Posted by: donallan on: 23 May 2012
Also posted The Chronicle www.chronicleonline.com.au Tuesday 23 May A difficulty when writing about politics is to avoid being classed as showing bias in favour of a particular party or participant. I suspect the same situation applies in all countries, although in some of them the life of a journalist can be made very difficult or [...]
Posted by: donallan on: 16 May 2012
Shorty version published The Chronicle, Canberra, Tuesday 16/5/12 While some economists might welcome last week’s budget, battlers will remember it as the horror budget that included the unwelcome carbon tax that will make them poorer and their battles to escape poverty even harder. And no doubt Treasurer Swan will be glad to lay claim to [...]
Posted by: donallan on: 14 July 2011
First published The Chronicle, Tuesday July 12, 2011 I feel sure I’m not the only columnist who experiences writers’ block and also hopes the old adage ‘wish for something hard enough and you’ll get it,’ is true. Fortunately, I don’t block up often but when I do it’s usually it’s because the subjects that come [...]
