Trevor Cook: October 2009

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October 2009

08 October 2009

Unleashed: Kingmaker

We all love to blame the media when our side is getting hammered, but it is great journalism that makes the difference not editorial biases.

via www.abc.net.au

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06 October 2009

NRL final outrates AFL big one

The combined national and regional TV audience figures for the Geelong Cats v St Kilda Grand Final, spruiked at the time by the code's boss Demetriou as a benchmark, averaged 3.4 million.
But the league finale went better, attracting an average 3.6 million people across the country.

via www.dailytelegraph.com.au

You beauty - the stat that will be used to stare down all those dopey AFL tragics - at least for the next year.

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Unions and social democracy

This article appeared in the Australian on 6 October 2009, it canvases ideas similar to those being examined in my doctoral thesis.

via trevorcook.typepad.com

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Trevor Cook is a doctoral student and tutor in Australian politics at the University of Sydney. His thesis is on the (changing) relationship between the ALP and unions. Between 1982 and 2007, he worked in federal politics, the Australian public service and public relations. He has been blogging since November 2003 and over the past decade he has written many articles on politics, public relations and social media for newspapers, magazines and websites. He loves literature particularly John McGahern and James Joyce.