major concerns.
Associate Prof Jake Lynch of USYD sticks it to Stephen Loosely (we noticed at the Blackwatch play months back) and Thales as arms dealers. Good one prof. Explains our image of Thales flags at Darling Harbour during APEC 2007.
Lots of 'whale talk' given popular and selective Sydney Daily Telegraph coverage when the real 'policy whales' were ignored by their Saturday front pages - the once in a generation energy industry natural monopoly fire sale to big business, and the death throes of the Murray Darling river system. Too big in fact for the front page it would seem.
NSW Parliament recall next week will cost $500K says Simon Benson in the SDT.
Important feature by Linton Besser about West Fast Rail promoted by ALP mates who did the tollways previously and now looking for the next main chance. Michael or is it Shane Easson in the story implicated in financial crash of the Southern Rail line to KSA by way of rival Eastern Distributor.
More heartbreaking coverage of Murrary River death situation - Richard Kingsford re Paroo River agri cheating. The Australian runs hard on Murray drained by north.
Business Council of Australia sublimate their hostility to climate change science at the Australia New Zealand Climate Change and Business Conference - with many of the big business players involved. Lots of traffic both ways with miners saying weaken the ETS/CPRS and investors saying pick winners in the new low carbon economy.
We did story on abc presenter misconceived reportage of kangaroo 50 species eco tourism promoted by academic Dr David Croft.
Great Monopoly Board spoof by Sydney Daily Telegraph/Tim Blair - credit where it's due:
Funny to see Nat candidate in Lynne wear sacking as local Mayor by dodgy ALP Govt as a badge of courage.
Errol Simper sticks it to SBS special pleading for grassroots pitch for support in political funding project for hypocrisy over past lack of consultation. Go the Scribe!
Craig Emerson takes his former position as DG of Qld environment dept in the early 90ies - a bit out of date Craig. Stay in the 20C if you want to! Talk to something called Consilium at right wing think tank CIS.
Martin Ferguson big launch of stats on hot rocks as great souce of energy in future. Good one Martin. Get with the programme champ.
That so called health sport drink Coca Cola reported as spending some $460 million in the Beijing Games.
Amusing feature in Good Weekend about willing enslavement of high waged in big law firm Allens Arthur Robinson – we did temping job there and signed a confidentiality agreement. Nooooo comment. Well just this – you can’t be a civil society participant really and work those hours and the cocooning effect of the lifestyle means you don’t really know what the social/political trends are, and I would guess the social affects of your own work. In other words it’s a studied amoral life. A Sienfeld life really.
Obama has his grey haired proxy for McCain leadership opposition.
Grattan reckons increased pressure on ALP domestically to prove their mettle.
Xenephon has the template of Torbay and Clover Moore – what I call the Mickey Mouse favourite pop culture figure i.e. black hair, pale colouring, roundish face, impish wit. Quite a successful indy schtik.
Incomparable David Rowe cartoon in SunHerald today Nelson surrounded by the Costellos in the sports stadium. Ouch.
Premier of WA reported as saying Western Australia should not give up the "tremendous advantage" it had in maintaining its GM-free status.
Smart beautiful Nicole Keupper gets press poster status for solar power Eureka Prize for Young Leaders in Environmental Issues - the real Stephanie Rice hero of the nation? Take note Minister Kate Ellis. Proposal of marriage is probably out of the question.
10 Meet the Press: 8- 8-30 am
Meet The Press - Watch Political Video Online - Channel TEN.
No press round up. Talent is wet blanket Lindsay Tanner. Panel is Alison Carabine 2UE, and Peter Hartcher SMH with the spread on the opinion pages yesterday.
Outtake of Opposition leader Nelson – I care I care I care. Nightwatchman Man.
NSW Teachers advert first adbreak. Pretty effective Dad doting on teenage daughter.
Focus on Gordon Brown heavy implication as successful for 10 years as Treasurer but failing PM/leader in the polls. Perhaps suggesting Costello will be the same, as we march to 4 Corners feature on Malcolm Turnbull tomorrow night.
9 Sunday newshour Oakes interview 8.40 am
Nelson as opposition leader looking pretty mild and reasonably well slept but the circles under his eyes are pretty serious now.
Q. re $17M per (gold?) medal good value, why not private funding in future? General patriotic discussion, nothing radical from Nelson about that.
On leadership 6% swing Gippsland, no ALP candidate in Mayo or Lion, actually Lynne. Fair points but not really about his leadership. Goes onto cost of living items. Slick lines about all backswing no follow through (golf metaphor? Older demographic?). Long soliloquy and Oakes lets him take all the rope he wants – turning to a full 60 seconds?
If all true why bad in the polls, Turnbull do better?
Is Costello protecting your back, why need him? Mutual support from Nelson here.
Goes to economy – long soliloquy again like a shopping list of real downturns in global situation which are quite valid. LO cut’s in this time.
LO gets to inconsistency of blocking taxes and claims of economic responsibility. Nelson ramps up history compared with now under Rudd govt. Affirms Coalition blocking strategy in next session of parliament.
Finishes the interview in fairly good shape and smiles with practiced inanity.
http://sunday.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/default.asp
Insiders 2: 9- 10am
Intro suggestive of Liberal resurgence. Change around country including NSW – matter of time.
Sceptical discussion on Joe Bidon personal style.
Panel is Annabel Crabb – looking suitably appealing “couch potato”, Dennis Atkin, Tim Blair looking older than you might expect, a fraction nervous but holding up the right wing cause being very articulate. Frisson of lefty, righty tension from the beginning regarding sharp attack dog Blair but on his best behaviour to begin with.
Satellite link to Michael Roland our ABC in Washington – Bidon is a head kicker, exemplary networks on foreign relations, good reaching white dominated states. Clinton supporters still around in some narrow quarters.
Press roundup – price of each gold medal [pretty rough to ignore other medals for a world competition].
Cross to Senator Barnaby Joyce – runs the line Senate should be independent and feisty with things that are “wrong”. Use your head in upper house, follow the leader in lower house.
Cross to Senator Nick Xenophon re Murray Darling. Joyce agrees with inquiry to get science on the table. Carpet analogy not a garden hose joined up. Good discussion. Weeks away from farmers walk off in the lower reaches. X calls for C’th use of corporations power to get same rules across the catchment.
X on fuelwatch. Joyce on fuelwatch dog of an idea from the start and got worse. Inept decision. J great line about love out the window when poverty walks in. Got to keep economy going safely.
Every person segement in climbing gym. . Looks like Tempe near my place. But they all look the same. Yep not Tempe.
Fruit pickers issue – Kaye Hull MP – Nelson panders to his critic.
Downer refers to non white workers spooked the Howard Govt. General chat.
Paul Kelly soliloquy – get’s the blessing of Pacific workers [clearly a foreign affairs decision from PM Rudd] “Rudd done the right thing here”.
Kelly on “ETS”. Can’t reconcile the constituencies for business and greens. General chat.
Funny man Tim Blair doesn’t deliver on the repartee on the political discourse. Tries some material and insights but all quite lame so far. Only really hits his stride on the monopoly board story given his good article mid week but sort of over does the volume and loses the window with even that. Still it’s only his first time, might improve.
Home page is http://www.abc.net.au/insiders/
Riley Diary 7, 8.35 am
Back next week as the Olympics wind up.
http://www.seven.com.au/sunrise/weekend
