Wendy Bacon Journalist, activist
MenuToday I published a piece on News Corporation, phone hacking and implications for Australia. I was surprised by how easily commentators and reporters in Australia were prepared to accept that the key issue for us is whether phone hacking actually happened at News Ltd papers in Australia.
Dart Energy are planning to drill for coal seam gas near two National Parks in the lower Hunter. Nicole Gooch and I continue our investigation into the coal seem gas industry in NSW.
An update to my investigation with Nicole Gooch into the coal seem gas industry.
On World Press Freedom Day, the University of Technology published this short article on media freedom. It was also published by the Pacific Media Centre.
As it was seriously misleading, I responded to The Australian article attacking my piece on Lee Rhiannon with a short letter.
I was surprised to see The Australian's James Madden responded to my article on Lee Rhiannon in the Drum with a news article.
On April 21, I published an article responding to what I see as unfair attacks on Lee Rhiannon. All politicians should be open to scrutiny but the attacks on Rhiannon ignore her record of acting in favour of transparency and public participation.
On April 20, the Sydney Morning Herald's Alexandra Smith took up the Keep Carmel campaign twitter story .
Nicole Gooch and I continue our investigation into the Keep Carmel Twitter campaign run by One Small Planet during the 2011 NSW Election. The NSW Greens announced that they have complained to the NSW Funding Authority.
"Claimed" said a tweet on the ‘Keep Carmel’ Twitter feed. Carmel Tebbutt had just won the inner-Sydney seat of Marrickville by a tight 0.9 % margin.