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Silencing Of The Drum Death Knell For ABC As Alternative Media Voice

12 December 2023 3 yrs

The sudden axing of the ABC’s current affairs programme The Drum is the final nail in the coffin for a progressive national broadcaster. More than a decade of Coalition sniping and undermining of the ABC has denuded it. Silencing of The Drum death knell for […]

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by Clio

5 August 2026 3 dys

Bloods Sacrifice To Beat Saints

The Sydney Swans have taken on the old Muhammad Ali rope-a-dope strategy, it seems. Absorb the opposition’s punishment for most of the match and then come out all guns blazing at the death knock. In this edition, Bloods sacrifice to beat Saints. Unfortunately for Will Edwards and James Rowbottom it was their blood and bone sacrifices on the altar of victory. A terrible injury for the rookie defender Will Edwards has finished his brilliant season prematurely. Rowbottom will likely be back for the finals. The Swans needed this win to hold onto second spot on the AFL ladder and it did not come cheaply.

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by Clio

31 July 2026 1 week

The AFL Is Really An Expanded VFL

Watching Fox Footy you cannot escape the fact that it is Melbourne-centric in its coverage. Virtually all its footy experts are based in Melbourne and they pander to the big local clubs like Collingwood, Carlton and Richmond. The AFL is really an expanded VFL and, indeed, that is how it came about. If you barrack for an interstate team, you will feel the neglect when you watch your side on Fox Footy. Channel 7 probably does a better job of having some tokenistic input via local boundary riders when covering home games for the interstate teams.

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by Clio

27 July 2026 2 weeks

The Media & Its Role In Our Lives

Rupert Murdoch upon being questioned about Fox News and its blatant political bias defended it via these words. “It is not red or blue, it is green.” Green as in greenbacks, the American currency. Murdoch, the owner of Fox News, was telling us that the primary role of his network was to make money by exploiting the market for right wing news. The fact that Rupert Murdoch himself is a rabid supporter of right wing politics is neither here nor there, according to the billionaire businessman. I leave it to you the reader to weigh up the truthfulness of said statements. That news networks, like Fox, have left the anchoring principle of ‘objectivity’ far behind in their pursuit of viewers and advertising revenue is the real shame here. What is the point of having news platforms at all if they only tell one side of the story? It is not journalism but PR. The media and its role in our lives has been diminished by purveyors of it like Rupert Murdoch.

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Episode 29: Caveman Sports & The Mysteries Of AFL Coaching - Robert Sudha Hamilton's Podcast

Robert Sudha HamiltonContact sports in the guise of AFL or rugby are coming under increasing scrutiny in regard to head knocks to players. The truth is that modern human beings are not designed to crash and bash into each other at speed. We have, obviously, evolved away from the need to do so in the natural world. Survival does not call for such behaviour these days and that has long been the case. It is, rather, recreational pursuits in the form of team contact sports which have become the unhealthy danger in recent years. The professionalism and commercialism within these sports have motivated players to become bigger, stronger and faster in pursuit of material rewards. The resultant clashes between these modern day gladiators are fuelling an increasing amount of brain injury diseases showing up in past and present players. Is it a situation where caveman sports have no place in a healthy life?The Mystery of Coaching AFLHighly paid but bloody hard work too.More likely to fail than find ultimate success, but still ex-AFL players try their hand at the caper. In this podcast we dig a bit deeper into the whole coaching challenge..Michael Voss & Brad Scott are the latest victims.Why were they unsuccessful????Robert Sudha Hamilton is a keen, longtime AFL fan. He like many wonders why? About so many things...

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The Sydney Swans have taken on the old Muhammad Ali rope-a-dope strategy, it seems. Absorb the opposition’s punishment for most of the match and then come out all guns blazing at the death knock

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If you look at the 18 clubs in the AFL competition, how many of them are performing to supporter expectation? Just a handful, if that, the vast majority are an absolute disgrace by any measurement...