Kim Wingerei blog posts
“Without idealists, the pragmatists would have nothing to do…”
Google dodges regulation, hits advertisers with “regulatory” charges: What’s the Scam?
Google's parent Alphabet is making record profits, $US18.5b in the last quarter alone, almost 30% of revenue. But it is not enough, Google feels so aggrieved by the mostly non-existing "digital services regulations", it is charging advertisers more; so a 5% surcharge...
The world is in a crisis of our own making – is it sowing the seeds of change?
The world is in a crisis. And many of our leaders are failing us. People are despondent, angry and sad, many unable to see their loved ones, many more not knowing how to cope. There is no end in sight, unless we look beyond the concreted corridors of power....
Bali is leading the vaccination race, welcoming tourists soon, but not Australians
Sports rorter Bridget McKenzie back on the front bench courtesy of Barnaby Joyce
Bridget McKenzie was forced to resign in February 2020 after the "sports rorts" affair but, as are the ways of the National Party, misdeeds are quickly forgotten if you back the right leader at the right time. So just like her good buddy, recently resurrected National...
Barnaby Joyce is back – questions about his conduct remain!
Barnaby Joyce proves that a long history of questionable conduct, pork barelling and obtuse dealings with non existing water is no obstacle to National Party leadership. Here are “six of the best” from our QED database – living, walking proof of the...
Protection Racket: Digital Media Code a farce as Google and Facebook not “designated”
Google and Facebook are yet to be “designated” under the Digital Media Bargaining Code, leaving the Code a farce rather than the touted “world-first reform”. Pressure on the platforms meant a small transfer of money from them to the old media...
The digital media farce continues as nothing changes
Nine Entertainment is the latest of the old media companies to announce deals with Google and Facebook. For a fraction of what they once thought they deserved, and without any of the benefits to consumers which the Digital Bargaining Code bill purported to provide. In...
Laughing Stock: Australia’s new media code rivals our climate policy for absurdity
Google good, Facebook bad. That sums up mainstream media coverage of the Coalition government’s bizarre new media code. That’s because Google paid up, Facebook decided it was extortion and called Josh Frydenberg’s bluff, banning Australian news. Kim...
Pay The Bully? Townsville paper hits peak nasty as Rupert Murdoch demands bail-out
Hiding behind a pay wall and in hoc to its advertisers, The Bully, The Townsville Bulletin, is a law unto itself in Queensland as its owners demand subsidies from the Government. Should we pay? asks Kim Wingerei? Meanwhile, Seven Network gets the first forced payment...
Google leaving Australia serves nobody, but it is not an empty threat
Google is threatening to withdraw its search functions; Facebook is threatening to remove news posts. Not idle threats but with its flawed media legislation, the federal government is using the wrong solution for a problem that requires regulation. ?It’s hard to...
Google & Facebook laws just a back rub for News and Nine
Google threatens to withdraw search from Australia and Facebook to remove news posts. These are not idle threats. Is propping up old media with grants gouged from Google good public policy? It delivers cash for Rupert Murdoch but does it serve consumers? Kim Wingerei...
Fake news abounds in the misguided war on the digital media platforms
Opposition is growing both locally and globally to media laws introduced by the Coalition Government requiring tech giants Google and Facebook to pay for displaying original news content. Why should our domestic monopolists get preference? Not only is there no good...
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