Tag: Purpose

Australian Media, Government by Media, Media

Media Serve the Governors, Not the Governed

Australia created the ABC as an Independent Statuary Body yet the LNP has censured, beaten, and financially bruised the ABC to become a shadow of itself over the past ten years. They did it to gain the quid pro quo support of dominant private media and other corporately controlled sectors in this country and they will continue to do so should they regain power.

“In the First Amendment the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors. The Government’s power to censor the press was abolished so that the press would remain forever free to censure the Government.”

Source: Media Serve the Governors, Not the Governed

Business Crime, Corporate Crime, Political Crime, White Collar Crime

NSW investigators face labyrinth of family trusts to claw back Eddie Obeid’s proceeds of crime | Eddie Obeid | The Guardian

Former NSW Labor minister Eddie Obeid leaves the supreme court

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After public outrage that the NSW government had ruled out trying to pursue the $30m, the state crime commissioner, Michael Barnes, on Friday committed the agency to revisiting its previous investigation into whether it could confiscate any of the Obeid family’s assets as the proceeds of crime.

Source: NSW investigators face labyrinth of family trusts to claw back Eddie Obeid’s proceeds of crime | Eddie Obeid | The Guardian

Universities

When it comes down to it, what are universities really for? | Andrew Campbell | Opinion | The Guardian

As school-leavers around Australia ponder their future, one student asks: should they go to university to become skilled for the workplace, or to become great thinkers?

Source: When it comes down to it, what are universities really for? | Andrew Campbell | Opinion | The Guardian