Amy Remeikis Lucy Battersby -- The Age -- 4 August, 2017 The creation of a new category of not-for-profit journalism in Australia could be enough to convince crossbenchers to pass the government's changes to media laws. The idea of giving public interest journalism the same tax deductions as...
Media release -- Senator Paterson -- Monday 1 August, 2017 Greens endorse anti-Israel candidate for Melbourne Ports Victorian Liberal Senator James Paterson has condemned the nomination of Steph Hodgins-May as Greens candidate for Melbourne Ports. “As the Liberal Party's patron Senator for Melbourne Ports, I am disappointed...
Samantha Hutchinson -- The Australian -- 1 August, 2017 ALP stalwart Michael Danby is facing pressure to bow out of contention for the federal seat of Melbourne Ports next election, ending a near-20-year stranglehold. The veteran MP and ardent Israel supporter is the subject of an internal...
James Paterson -- The Age -- 24 July, 2017 The Referendum Council's narrow, take it or leave it approach to constitutional recognition is unlikely to be approved by the Australian people. The Referendum Council's final report to Parliament is even more remarkable than last month's Uluru Statement from the...
James Paterson -- The Australian Financial Review -- 19 July, 2017 The best way to promote media diversity in the digital age is to simplify and reduce media regulations, not create new tax-redistribution schemes to fund favoured publications. Australian media companies are facing unprecedented challenges brought on...
Andrew Tillett -- Australian Financial Review -- 15 July, 2017 John Howard has a blunt message for disillusioned conservatives tempted to abandon the Liberal Party: don't go. Appearing at Sydney University's US Studies Centre, Australia's second longest serving prime minister argued the Liberal Party was custodian of two political...
Joe Kelly -- The Australian -- 6 July, 2017 The Turnbull government empowered by an angry backbench has rejected a Human Rights Commission-led campaign for racial and cultural diversity targets to be pushed on corporate Australia. The commission’s July 2016 reform blueprint, Leading for Change,recommended that organisations consider...
James Paterson - Australian Jewish News - 6 July 2017 Superhero movies have become a staple of Hollywood, but few have garnered as much political attention as Wonder Woman. It’s the latest target of the ugly anti-Israel Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign. The film has already...