• Why the ABC should be privatised

  

  Last December Tony Abbott told the Australian Financial Review: “There is still this left-of-centre ethos in the ABC and I hope that Mark Scott continues to address it.” Alas, the ABC’s institutional leftism is incurable.

  
  

• Lateline Thatcher coverage catered to left wing (dinner) tastes, Spectator Aust says

  

  There was a stark contrast in how ABC’s Lateline covered Margaret Thatcher’s death and the way it treated that of a prominent left wing hero, The Spectator Australia said this week.

  
  

• Don’t mention the war: Spectator’s Tom Switzer staggered by reaction to Iraq column

  

  There are important lessons to learn from the 2003 Iraq war experience, Tom Switzer says. But some Australian conservatives would prefer to ignore them.

  
  

• IPA calls on federal Parliament to reject Gillard Government’s proposed media regulation

  

  Communications Minister Stephen Conroy’s proposals for media regulation are government licensing in all but name, the Institute of Public Affairs says.

  
  

• Oops! Contesting a seat for the ABC? Kerry O’Brien does it again …

  

  “I just wish those letters weren’t so … similar,” Kerryn O’Brien lamented last night after declaring that an ALP candidate was contesting a seat for the ABC.

  
  

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  The Coalition says its “Policy to Improve the Fair Work Laws”, released today, will improve the prospects of higher real wages for Australian workers, lift standards of behaviour in trade unions, make it easier for small business to employ people and lift Australia’s productive capacity.

  
  

• Liberals launch new media campaign targeting ALP’s “headless chooks” govt

  

  The Liberal Party has launched a new TV and social media video campaign to highlight what it describes as “the ongoing chaos, division and dysfunction of Julia Gillard’s Labor government.”

  
  

• Christian lobby welcomes Tony Abbott’s “clarity” on marriage definition vote

  

  The Australian Christian Lobby has welcomed reported comments by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott that he did not expect the issue of same-sex marriage to come up in the life of the next Parliament should the Coalition win the election.

  
  

• New book critiques policies and performance of Rudd and Gillard governments

  

  The Menzies Research Centre launches State of the Nation today, a book that brings together 15 distinguished and independent experts to critique policy and performance in diverse policy areas under the Rudd and Gillard governments since 2007.

  
  

• Collision course: defence strategy must not ignore the lessons of history

  

  Australia needs a defence force which is capable of taking a major part in any hostilities which threaten our future. But virtually no one is arguing the case for our defence forces, Bob Day says.

  
  

Notes and Comments

• Tune in to conservative radio Monday nights

  

  Tune in to the Carpe Diem program on Sydney radio 88.9 FM Monday nights from 8.00 pm to 10.00 pm.