Here in Australia one could get the impression that we don’t have any opposition to  the governing watermelons.

All the more surprising that the ‘unpopular’ opposition leader is reported  taking a position:

‘’Good on Gina for being prepared to invest in journalism at a difficult time,’’ Mr Abbott said. ‘’It’s not a bad thing – it’s a good thing.’’

• OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott has strongly backed mining magnate Gina Rinehart’s increasing investment in Fairfax Media.

THE Age is close to death, and Victoria will get a shock to its culture. One that could prove dangerous.

The paper has long been the country’s most Left-wing daily newspaper, the Bible of the global warming class, without a single conservative columnist on its staff.

That, and the relative strength of the ABC here, has calcified the group-think of the teacher-preacher class, helping to make Victoria federal Labor’s strongest mainland state.  As the Age dies, a government media empire grows  (Bolt)