Motherless Behaviour
Two blokes having a chat about the commodification of women’s bodies: what could possibly go wrong? Well, a fair bit went wrong on 13 May for James O’Loghlin, host of...
The Noises of North Tassie
The magnificent women of Women Speak Tasmania are angry, and rightly so. First, they’re angry that the brand-new Recreation Hub at Mowbray, Launceston, has no single-sex toilets or changerooms. And...
SPOILSPORT!
With women all over the world rejoicing at the International Olympic Committee’s new women’s policy, the ABC goes glum or schtum. Women’s Cooee commentators Vera Figner and Emma Peel observe...
Fed up with writing to the ABC Ombo?
If you’d like to try something a little different, you can do like Phil Dye and start a petition to Parliament. Phil’s done one about getting the ABC out of...
The Good Fight
Scrolling through the ABC Ombudsman’s Report for the 2024-2025 financial year, as one does, I saw on Page 6 that they’ve noted a surprise ‘new entrant’ in the top 10...
Shout-Out to Linton Besser
We were wondering how Linton Besser would go when he took over from Paul Barry as the host of Media Watch at the beginning of last year. Paul Barry had...
ANOTHER ABC FIB ABOUT KIRRALIE SMITH!
We’ve said it before, Aunty, and now we’ve got it say it again: Just because Kirralie Smith is a right-winger it doesn’t mean you can tell lies about her. The...
ABC SCHTUM ON STRUM
Back in 2022, when Paul Barry had a go at his fellow-journos at the ABC for not reporting on the closure of the UK’s Tavistock youth gender clinic, one Julia...
ABC EnCompassed
It could well be argued that the ABC’s hosting of Vote Compass represents a significant mission stray for an organisation that is, after all, just a broadcaster, and a taxpayer-funded...
KID-TRANSING REVIEWS: Who Pats Didn’t Talk to, and What She Didn’t Tell Us
The last week of January saw big action in Australian kid-transing. On Tuesday 28th, the Queensland government announced it was going to conduct an independent review into puberty blockers, and...