Why are the ALP, Independents and Greens bothered with this?

In 6 months - the LIBs will repeal it the same way it will repeal the carbon tax

yep, Vote Liberal if you want government by the media for the media.

Dnarever wrote on Mar 19^th, 2013 at 11:30pm:

yep, Vote Liberal if you want government by the media for the media.

i plan to vote liberal in part so the media can be free and yes, even free to be biased because bias isn't a crime against humanity. Censorship however, is.

Wilke just said NO

Greens have bent over to the ALP despite saying the marriage is off

Maqqa wrote on Mar 20^th, 2013 at 2:14pm:

Wilke just said NO Greens have bent over to the ALP despite saying the marriage is off

about time Wilkie said no. Gillard has shafted him multiple times and it is about time he returned the favour.

Dnarever historically the Liberals have been caned every inch that this dickheaded Labor Party are now.

If a Government is plain bloody useless it deserves all the flack it gets. Incidentally when I vehemently disagreed with John Howard at one stage of his Prime Ministership I gave it to him big time. I don't discriminate when it comes to deserved bad press.

This Media Legislation was and is a dog's breakfast...It has been deep sixed, which is exactly what it deserved.

Why am I not surprised that you fellas would support Rupert Murdochs total dominance of the media in this country.
And its kinda no surprise to see the Coalition genuflecting at the feet of Rupert because he has the power to make or break political parties in Australia, the UK and the US with just a wave of his hand.
One word comes to mind...Lickspittles

Nothing atheists say is of merit as its basis is lies and selfish malice... :)

How many Australian lives do Atheist politicians destroy every year...? :)

adelcrow this one is for you: "Keep the Red flag flying high, Russia's not dead, it will never die...roll on the hour, roll on the day, roll on the hour when we can leave this freaking shower...of shyte!"

red baron wrote on Mar 20^th, 2013 at 3:18pm:

adelcrow this one is for you: "Keep the Red flag flying high, Russia's not dead, it will never die...roll on the hour, roll on the day, roll on the hour when we can leave this freaking shower...of shyte!"

Murdoch would love Russia where he could have control over everything and use his power to destroy all rivals...its a perfect system for good old Rupert.

corporate_whitey wrote on Mar 20^th, 2013 at 3:12pm:

How many Australian lives do Atheist politicians destroy every year...? :)

As a Godless Communist I would say..."not enough"

adelcrow wrote on Mar 20^th, 2013 at 3:10pm:

Why am I not surprised that you fellas would support Rupert Murdochs total dominance of the media in this country. And its kinda no surprise to see the Coalition genuflecting at the feet of Rupert because he has the power to make or break political parties in Australia, the UK and the US with just a wave of his hand. One word comes to mind...Lickspittles

no one is stopping you from starting a media company. if murdoch has a dominance it is because your fellow-travellers dont have the courage of THEIR convictions. They are weak and cowardly and will always be ruled over by the strong.

its all YOUR fault if you dont like it.

adelcrow wrote on Mar 20^th, 2013 at 3:10pm:

Why am I not surprised that you fellas would support Rupert Murdochs total dominance of the media in this country. And its kinda no surprise to see the Coalition genuflecting at the feet of Rupert because he has the power to make or break political parties in Australia, the UK and the US with just a wave of his hand. One word comes to mind...Lickspittles

Fairfax is also strongly against these censorship laws.

longweekend58 wrote on Mar 20^th, 2013 at 8:22am:

Dnarever wrote on Mar 19th, 2013 at 11:30pm: yep, Vote Liberal if you want government by the media for the media. i plan to vote liberal in part so the media can be free and yes, even free to be biased because bias isn't a crime against humanity. Censorship however, is.

So long as it is biased towards the Liberals, of course.

gof forbid we hold the media to a standard  ...

longweekend58 wrote on Mar 20^th, 2013 at 8:22am:

Dnarever wrote on Mar 19th, 2013 at 11:30pm: yep, Vote Liberal if you want government by the media for the media. i plan to vote liberal in part so the media can be free and yes, even free to be biased because bias isn't a crime against humanity. Censorship however, is.

How many times have you joined in with the other morons saying the govt. should withdraw funding from ABC because of it's bias????? HYpocrite

John Smith wrote on Mar 20^th, 2013 at 5:20pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Mar 20th, 2013 at 8:22am: Dnarever wrote on Mar 19th, 2013 at 11:30pm: yep, Vote Liberal if you want government by the media for the media. i plan to vote liberal in part so the media can be free and yes, even free to be biased because bias isn't a crime against humanity. Censorship however, is. How many times have you joined in with the other morons saying the govt. should withdraw funding from ABC because of it's bias????? HYpocrite

GOVERNMENTS are not entitled to bias as they represent EVERYONE. private people and private industry is entitled to all the bias they want since they pay for it. Im not saying the media is biased but rather that they are perfectly entitled to be and after Juliar's truly idiotic attempts at censorship now have full justification for doing so.

