tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post1435456883713781808..comments2024-03-27T22:14:41.569+13:00Comments on .: Political Round Up: Third Week in MarchCrosbie Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02541276600232884176noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-2026708479428674742014-03-28T13:56:55.551+13:002014-03-28T13:56:55.551+13:00Sean Dorney got into a row with Ashwin, Makareta a...Sean Dorney got into a row with Ashwin, Makareta and Matai at PINA . If you are a journalist covering PINA, stick to that role. Do not get into arguments with PINA delegates. It shows Dorney's lack of professionalism. Or maybe he thinks he is a big shot from ABC and can get away with it. Especially when it comes to smaller pacific countries. <br /><br />Clearly, Dorney is too emotionally involved with events in Fiji and in PINA. This is common knowledge. So why did ABC send him in the first place? No wonder the Abbot government is calling for a big shake-up at ABC. People like Dorney who have been there for too long are getting quite arrogant. They think they can dictate to sovereign nations how to run their media. The cheek of it. How would Dorney like it if I as a journalist told him how Australia should run its national media? As if having to put up with arrogant australian prime ministers wasn't enough, now we have to deal with pompous, self-absorbed journos.<br /><br />If ABC had the common sense to not send a prejudiced and involved journalist such as Dorney to cover PINA and Fiji, the Fiji government would not have had to ban Dorney. ABC really needs to get its act together. Do not send us any more Dorney's please. We are tired of his theatrics. Dorney's reports on Fiji/PINA are full of opinion. We want facts, not opinion. Dorney can't deliver the facts. he is no longer credible to us. Please ABC, pretty please; we do not want to suffer Dorney any more.Sean Dorney theatrics and ABC slacknessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-21621324825535356492014-03-25T16:33:56.544+13:002014-03-25T16:33:56.544+13:00"This is an excellent article on Fijian Holdi..."This is an excellent article on Fijian Holdings by Steven Ratuva. Can this blog run transcripts? It is a must read: <br /><br />http://press.anu.edu.au/apps/bookworm/view/Politics+of+preferential+development/10661/ch05.xhtmlMUST READ!!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-7371262182824116852014-03-23T13:31:36.483+13:002014-03-23T13:31:36.483+13:00Croz,
Thanks for an excellent summing up. Interes...Croz,<br /><br />Thanks for an excellent summing up. Interesting, and potentially perilous or prosperous times lie ahead for Fiji. I am leaning on the perilous, regardless of who wins. SODELPA is the same old guard. Bainimarama and Co, unfortunately, haven't done much to inspire confidence either, including latest Khaiyum masterpiece, dissolution of the Public Accounts Committee. Is this example of promised good governance coup? hahaha! It's the devil and deep blue sea for poor Fiji voters. Devil and deep blue seanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-66716869685811508352014-03-21T02:14:23.675+13:002014-03-21T02:14:23.675+13:00A fifty three year old Hindu Priest appeared in th...A fifty three year old Hindu Priest appeared in the Suva Magistrate court this afternoon charged with 86 counts of annoying a person.<br />The man from Makoi is alleged to have sent numerous abusive text messages to Fiji Broadcasting Corporations radio text platform 825.<br />Pundit Dhirendra Deo Sharma was instructed not to interfere with prosecution witnesses, not to re-offend and surrender his travel documents.<br />He has been ordered to report to the Nasinu Police station on Monday’s and Friday’s between 8am and 6pm.<br />His plea has been deferred and he is released on $2,000 bail.<br />One count of annoying a person carries a maximum penalty of one year imprisonment under the crimes decree.<br />Well done Fiji Policenoreply@blogger.com