Lisa Wilkinson, co-host of Channel 9’s Today show, has delivered the 2013 Andrew Olle media lecture.
Wilkinson spoke at the Australian Technology Park, in Redfern, Sydney. Her speech focussed on the role of women in the media. [Read more…]
Day 3: Oh My God, They Killed WorkChoices!
Jul 20, 2010
“It’s worth it just for the cartoon of her nose,” the man in my local newsagency told me as I purchased the Financial Review yesterday. Like all the newspapers, the Fin had a special election supplement. Its frontpage cartoon by the incomparable David Rowe also contained a jug-eared Tony Abbott but the retailer seemed more agitated by Julia Gillard.
It was a small, perhaps meaningless, moment but it affirmed for me that Gillard is especially crucial to this election. Everyone is talking about her. [Read more…]