Margo Kingston’s Webdiary turns five today. As an independent forum for a variety of views, and with all its faults, the site remains a unique opportunity for debate in an ever-tightening media environment.
I contributed to Kingston’s 2004 Not Happy, John! and wrote about the Hanan Ashrawi affair.
With the likely changes to Australia’s cross media laws in the coming year, true debate on issues of national significance will become all the more essential.