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Chip Le Grand
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Chief reporter for The Australian in Melbourne and author of The Straight Dope, published by Melbourne University Press.
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Chip Le Grand
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She might have a collection.
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'Tonight... the shocking conditions inside your national broadcaster'. @roweafr's latest cartoon. For more: bit.ly/2Kr3T16 #auspol #media #guthriesacking pic.twitter.com/z0hhCYQMxR
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Chip Le Grand
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Priceless Dane Swan: "Come to think of it, I don’t actually know where my Brownlow Medal is. I’m pretty sure one of my mates had it on after we had a couple of beers one day and took it home. I think it’s safe at a mate’s house somewhere, but I should probably chase that up.'' twitter.com/EmilyBenammar/…
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Chip Le Grand
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Always a fraught business for a media company to sack a Guthrie. twitter.com/leighsales/sta…
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Chip Le Grand
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The AFL is also pleased to announce that this September is being held in spring. #deathtaxesandbrady
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Chip Le Grand
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To fairly apply any rule you need to consider the letter and the intent. According to the letter, Slater is gone. But surely, what Slater did isn’t what the rule makers are trying to eradicate from the game. A bit of common sense and Slater will play.
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Chip Le Grand
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Is there food? Didn’t notice.
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Chip Le Grand
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Still prefer beer in glass. pic.twitter.com/hjYhDEvZDJ
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Chip Le Grand
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Cute can. Does the smile turn upside down if you drink too many?
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Chip Le Grand
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I've stopped reading anything that warns of the impending doom of western liberal democracy or carries the phrase Judeo Christian tradition. I'm much happier for it.
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Chip Le Grand
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Turnbull believed a lot of things. It’s just a shame none of them translated into political conviction. With due deference to Joe Aston’s gossip column and Andrew’s latest Probyn, I’ll wait for Kelly’s book.
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Chip Le Grand
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So forgive me for not thinking that a phone call between a couple of media proprietors shooting the shit about a politically inept PM — if indeed the conversation even happened — is our version of the Watergate break-in.
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Chip Le Grand
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The point is, there are many reasons why Turnbull’s colleagues were jack of him at the very time he decided to bare his throat with one of the single most stupid acts of political self immolation in Australian history.
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Chip Le Grand
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Sep 20 |
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Remember the NEG? This complex and enormously important policy which Turnbull dumped just when he had it in a shape to take to parliament? Seriously, you couldn’t make this stuff up.
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Chip Le Grand
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I work outside the Canberra bubble but when I was at Parliament House a few weeks before the spill, the concerted effort from within the bureau was trying to get news breaks on the NEG.
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Chip Le Grand
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So either we subscribe to horseshit hearsay recounted by people three times removed from events or we are shameless propagandists. Not much of a choice there Gay.
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Chip Le Grand
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Fashionably late adopter.
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Chip Le Grand
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You should probably shotgun a few to properly road test them.
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Chip Le Grand
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@plalor, in your next beer list, can you explain the return of the tinny? It seems to be a thing. Here’s a local Pilsner from Footscray. pic.twitter.com/SWKskXWQDO
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Chip Le Grand
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Which ones are the muppets?
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Chip Le Grand
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Rupert told Kerry who told Malcolm who told a friend who told a journo that Malcolm was dropped. Can’t imagine how a story like that gets the wobbles up. twitter.com/CroweDM/status…
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Chip Le Grand
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What a bizarre decision. Perhaps Caltex should stop selling petrol so that fruit saboteurs can’t drive to supermarkets. twitter.com/RemyVarga/stat…
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Chip Le Grand
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Keeping Our Berries Secure.
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Christopher Clarey
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Honored to join broadcasters Mary Carillo & Dick Enberg & former champions like Billie Jean King, Chris Evert & Martina Navratilova as a winner of the Scott Award. A special night for me & my family after 30 years of covering tennis. Special thanks to my role model @georgevecsey twitter.com/TennisHalloFam…
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Chip Le Grand
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Paul Kelly on Maureen Dowd’s “fantasy reports” on Morrison and Ardern: “a study into the sheer depth of ideological prejudices and unreliability of the New York Times”. theaustralian.com.au/opinion/mauree…
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Chip Le Grand
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Yes. The sense of crisis is palpable.
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Chip Le Grand
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Great speech @LaTrioli. Recent history shows you were merely an adopter with Joyce. abc.net.au/news/2018-09-1…
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Chip Le Grand
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Sep 14 |
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Not much point replying to a journalist if you aren’t willing to pay for quality journalism. We don’t do it for nix. #buythepaper
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Chip Le Grand
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Sep 14 |
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Sly this weekend confirmed what I’ve long suspected; that similarities of Australian newsrooms across the media tribes far outweigh the differences. His description of early ‘90s news conferences at The Age recalled my early years on the Oz. The paper was worthy but oh so dull.
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Chip Le Grand
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A special kind of torture, that one.
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