Can two dozen subs reverse the rot?
By Trina McLellan Downsizing has done few favours for Australia’s newsrooms. In fact, it has been a wicked joke that became a self-fulfilling prophecy. While it might satisfy bean-counters and […]
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20 years on from a senseless massacre, what has our media learned?
by Trina McLellan _____________________________________________ TRIGGER WARNING: Specific news and current affairs coverage of multiple-death crimes, including Australia’s 1996 massacre in Tasmania and Norway’s 2011 killing rampage in and around the […]
Let’s talk about four ‘r’ words
racism: (1) the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to […]
Don’t just sit there and grumble, Mabel, have your say!
Many older Australians say they are deeply unhappy about issues and changes that impact their lives or the lives of their loved ones but about which they have had little […]
Open letter to Egypt re inexplicable jailing of journalists
TO: Mr Omar Metwally Mohamed Tawfic Metwally, Egypt’s Ambassador to Australia FROM: Trina McLellan Journalist and educator, Queensland Australia RE: The wholly unfounded conviction of Australian journalist Peter Greste and […]
Political leaders wrongly polluting Australians’ attitudes to those rightfully seeking refuge
Australia’s recently elected federal Immigration Minister, Scott Morrison, has reportedly ordered his departmental staff to refer to asylum seekers coming by boat as “illegal” arrivals. Our nation is a signatory […]
Why Queenslanders need a full-speed NBN
It is no longer a matter of politics. Thankfully, that time has passed. But it is time to think seriously about why a full-speed National Broadband Network is essential to […]
Spoiler alert: There’s no deception like Coles deception on freshness jingle
There are times when you really wish that there was a truth in advertising law … and that it had some real bite. For nearly two years now, Coles supermarkets […]
LNP fails test on Queensland threat from Rudd’s PNG ‘solution’
Manus Island Regional Processing Centre. (Source: Flickr/DIAC Images) ———— As soon as Australia’s Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced his own version of a “stop the boats” plan, a number of […]
Covering tragic anniversary a delicate balancing act
This opinion piece was first written in April, 2006 The fact Australia’s media, like its citizens, wish to remember the loss of life at Port Arthur 10 years ago is […]
