It’s pretty clear that The Australian has abandoned all pretence of objectivity or neutrality in its news reporting. This headline speaks for itself, really – but the opening of the “story” is just as good:
ACTU president Sharan Burrow has used her influence to blacken Australia’s name…

This proposal about reform of the way the board of the national broadcaster is composed is very welcome news – both in the context of ensuring that there is at least one relatively neutral and unbiased source of news and current affairs in the country, and more broadly for the fact that a political party [...]