Well Runner, now the ABC can explain why it chose to ignore all the evidence of the corruption of Kathy Jackson that it was sent over the last couple of years, as well as the implications of political interference in the (politicised) Victorian Police Force by George Brandis and the staged phony arrest of Thomson arranged between Abbott and the media to coincide with his (over-botoxed) media conference.

Then the Telegraph can confess to using photoshop to present faked "evidence" and printing known lies for the same reason. Unfortunately the picture has since been mysteriously taken down from it's web site after it's work had been done.

You actually pay more for the "free" press than for the ABC but only one side is ever subjected to scrutiny.

doog, "How would it look if a judge went out with his bikie gang mates"

A ridiculous false comparison not worthy of rebuttal.

Worth noting though that you are undoubtedly thinking of the Queensland Labor government headed by Anastacia Palazcuck, that won votes from dubious quarters by promising along with the Greens to remove the anti-outlawbikie arrangements that are working so successfully in Queensland.

You would not be surprised either to find that now Labor Premier Palazcuck in in office and leading a marginal government, she has made removing that anti-OMG arrangements the number 1 priority, having already set up a review.

Just another 1% stooge who couldn't lie straight in bed.
Just like all the others in the lieing lieberal party.
Seriously lieing is the ONLY thing this government and its supporters are any good at.
Goodbye Dyson (Bagless) Heydon.
Another liar from the liars party bites the dust.

No idea what OTB is talking about. I was referring to Kath Jakson.

Abbott has a leaking problem, he may need a nappy to soak up the excess. Cabinet is dysfunctional says Tony A good reason to cancel cabinet talks altogether and let Tony handle it alone.

Dyson is deliberating his own fate, how many persons in the world would recommend that for a job. It leaves itself wide open to a corrupt mind, let alone millions in paid money to be considered. What the allegations were about could come a distant second thought.

I believe the man has more scruples than that, millions of $ would not mean the heavens are falling in. I say he will make an informed judgment upon himself and concede the allegations against him are not a good look and stand aside. It’s how the saying goes “where there is smoke there is fire”.

Where would we be without a media like the ABC, Uninformed that is where we would be, Investigative and factual, with tolerance to withhold evidence until cleared for publication. What other media does that, their interest is in sensationalism rather than news. There is a side of politics that is against facts. News can only be put forth is the story is there to be told, and sometimes this does not suit some political circles.
Radio shock jocks openly show their side of political radicalism, and rarely come up news that is not in favor of their own persuasions.

There is one print media that continually prints news that no one else either bothers with, or the story is not there to write about. This is a fact of our freedom of press, there is no certificate of authenticity needed. It comes down to a person or corporations instructions on how to run their news output

Had a brief convo the other night when the Kathy Jackson story broke with the two journalists most responsible for uncovering her actions starting way back in 2012. MSM, as we know, went out of their way to ignore the story (and Heydon recently followed up by wafting over her behaviour in his interim report)....seems there was a major pattern within MSM in not following up the allegations as they were coming light.

The only time the story hit the ABC was in this page in 2012:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-26/jacksons-at-centre-of-hsu-allegations/4093190

Then - "crickets".

These journalists mentioned that Simon Cullen was very helpful in pushing for this story to be published, but that he'd faced huge opposition getting it up on site.

Considering how Jackson was sanctified and lauded by the Abbott govt, I think runner should give the ABC a rosette for going out of its way in the early days of the investigation to ignore the story like the rest of MSM...except for this one occasion.

doog,

The only ones who could be considered the mates of the outlaw motorcycle gangs who are responsible for manufacturing, trafficking and distributing drugs and for almost all of the gun crime would be Labor and the Greens. Outlaw bikies had paid large sums to lawyers to appeal the law but it was upheld.

Both parties made that very, very obvious in their election promises in Queensland and now that Labor is in power.

Here is footage of organised gangs rioting on the Gold Coast, that was quickly stemmed by the successful anti-bikie laws that Labor Premier Anastacia Palazcuck pledged to withdraw,

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1116931/As-happened-Gold-Coast-bikie-brawl-footage-released.html