Letters of 9 April 2021: Patrick focused on journosâ ire
Apr 9, 2021 â 12.01am
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Aaron Patrick (â³â£Campaign journalism targets PMâ³â£, March 31) is right that anger at the government over the abuse of women is being led by a powerful group of female journalists. But that doesnât mean we donât need men reporting on the issues too.
There is widespread anger over misbehaviour in Parliament.Â
Photo: Jessica Shapiro
Thanks to journalists such as Samantha Maiden, Laura Tingle, Louise Milligan, Katharine Murphy, Amy Remeikis, Lisa Wilkinson, Karen Middleton and Jessica Irvine, women all across Australia are finally speaking up in greater numbers than ever before.
Australia’s Public Broadcaster Launches New ‘Diversity’ and ‘Inclusion’ Guidelines
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has unveiled new requirements that will see “under-represented people and perspectives” on Australian TV screens.
The announcement comes just months after a report (pdf) published by Media Diversity Australia found more than 75 percent of Australian news presenters, commentators and reporters were “white.”
Under the “Diversity and Inclusion Commissioning Guidelines” (pdf) published on Feb. 15, production companies will need to provide greater access and opportunity to “under-represented” groups such as Indigenous Australians, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, people living with a disability, and the LGBTQI+ community.
Production companies must employ writers, producers and directors from diverse backgrounds to “demonstrate representation.” This includes having people from diverse backgrounds in its core cre
Tuesday, 2 February 2021, 4:16 pm
It’s the sort of stuff that should have been sorted
years ago in Australia: a murderous, frontier society ill
disposed to the indigenous populace; the creation of a
convict colony that was itself an act of invasion rather
than settlement; the theft of land and its rapacious
plunder.
Even some of the rough colonists were not
oblivious to such a crude record. Henry Parkes, in planning
the Centenary celebrations as New South Wales premier in
1888, was
asked by a fellow politician what he would be doing for
the poor and needy for the occasion. Wealthy landed citizens
Cowardly History: Australia Day and Invasion
Cowardly History: Australia Day and Invasion
It’s the sort of stuff that should have been sorted years ago in Australia: a murderous, frontier society ill disposed to the indigenous populace; the creation of a convict colony that was itself an act of invasion rather than settlement; the theft of land and its rapacious plunder.
Even some of the rough colonists were not oblivious to such a crude record. Henry Parkes, in planning the Centenary celebrations as New South Wales premier in 1888, was asked by a fellow politician what he would be doing for the poor and needy for the occasion. Wealthy landed citizens had been promised a banquet of much quaffing and gorging. As a gesture, Parkes considered the distribution of food parcels. “Then we ought to do something for the Aborigines,” came the response. The answer from the premier was coldly revealing: “And remind them that we have robbed them?”