For all the furore that's erupted over the illegal practices of Rupert Murdoch's journalists in Britain, there's been precious little debate about how those practices have become almost routine in the news gathering efforts of many of his competitors. How much easier it is to demonise the infamous "Dirty Digger" than to have a rational discussion … [Read more...] about #33 THE END OF THE WORLD
#32 ARRIVEDERCI ROMA (AND “JU-LIAR” )
Grubsheet has been in Roma during the past week. No, not the Eternal City but the town of the same name in the western Darling Downs of Queensland, some 600 kilometers west of Brisbane. Roma has many of the typical features of a Queensland regional centre - a string of charming 19th century timber pubs with expansive verandas draped around gruesome … [Read more...] about #32 ARRIVEDERCI ROMA (AND “JU-LIAR” )
#31 THUMBS UP FOR SOME COUP MAKERS
Australia and New Zealand have a long history of misjudging events in Fiji and are adding to their litany of mistakes with their tacit support for the overthrow of the Bainimarama regime. Neither country - at leadership level - will acknowledge that this has now become official policy. Yet there are clear indications that Canberra and Wellington … [Read more...] about #31 THUMBS UP FOR SOME COUP MAKERS
#30 SAMOANS PLAYING WITH FIRE
The principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries is a cornerstone of international law yet that principle is being flagrantly breached by Samoa in its dealings with Fiji. In a remarkable development, the Samoan Government has publicly endorsed a campaign spearheaded by the renegade Fijian military officer, Ratu Tevita … [Read more...] about #30 SAMOANS PLAYING WITH FIRE
#THE CAMERA DOESN’T LIE
Grubsheet has come under withering attack for its previous posting that exposed the apparent links between the so-called Fiji Democracy and Freedom Movement in Australia and indigenous extremists who staged the 2000 George Speight coup. Tempers in the diaspora of the disaffected who oppose the Bainimarama regime have been sorely frayed since we … [Read more...] about #THE CAMERA DOESN’T LIE
#28 UNHOLY ALLIANCE ON FIJI
The Ukrainian Club in the New South Wales city of Queanbeyan - adjacent to Canberra - was the unlikely setting this weekend for the launch of what's being billed by its organisers as the most serious attempt thus far to dislodge the Bainimarama regime in Fiji. The star speaker was Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba Mara - the renegade Fijian military officer … [Read more...] about #28 UNHOLY ALLIANCE ON FIJI