tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post4345370329566716603..comments2024-03-29T17:12:19.648+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: An Absent Mirror: Why Can’t This Country Produce Its Own Political Television Series?Chris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-39363251740755999852018-12-25T22:30:03.616+13:002018-12-25T22:30:03.616+13:00My understanding the real reason why the US govt a...My understanding the real reason why the US govt and intelligence services decided to encourage GG Kerr, to throw out Whitlam's government in 1975 is that Whitlam's AG Murphy had ordered the local authorities to raid ASIOs offices in Melbourne and the US intelligence authorities on the basis of speeches by Cairns deputy Labour Leader , Whitlam and Murphy that the significant US intelligence satellite ground stations at Pine Gap and Nurrangar and naval communication base at NW cape might be raided by Australian authorities and US data compromised and the AG Murphy had also banned ASIO from filming or observing visitors to suspected communists on ANU staff or visitors to the Soviet embassy in Canberra.Some Australian students including Paul Dibb had been discovered offering their services to the GRU but had been turned into ADF double agents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-27862841039707196252018-12-22T12:55:51.925+13:002018-12-22T12:55:51.925+13:00Why make expensive dramas when you can churn out s...Why make expensive dramas when you can churn out shitty local franchises of brain-dead "reality" shows for a fraction of the price ?<br /><br />Frankly I am glad that TVNZ do not even try to make dramas as they are inevitably low-budget and the acting is more wooden than the Kaingaroa forest.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02933320334462324482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-29859704487655138902018-12-19T16:47:42.397+13:002018-12-19T16:47:42.397+13:00I came upon the name Simon Carr when looking on go...I came upon the name Simon Carr when looking on google. Now it seems that guy could write a good political story - very astute. I have started reading his book about NZ politics. The Dark Art of Politics published 1997 by Hodder Moa Beckett. Unhappily his wife died and he returned to the UK, and wrote 'His memoir; The Boys Are Back, has been made into a movie, 2009.<br />(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JYlAUtHdxs <br /><br />This about him from The Listener 2011:<br />https://www.noted.co.nz/archive/listener-nz-2011/simon-carr-interview/<br /><br />Later:<br /><i>The Independent's parliamentary sketch writer and columnist since 2000, Simon Carr was described by Tony Blair as 'the most vicious sketch writer working in Britain today'. 'Poison,' said Charles Clarke. <br /><br />In the 1980s he helped launch the Independent, and was a speech writer for the prime minister of New Zealand from 1992 to 1994. His working principle is 'Indignation keeps us young.'</i><br />Now he is solidly with The Independent also on Twitter, and perhaps could be approached for a film, could be a good political farce. Perhaps with our cultural cringe he would have more hearing than Dean Parker.greywarblernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-40808766309749806582018-12-19T10:19:55.097+13:002018-12-19T10:19:55.097+13:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02933320334462324482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-86390225544361724722018-12-18T13:26:04.060+13:002018-12-18T13:26:04.060+13:00How dramtic could you make the letting down of Ann...How dramtic could you make the letting down of Anne-Marie Brady's tyres, Chris. How dry could "The Branch" be to the average viewer. How many watched six hours of TV in Australia of "the Dismissal." Of more interest is why your article published on interest.co.nz not appeared in your blog........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-17998832004011903052018-12-18T12:18:40.402+13:002018-12-18T12:18:40.402+13:00"but the idea that the Australian political c..."but the idea that the Australian political class might already have fallen out of love with their irritating Kiwi cousins would strike most New Zealanders as ridiculous."<br />I have several relatives living in Australia. Considering the way they are treated, I would say that many if not most New Zealanders would realise that they have "fallen out of love" – if they were ever in it. It's a disgrace, and New Zealand politicians seem to be unable to do anything about it. Personally, I think reciprocity is not a bad idea. We could start by removing Australian tourists from ACC coverage while they are here. :)Guerilla Surgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427876447124021423noreply@blogger.com