Olympics

The true spirit of the Olympics

The Dog's Bollocks - July 6, 2008 - 3:16pm

AOCAOC President John Coates says our Olympic Athletes “have an obligation to not only attend world championships and Olympics, but they have an obligation to win.” The Olympics are for winning, not just taking part. Read more »

Round 2

Not a Hedgehog - June 9, 2008 - 10:54pm

This media merry-go-round, fed by the pollies but enabled by the journos, is getting ridiculous.

Up until Rudd left for Japan, the pattern went like this: Read more »

  • Liberal pollies or right-wing pundits (Piers et al.) claim that Japan are worried and offended by Rudd’s mishandling of the Australia-Japan relationship, and that his close ties to China are contributing to the strain.
  • The traditional media adopts a generalised and unattributed manner of reporting that it “is understood” that Japanese officials are concerned.
  • Rudd is asked about these purported tensions and defends his approach to foreign relations.