Protection Racket: Digital Media Code a farce as Google and Facebook not “designated”
Google and Facebook are yet to be "designated" under the Digital Media Bargaining Code, leaving the Code a farce ...
Kim Wingerei
Kim Wingerei is a businessman turned writer and commentator. He is passionate about free speech, human rights, democracy and the politics of change. Originally from Norway, Kim has lived in Australia for 30 years. Author of ‘Why Democracy is Broken – A Blueprint for Change’.
Laughing Stock: Australia’s new media code rivals our climate policy for absurdity
Google good, Facebook bad. That sums up mainstream media coverage of the Coalition government's bizarre new media ...
Pay The Bully? Townsville paper hits peak nasty as Rupert Murdoch demands bail-out
Hiding behind a pay wall and in hoc to its advertisers, The Townsville Bulletin is a law unto itself in Queensland ...
Google & Facebook laws just a back rub for News and Nine
Google threatens to withdraw search from Australia and Facebook to remove news posts. These are not idle threats. ...
Internet’s founder, US officials slap down News and Nine’s crusade on Google
Is Government intervention viable, or just a favour for Rupert Murdoch's News Corp and Peter Costello's Nine ...
Google and Facebook draft laws – yes, a tawdry government mates deal for News and Nine
After a year of reports, submissions and public inquiries – and much posturing on all sides – the Government has ...
Budget unanimity – a spending feast of least resistance, devoid of ideas and vision – and little ingenuity
A few days after the “budget to beat all budgets” was announced, what is most noticeable is not the expected ...
Backflips and somersaults – the NBN black comedy takes a new twist
There are those who do back-flips, and triple backward somersaults with a twist. Then there is Communications ...
The mice squeaked and the elephants roared, but the ACCC ignores the people who matter – readers
As the deadline for responses to the ACCC’s Digital Media Platform inquiry drew to a close last week, Facebook and ...
Old Media v New: can government do Murdoch’s bidding and force Google to pay for news?
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp reckons it's $1 billion. Google reckons it's a piddling $10 million. News and Nine ...
Federal ICAC calls: lack of transparency leads to unethical behaviour
We are all much more likely to do the right thing when we know we are being watched. Our elected representatives ...
QED proves the need for a federal ICAC, but also a broken culture
When we launched QED, the aim was to create a strong narrative to call for a federal anti-corruption commission, ...
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