About Face
November 9, 2005 by Dave Earley
Filed under News
Last week the Australian government’s announcement that an immediate terrorist threat made it necessary to rush through anti-terror laws was met with not a little skepticism. The Australian media made it obvious they were prepared to burn the government, and badly, if they didn’t back up that announcement.
So from The Australian newspaper, again (I really should expand my Australian RSS list), we have these headlines from their senior political correspondents.
A right balance
Leaders did right
Critics lose face
Hail to the chief. Not that I disagree that they did the right thing, but why wait till NOW to go after these guys they’ve been investigating for over 12 months?
I’m slowly discovering (and re-discovering) some Australian political blogs, and one is by John Quiggin, who has a post on the subject.
