FrankGol,
Don't feel bad, Leigh is real bute at gramar himself at times. This issue is the usual type from Davo, a storm in a teacup. [Deleted as unacceptably vulgar.] Davo forgets some of us have long memories, we even remember his part in the "cash for comment" saga, which contributed to his complete loss of credability.

Still you must give him 10/10 for his willingness to continue to publicly embarres himself by defending Jonesy, Davo, may even recall an incident in England involving Jonesy and a public toilet.
My question to Davo is how does one rise from obsurity to Wallaby coach, then be "offered" a radio career with top remuneration? Sorry cancel that question, someone earlier mentioned that Jonesy had stood as a canditate for the Liberal Party, no more questions your honour.

I agree with O Sung Wu above. This thread is getting out of control. I've edited Shonga's comment above, and maybe could have edited some comments from others, but I have limited time. However, I'll be paying particular attention from hereonin, so please let's keep it polite.

Rache;Alan Jones does support the Coalition,however I've heard him tear strips off Peter Costello and John Howard just recently.He has taken them to task on both the future taxing of ethanol and our free trade farce,whereby Aust protects almost nothing compared to our competitors.

The shrill,staccato music at the end of his comments is really annoying and a bit amateurish however listen to the analysis and logic.He is not always right,but there is no other commentator that comes close.The Labor Party should be taking the Coalition to task like this,but they are too busy looking in the rear vision mirror.

As for the leadership tussle,I've a sneaking suspicion that Peter Costello has set John Howard up with these ill planned IR reforms.Peter is waiting for John's popularity to plummet and will step in to fill the breach by moderating IR,however he does not understand the electorate don't trust that supercilious smirk.

This public airing of linnen just shows how low a standing Labor are in the opinion polls.On the other hand,the Coalition had better make the new IR reforms fairer and simplier or risk losing the next one.

Arjay,
I think that the IR reforms are a Howard initiative, although Costello's history with the HR Nicholls Society and the Dollar Sweets case demonstrates his true attitude toward workers.

I also believe that the Libs have left themselves no way out of the IR situation they have created for themselves since they have already publicly apologised to the business community for not going far enough (yet) and blown a stack of public money telling us how important these reforms are.

To back down now, regardless of community backlash, would stuff them in the eyes of their corporate masters and make them look like hypocrites to everyone else.

The Howard/Costello events of the last 36 hours have done neither of them any credit. The choice of PM now seems to be between a liar and a wimp.

Alan Jones does flex his muscles and criticise the conservatives sometimes but it's always mid-term, when it matters least. Watch what happens next time an election (State or Federal) is called.

David

Why shouldn´t the ABC publish books particularly about a broadcaster?

And where id your logic that the ABC has a left wing bias because it publishes a critical book on one right wing personality?

You say that the ABC never goes after leftie celebrities. Evidence please. You have done nothing more than write a hate letter.

And how do you define left and right. I watch a lot of the ABC and nothing of commercial TV. Does that make me a "leftie" or perhaps I just don´t like programs being broken up by advertising. I have never thought of myself as left ot right. Could there be another dimension? I think so.

Typical of the creep towards the right in the ABC. ABC commissions a book about a known right-winger to apparently appease all those conservatives and then gets its arse kicked for doing so. Now that is natural justice.

Why didn't the ABC just ask for Jones' approval before assigning the project?