Paul.L

Correct. “The Australian” is not right wing in the minds of anybody but the loony left.

Neither was the Howard-lead Coalition Government right wing in the minds of anyone except the loony left.

The Australian loony left – and I’m not referring to people who vote Labor or Australian Democrats (while that failed party still exists), but to the likes of Robert Manne and other left wing historians, along with the gender-benders, the eco-nuts, Greens etc. – are living in a time warp.

Their ridiculous ideology has failed all over the world. It does not work; end of story. Yet, they still persist with their childish ranting.

Their patronising attitude to the descendants of indigenous Australians has been the same for the past 200 or so years. It hasn’t worked. Did this stop them from rubbishing the first real attempt to put right the wrongs via the Howard/Brough intervention in the NT? No. The action was ‘racist’ and was called just about everything else the loony left has in its limited vocabulary.

Most posters ignore Graham Ring. Most posters ignore the urban, academic aboriginal contributor Stephen Hagan.
They’ve probably got the right idea. Better for the blood pressure.

Interesting post from Loudmouth.

I agree with the commenters that say that The Australian's position on Indigenous affairs is motivated by the consequences of government policy, rather than a leftist "noble savage" view.

I can't remember the exact rant the author refers to. However, I imagine the point The Ox was making is that its easy for wealthy Indigenous peoples, who have acquired success on the back of affirmative action of the Aboriginal welfare industry, to stand back and advocate the same old leftist gibberish because they are no longer affected personally by the dysfunction in Aboriginal communities.

Would someone like Calma forget his roots? Perhaps he lives in a community that was somewhat function. Or perhaps instead the (mostly left-wing) views he was exposed to at university influenced him greatly. It's hard to say because I don't know the man. But what I can say is that you can't be strongly concerned for the plight of Aborigines if you aren't willing to even consider the merits of the NT Indigenous intervention.

Never ignore the creepy Ringy, who is a clever & manipulative sycophant.

And never compare the creepy Ringy to Steve Hagan, who is a straight talking, honest bloke who speaks his own mind & sometimes has useful insights, unlike the aforementioned dissembler Ringy, who is beholden to both the cliche & some of the most accomplished conmen & bullies of our time.

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How amusing. Somebody named 'Mr Right' who refers to the left as the 'loony left' appears to believe he's in a position to judge whether the Australian has a right wing political bias.

For the record, I believe The Australian is the best paper in Australia (once upon a time, the Financial Review could compete, but in the last year or so it's taken a dive).

To deny The Australian is a right wing paper is wilful stupidity, I'm sorry - The Australian itself has admitted it is dedicated to conservative principles.

Both the editor in Chief Chris Mitchell, as well as the Editor at Large, Paul Kelly, have admitted that the paper is unapologetically from the centre right.

So they're quite happy to be categorised as right wing - they don't see it as an accusation.

Whether that is a positive or negative can be argued, but to try and pretend that they're not a right wing paper, Mr Right, is political myopia.

Terms like 'loony left' get so very tiresome, just as the 'rabid right' does.

The left is so broad, it doesn't have to mean socialism, then there's the social issues of conservatism versus liberal thought. These cliched old 'the left is wrong' or the 'right is wrong' attempts at pigeonholing ideological opponents before you can consider their stance, really does get in the way of intelligent conversation.

WEll someone had to bring up the non-existent Heiner affair didn't they? Heiner was not investigating child abuse, he was investigating bad management at the John Oxley centre in 1988.

Get over it.