I've no problems with a percieved bias media becaus eanyone with half a brain can work it out for themselves

woof woof wrote on Mar 20^th, 2013 at 7:20pm:

I've no problems with a percieved bias media becaus eanyone with half a brain can work it out for themselves

Until it all ends in tears for you.
The media can say anything they like about you being a wanker for instance, now even though that's true they would be required to retract that if you had a bitch about it. Problem is, by then everyone knows/ thinks you're a wanker anyway and the retraction is on page 95 underneath the budgies for sale classifieds.

longweekend58 wrote on Mar 20^th, 2013 at 8:22am:

Dnarever wrote on Mar 19th, 2013 at 11:30pm: yep, Vote Liberal if you want government by the media for the media. i plan to vote liberal in part so the media can be free and yes, even free to be biased because bias isn't a crime against humanity. Censorship however, is.

even free to be biased

Media bias is terrible but somewhat acceptable. What we have seen the last 4 years is well past what anyone could consider to be a bias.

The legislation is hardly even a slap on the wrist and is in no way censorship.

woof woof wrote on Mar 20^th, 2013 at 7:20pm:

I've no problems with a percieved bias media becaus eanyone with half a brain can work it out for themselves

People spend millions of $ to get the media to perform in the same manner, its called advertising and it works.

longweekend58 wrote on Mar 20^th, 2013 at 6:21pm:

John Smith wrote on Mar 20th, 2013 at 5:20pm: longweekend58 wrote on Mar 20th, 2013 at 8:22am: Dnarever wrote on Mar 19th, 2013 at 11:30pm: yep, Vote Liberal if you want government by the media for the media. i plan to vote liberal in part so the media can be free and yes, even free to be biased because bias isn't a crime against humanity. Censorship however, is. How many times have you joined in with the other morons saying the govt. should withdraw funding from ABC because of it's bias????? HYpocrite GOVERNMENTS are not entitled to bias as they represent EVERYONE. private people and private industry is entitled to all the bias they want since they pay for it. Im not saying the media is biased but rather that they are perfectly entitled to be and after Juliar's truly idiotic attempts at censorship now have full justification for doing so.

so ? A tv station that is govt. funded is not the govt. Just like thousands of other organisations that are govt. funded are not the govt.

ABC has had more than it's fair share of stories to highlight inadequacies in labor policy over the last 5 yrs ... you really thing if labor had editorial control they would allow that? you're dumber than dog sh it if you believe that.

Dnarever wrote on Mar 20^th, 2013 at 7:32pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Mar 20th, 2013 at 8:22am: Dnarever wrote on Mar 19th, 2013 at 11:30pm: yep, Vote Liberal if you want government by the media for the media. i plan to vote liberal in part so the media can be free and yes, even free to be biased because bias isn't a crime against humanity. Censorship however, is. even free to be biased Media bias is terrible but somewhat acceptable. What we have seen the last 4 years is well past what anyone could consider to be a bias. The legislation is hardly even a slap on the wrist and is in no way censorship.

pretty much no one outside the labor party thinks there has even BEEN bias never mind the extent you think. The problem has always been that this govt has been riddled with scandal and so incompetent that there is rarely and good positive news to report. unbiased reporting would still say that this govt sucks.

John Smith wrote on Mar 20^th, 2013 at 9:36pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Mar 20th, 2013 at 6:21pm: John Smith wrote on Mar 20th, 2013 at 5:20pm: longweekend58 wrote on Mar 20th, 2013 at 8:22am: Dnarever wrote on Mar 19th, 2013 at 11:30pm: yep, Vote Liberal if you want government by the media for the media. i plan to vote liberal in part so the media can be free and yes, even free to be biased because bias isn't a crime against humanity. Censorship however, is. How many times have you joined in with the other morons saying the govt. should withdraw funding from ABC because of it's bias????? HYpocrite GOVERNMENTS are not entitled to bias as they represent EVERYONE. private people and private industry is entitled to all the bias they want since they pay for it. Im not saying the media is biased but rather that they are perfectly entitled to be and after Juliar's truly idiotic attempts at censorship now have full justification for doing so. so ? A tv station that is govt. funded is not the govt. Just like thousands of other organisations that are govt. funded are not the govt. ABC has had more than it's fair share of stories to highlight inadequacies in labor policy over the last 5 yrs ... you really thing if labor had editorial control they would allow that? you're dumber than dog sh it if you believe that.

you know what? you almost NEVER understand the poit of what someone says - anyone. you sot a couple words in a post and then launch into your opinion on a subject thinking you are responding. the whole concept of english comprehension seems to elude you

John Smith wrote on Mar 20^th, 2013 at 5:20pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Mar 20th, 2013 at 8:22am: Dnarever wrote on Mar 19th, 2013 at 11:30pm: yep, Vote Liberal if you want government by the media for the media. i plan to vote liberal in part so the media can be free and yes, even free to be biased because bias isn't a crime against humanity. Censorship however, is. How many times have you joined in with the other morons saying the govt. should withdraw funding from ABC because of it's bias????? HYpocrite

For the simple reason that is beyond your leftist-screwed head--

Murdock finances his newspapers while the ABC is funded by all taxpayers and therefore is obliged to be unbiased.

That is why many workers have given up on the unions, the sensible voices were not being heard.

By the way, how many businesses are closed because of union demands? How does that help a family man with a mortgage?