The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) repeatedly misrepresents the facts relating to important environmental issues and puts much effort into smearing those it disagrees with. Here is yet another example: And the ABC is funded by big … [Read more...] about ABC Journalist Wendy Carlisle: Hatchet Job Exposed
Archives for March 2012
Murray-Gate: Some Questions for Media Watch
ABC News Watch is unsure of the motivation behind Media Watch's inquiries regarding my research on the Murray River. Based on their understanding, none of the 11 members of the Media Watch team have the scientific qualifications, or necessary … [Read more...] about Murray-Gate: Some Questions for Media Watch
Salt Water, Crocodiles and the Lower Lakes: In Perspective
JO NOVA has posted on the Murray and Media Watch with comment: “She [Jennifer Marohasy] wants to restore the estuary to its estuarine (salty) form. The end of Australia’s biggest river (the Murray) has barrages across it, to stop the salt water … [Read more...] about Salt Water, Crocodiles and the Lower Lakes: In Perspective
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Two Questions for Your Federal Parliamentarian
WE all know that the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the main source of news and information for many Australians. The ABC is funded and owned by the government, but the ABC is apparently editorially independent as a consequence of the … [Read more...] about The Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Two Questions for Your Federal Parliamentarian
Watching Her Watching Them: Graham Young
Jennifer Marohasy has been campaigning to have the barrages – a form of dam – removed from what most of us would think of as the mouth of the River Murray. While much has been made of the fact that the Murray often doesn’t run into the sea, hardly … [Read more...] about Watching Her Watching Them: Graham Young
Media Watch Under Scrutiny
MEDIA Watch contacted me on Friday with a barrage of questions concerning my work on the need to restore the Murray River’s estuary. Their line of questioning suggested that I was misleading the Australian public on the important issue of water … [Read more...] about Media Watch Under Scrutiny