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Issue No. 163 | 29 November 2002 |
Lessons from History
Interview: Trade Secrets Industrial: It�s About Overtime, Stupid Unions: Full Steam Ahead Bad Boss: The BBQ Battle Axe Economics: Different Dimensions of Debt History: Raking the Coals History Special: Wherever the Necessity Exists History Special: Learning from the Past History Special: A 'Cosy Relationship' Politics: Regime Change for Saddam International: World War Corporate: Industrious Thinking Review: Jack High Culture: Duffy�s Song Satire: A Nation of Sooks Poetry: Mr Flexibility
And On the Seventh Day � Satan Joins Union Casuals Written Out of the Script ACTU Examines The Cap Option On Hours No Sweetener for Diabetic Workers Pressure Goes on Apartheid Employers ASIC Turns Blind Eye on Dodgy Boss Family Test Case a Priority Campaign Brutal Bashing Sparks Prison Strike Minister Challenged by Cleaners Uni Backs Down On Regional Review
The Soapbox Awards The Locker Room Bosswatch Month In Review
State Based Organising Gino on the Gong
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Tool Shed Auntie Pete
****** With the idea being floated of Peter Reith replacing the charm machine, Michael Kroger, on the board of the ABC, it may be useful to examine what sort of programming we may expect from Aunty with one of the all time great Tools on the Board. Reithy has never been backward about being backward, so we can expect a hands on approach - in every sense of the phrase. No doubt Reithy would have to ring the changes at the National broadcaster, starting with Radio. Philip Adam's Late Night Live will now be known as Late Night Dead. On television, Question Time, never a big favourite for the man who had a troubled relationship with the idea of accountable government, would no doubt get the axe. If the little people want to keep up with what goes in Parliament they can jolly well pull themselves up by their bootstraps and get themselves elected, like our Peter did. In fact Reithy will no doubt look at outsourcing play school, which could include the live coverage from Parliament. Also True Stories would have to go - it's never been a strong point for the ethically challenged Reith. Also up for the chop would be Bob the Builder, who Reithy can expose as some CFMEU thug. In fact Reithy can expand on his industrial relations policies with a new series of Walking With Dinosaurs. Then again, some shows would obviously remain in favour with the cadaverous one. Business Breakfast for example, as Reithy has never had any other kind. In fact, he's had a business or two for breakfast himself. He mightn't be aware that Simon In The Land Of Chalk Drawings is a kids show, but nonetheless he will like the name. Police Rescue would be another favourite, as it would remind him of old times; as would Inside Business - although someone may have to explain that it isn't a show about Inside Trading. Speaking of Insiders, maybe Reithy could ask them to put together a show with conservative columnists talking to conservative journalists about conservative politics? (Oops, they have that already!) No doubt the Reithmeister could teach those dangerous Trotskyites at the ABC a lesson or three in responsible fiscal management, with the cutbacks lessening the smell from the oily rag that Aunty runs on. This means that there will be a current-affairs show on Monday nights called Three Corners; and a group of young people will compete in a documentary/travel show called Race Around The Room. A few old favourites will be brought back to restore some "balance" to the scheduling. This will include Patrol Boat, as long as Reithy gets to sell the ABC the boat in question. He'll also call for a re-run of The Dismissal, but an edited version with only with his favourite bits left in. We can also look forward to Reithy casting off the blinkered approach that has hamstrung the National Broadcaster for so long, with an influx of commercial television shows that capture the essence of Reithy's world view, such as Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. And in a programming masterstroke, Peter Reith's involvement with the highest echelons of the ABC will be summed up by a nightly screening of World's Dumbest Criminals.
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