#Digicitz 9: Politics & Digital Activism in the Social Age
Kate Carruthers Tomorrow night I’ll be hosting a panel for Digital Citizens on Politics and Digital Activism in the Social Age. The panel has a fascinating and diverse group of people: Penny…
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Freedom – the price and the value #Libya #auspol
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. Oscar Wilde, in Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892) It has been fascinating to watch…
Who does Alan Jones think he is to speak to the Prime Minister like that?
I was completely appalled to hear how a well known radio personality in Sydney spoke to the Prime Minister of Australia on air. The details are outlined well by Barrie…
A lucky country indeed …
Even though it was once said ironically, it has always seemed to me that Australia really is the lucky country. Our national anthem, Advance Australia Fair, sums it up: We’ve…
More thoughts on revolutions #Egypt #Tunisia #Bahrain #Iran #Libya
THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands…
Australian citizenship, ceremony and ritual
A friend invited me along to his citizenship ceremony the other day. He’s terribly excited about becoming an Aussie after living here for a number of years. We went to…
Public discourse and private citizens – how free is freedom of speech? #groggate
A recent disclosure that a Federal public servant has been blogging about matters political in his personal time has come to be referred amongst Australian journalists and bloggers alike as…
Twitter, commonsense and journalism #groggate
I’ve been observing the discourse in the mainstream and social media worlds about the ‘outing’ of the blogger Grog’s Gamut – the so-called #groggate. Craig Thomler has made an excellent…
inspired stuff from @firstdogonmoon “Nostradamus arm of productivity commission” ROFL #media140 #ozpolitics
Update: I am informed by @firstdogonmoon that this cartoon was actually inspired by @Pollytics
Warning: I’m probably going to tweet a fair bit about #OzPol & #media140 this coming week
Because, along with the witty and intelligent @neerav @smurray38 @grogsgamut @paulwallbank, I shall be in Canberra blogging and tweeting about Media140 Oz Politics. This event is on Thursday 23 September…