more factual rather than opinionated pieces of journalism. I would also like to see it championing individual freedom and free enterprise. Socialism is running rampant in this country and as the facts demonstrate, that does not end well. Yet the ABC still allows the left to give their opinion. Less opinions and more reality I say. The ABC needs to join the fight against creeping Socialism for our children's sake. Less comments by lawyers and arts students. We need more mathematicians and engineers making a contribution. Grandad: Greg: 14 Jun 2012 10:16:26am So, left = opinion, right = "reality". Inconvenient truths that don't line up with the rightwing way of thinking -- climate science, the present Australian economic performance -- therefore aren't "real". Folks, that is ideology in a nutshell. Harquebus: Shirley Knott: 14 Jun 2012 12:12:44pm Yes we are over-run by the rampant socialism of the entitlement culture, perfected by none other than . .. John Winston Howard. Baby bonuses, first home buyer grants, Family Tax Benefit A , subsidies for 'choices' like private education and health insurance. Interesting how much of the 'free market' rhetoric in this country is under-pinned by such things. "Talk Right, Govern Left" might be a continuing motto for all Australian governments. libertarian: 14 Jun 2012 1:47:06pm Both parties Shirley. They are two sides of the same coin. The ALP and Coalition are both Socialist parties. There never was a debate in Australia as to whether we would embrace socialism or not. It was