Hot Potato, Hot Potato indeed (#Wigglegate)

Hot Potato, Hot Potato indeed (#Wigglegate)

The Wiggles have been the nice guys of the Australian entertainment industry for over 20 years. In the last 24 hours they’ve managed to cast a very dark cloud over their relationships and business dealings with the very poor handling of the return of original...
@SylviaJeffreys joins @TheTodayShow

@SylviaJeffreys joins @TheTodayShow

Given her increased profile in 2011 Sylvia Jeffreys was always being primed for bigger things within the Nine Network, it’s no surprise to hear the announcement she is moving south permanently to join The Today Show as their Sydney reporter from 23 January 2012....
Too much tragedy is never enough

Too much tragedy is never enough

I did something very unpopular on Twitter today. I questioned the validity of a story’s national importance. There is no question the fire in the nursing home at Quakers Hill in Sydney this morning is newsworthy. It’s horrible that anyone died, let alone...
The shakiest of moral high grounds

The shakiest of moral high grounds

The 2011 version of current affairs television is most often anything but current affairs. Burqas, Boob jobs, bludgers… fodder to fill the outrage-ometers of the ill-informed nationwide. Occasionally an actual story does sneak in but it’s all too rare. The...