Category: Australian media

News.com.au spread Bigfoot hoax Aug 2008

Yep, gotta love that trustworthy media. I can see this one appearing on Media Watch next week. News.com.au is running a story today which claims “Bigfoot body ‘found…

Australian Censorship and Human Rights Aug 2008

I did a show yesterday on China’s censorship and human rights record. A few people have told me that in Australia, we can say what we like and…

Newspapers facing worst year on record Jun 2008

Tony Harris sent me a link to this story in the New York Times which says that this year is shaping up to be the worst on record…

G’Day World #328 – Stephen Mayne Jun 2008

Today I got to chat with another person I admire – Stephen Mayne. As I’m sure most of you will know, Stephen is the founder of Crikey.com.au. These…

Aussie Startups in Aust Financial Review Jun 2008

Renai LeMay did a story on Aussie start-ups in today’s AFR. But, of course, I can’t link to it online, because the zombies running the Fin still have…

G’Day World #323 – Aubrey de Grey May 2008

In #323 I welcome back a previous G’Day World guest, one of my favourite scientists, Dr Aubrey de Grey. Aubrey is the founder of The Methuselah Foundation, a…

We have reviewed your requirement and our confident of executing your work. Mar 2008

The title of this post is from a proposal I received for one of my outsourcing projects at the moment. I’m using elance.com to get a few things…

G’Day World #318 – Bill Liao Mar 2008

Bill Liao is one of those guys I just love to talk to. He’s smart, successful, humble, visionary – and nice to boot. Just who the hell does…

State of the News Print Media in Australia 2007 Jan 2008

Last year I did a blog post covering the general decline in circulation and readership for Australian newspapers. The Press Council’s 2007 report shows a slightly healthier situation,…

G’DAY WORLD #307 – Bronwen Clune, Norg Media Jan 2008

Today I chat with Bronwen Clune, Founder and CEO of Norg Media, an independent Australian media company that allows anyone to contribute to the news as a Cit…