Thursday, March 02, 2006

Australia, The Lucky Country, That Used To Be

A new article has been posted at: Erly Pro - Australia, The Lucky Country, That Used To Be
Australia is the least regulated and most privately owned economy in the western world. This is a country owned and run by businessmen.
The most vivid example is the press. Rupert Murdoch controls almost 70 per cent of principal newspaper circulation. With the exception of S.B.S. and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the rest of the media reflect Murdochism and a market ideology imported wholesale from the United States. The remarkable culture wars of the neoconservative prime minister, John Howard, exemplify this.