Mood: chatty
Topic: aust govt
Author’s general introductory note (skip this bit if you know this regular weekly column):
This is not a well packaged story. It’s a contemporaneous traverse of the Sunday television free to air political talkies indicating the agenda of Establishment interests: Better to know ones rivals and allies in Big Politics and Big Media.
Indeed it’s the tv version monitoring task similar to what Nelson Mandela refers to here in his book Long Walk to Freedom (1994, Abacus) written in Robben Island prison (where he was meant to die like other African resister chiefs of history in the 19C), at page 208
“..newspapers are only a shadow of reality; their information is important to a freedom fighter not because it reveals the truth, but because it discloses the biases and perceptions of both those who produce the paper and those who read it.”
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
Laurie Oakes skewers alcohol industry.
Paul Kelly skewers Nelson in opinion column
Linton Besser Skewers Iemma Govt on transport in SMH - Now backbencher MP for Marrickville knew about the tunnel plan under Marrickville in the last State Election, implied knew being in Cabinet since Nov 2005. Note byelection for Tebbutt to lower house was only a month earlier. Sartor released Commission of Inquiry report just after byelection for Tebbutt - so cynical. Besser writes the stories that Tim Dick might have tried to do 2 years earlier when we tipped him off about refusal of FoI by Sartor's people. We nurse the theory Tebbutt stood down from Cabinet to avoid betraying her electorate with smog stacks - call it looking after Nathan if you like Carmel - quite right too.
Tripodi and Iemma open their Port Botany construction project destroying the Bay even more - Linton Besser leaked reports in SMH, and on Stateline last Friday, are surely a revenge on Iemma and Tripodi from somewhere inside government about that many headed hydra that will spawn destruction across the city and make the Green Ban days look like a picnic.
Mal Farr soft shoe on uranium exports to India – ignores insecurity of nukes and dodgy reactors like INVAP here in Australia – built by dodgy brothers Argentinian company.
ERA being urged to double its production at Ranger U mine smh 26 July 08
Chris Bowen assistant federal treasurer in SMH rolls out the climte change rhetoric, read wedge on Lib-Nat.
The Australian front page is quite overt and/or proud over it's role promoting Nelson's lurch to brown with strategic opinion pieces in early July. Nelson sure has brown on him now and might be looking for a job with Kenny soon.
Scientist Roger Jones on IPCC from CSIRO in The Oz, Higher Education slams denialist case p23 30 July 08. SMH also carries a feature riposte for the punters.
Nick Wood vice pres NSW young labor left faction calls his own Iemma Govt “an embarrassement” in the op ed features smh albeit last sentence.
Wentworth Courier carries cover of MP Paul Pearce sledging Iemma Govt on power sale plan.
First climate PR advert of federal govt sighted smh 2 aug p25, includes our line “already pushing up insurance premiums”.
GE close to $3B ‘clean coal’ deal for NSW or Qld in a few months spruiks The Oz p28 30 July 08
600,000 evacuated from Fuqing city in Fujian province mid last week due to a typhoon, story sourced to Shanghai – low lying city.
9 Sunday 7.30 – 9.30 am
(Flu crashes into this observation sadly.)
Pre 8am Poscoe (now with Kohler? and Crikey) and Ross Greenwood – both smart edges – do some chat and nostalgia.
Byrne and Woolley do more. Lots of priceless old stories.
Adam Shand and Ross Coulthard – proud contrarians and intelligent with it.
Jim Whaley intro for political interview Laurie Oakes with PM Rudd. Cut his teeth on this show. Sad day. [True]. Rudd refers to time of “flux” [ my comment about Andrew Bolt]. Q. slowing things down? No – big programme. Anecdote about don’t rushing for a speech, fell in a pool. Q. Nelson replace by Costello, scared? Question of policy says Rudd, not personality.Sharp dig about knocking Kim Beazley off, not just about policy from LO. No blink Rudd smooth. Emphasises policy.
LO re economy – formidable opponent for you? Rudd plugs his 12 years point [though CKerr points out tad under 12]. Switch to insiders. Interview runs longish 9.50 and still going at 16 mintues. Mostly dry economics discussion.
Money question in wind up about Olympic funding. LO takes a swing in a supplementary. Rudd boilerplate. Including
And that was that with LO sounding emotional – after so many years. [LO there for 27? – Go watch Rollerball folks – outlive the format]
Chat Ellen with LO and great anecdote about Keating gazumping his Cabinet – arrogant PK turned the studio in to parliament house.
Live cross to Sky Helen Dalley, also live on that channel, geeky lairising. Fairly boring chat but they earned it.
Footage of youthful Peter Thompson film critic and step brother to actor Jack.
http://sunday.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/default.asp
10 Meet the Press: 8- 8-30 am
Missed a lot of this show, but saw enought to know good panel Michelle Grattan (Age, Fairfax) and Steve Lewis (News Corp). Simon Crean was the talent who took the invitation despite the rhetoric to note as an ex leader parties don't reward destabilisers (a curious comment really, and probably hopeful), and get your policy right. Or something like that.
Second half was - damn I forget - Lawrence Springborg here 03/08/08 - Simon Crean & Lawrence Springborg
Meet The Press - Watch Political Video Online - Channel TEN.
Riley Diary 7, 8.35 am
Got a chunk, Newcastle backdrop re Costello leadership. Might have been a film package earlier. Away until after the Olympics now.
http://www.seven.com.au/sunrise/weekend
Insiders 2: 9- 10am
Panel Bolter, Mal Farr, K Middleton. Intro on crashing economic indicators re superannuation reverse, business selling down, etc
Press round up – Costello plotting his return.
Guest is Lindsay Tanner highly articulate but wet blanket material on the economy.
Everyperson section is high school HSC kids.
Paul Kelly – party camped on Costello doorstep.
Footage of Nelson in [deathknell] interview with Kerry OBrien 7.30 Report.
Bolt reckons most backbenchers rejected 2012 of Hunt Turnbull line, though shadow cabinet went with that. Unreported says Bolt.
Mal Farr leans on elbow at Bolter – real issue is beyond detail but capacity.
[Sound of the teacups – works – should do more of it, a Sunrise effect]
Bolt reveals his prejudice backbench are “right”, front bench are “wrong”. [badly wedged by ALP]
Bolt vote of approval for Fortescue/Rudd employment programme. Looks like cotton industry in Morree or similar model relocated to mining sector.
Mal Farr reveals his research on India – re car industry there re Nano at $2,500, [wrote story about uranium export agenda to India soft sell forgets INVAP dodgy reactor and all the insecurities of that agenda – very irresponsible.] More willing debate between Farr and Bolter about per capita emissions – Bolt is correct on increased carbon emissions even if per capita is lower by comparison with Australia.
HG and Mike Bowers talking pictures. Mostly about Nelson in trouble. Deficit of Rudd cartoons is BC making a balancer comment.
NT election next weekend – ALP Govt going asap – surprise win in 2001, landslide in 2005, polling good this time, despite “culpability” says Bolt.
Bolt barracks for Costello economic credentials [after Nelson lurch to brown has crashed and burned much to his chagrin].
Home page is http://www.abc.net.au/insiders/