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Tonight on @abcthedrum we talked #GP fees, #gunlaws #illegalvoting and #WikiLeaks. Host was John Barron and copanellists were the Guardian Australia's Paul Farrell, and the Executive Director of Schools in the Catholic Diocese of Parramatta, NSW Greg Whitby. Some feisty differences of opinion between the left and right (literally!) side of the panel at times- (note: expression:). I mentioned the right of the public to be informed, for our government to do more to curb [...]

Memo to Govt & Media: This is Omran. He and a few others were just rescued following the  bombing of his home in Aleppo last night.  https://www.google.com.au/amp/www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2016/08/haunting-video-bewildered-syrian-boy-viral-160818080939606.html?client=safari While the magnitude of the catastrophe that is Syria defies even my comprehension, what is abundantly clear is that innocent civilians represent human point scores in a barbaric bid to out-bomb, out-number and out-destroy the opponent.  Meanwhile, in Aleppo, NO AID has reached its civilians in over a [...]

Tonight in Parramatta, the Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE) hosted a forum attended by Muslim screen-based artists, filmmakers and journalists, keen to hear about ISLAM. I AM, an early development opportunity coordinated by Jungle in association with I.C.E.  This first stage of development was jointly funded by Screen NSW and the ABC. The facilitators invited expressions of interest from Australian Muslim to participate in the project, from conception to execution of their own stories in [...]

Tonights Drum episode was moderated by John Barron. My co-panellists included, Jackie Kelly (former Howard minister), Shane Wright (WA Times, Finance editor), and live from UK, Tom McTaigh (Politico, editor).  A lively conversation ensued on various topics including One Nations's plagiarised content on their website, the loss of Liberal seats in Western Sydney, the Coalitons proposed retrospective super policy, Theresa May,  British PM in waiting - and 'Pokemon Go'-yes or no ? The verdict ? [...]

Live feeding for The Drum tonight from Melbourne to Sydney studio. Co-panellists included Peter Lewis, Essential Media and Simon Cowan, Centre for Independent Studies Economist in Sydney; Mark Di Stefano, BuzzfeedOz Political Editor in Canberra and guest Dr Rodger Shanahan, Lowy Institute on the Istanbul attacks. Other topics fielded were the Thornliegh mosque car bomb, the plebiscite, political promises, election 'attack' advertising and the Zika virus- an olympics games attending deal breaker or not.  An [...]