absolute.... Don't waste your time, my friend. Between the predatory section of the right and the ABC stands a pretty thick brick wall: The rest of us! Harquebus: BushGirl: 14 Jun 2012 12:18:54pm OK, did I read it correctly? Scott is the equivalent of the Editor-in-Chief, and is ultimately responsible for ALL material appearing on ABCOnline? Ah, right! That explains why staff such as Alexandra Kirk can have published today her gossip column, allegedly based on the ubiquitous "Anon" in the Federal Ministry, along with others in the Government, in which she tells us about the PM's office digging dirt on the Opposition. Wasn't Mr Scott appointed with the very full support of his friend, one John Winston Howard, who was PM at the time. [BTW: that Government wasn't into digging dirt; Tuckey and Heffernan didn't exist in those days; and Justice Kirby wasn't vilified in the Coward's Castle.] An Observer: 14 Jun 2012 12:25:05pm Someone once said: 'Murdoch's tabloid papers does the intellectual equivalent of what Fast Food does to your arteries. Like Fast Food, the Murdoch brand of Fast News pleases at first but in time the food is bland and leave you wanting more and more. It has no substance and can not feed your intellect'. Mark James: 14 Jun 2012 12:58:26pm An Observer, it's worth noting that, even if Murdoch insists on calling himslef an Australian, in 1985 he swore an oath to entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate,