Marcus Kuczynski
Marcus Kuczynski is a senior sub-editor with News Queensland and has worked in print, electronic and digital journalism in Australia and Europe for more than 25 years.
A pre-millennium digital media convert, he likes to keep his finger on the pulse of change, and to know what makes people tick and what they think.
Before joining The Courier-Mail, Marcus did 10 years’ penance as the editor of a weekly religious newspaper. His main interests include politics, religion and the future of the planet.
Articles by Marcus Kuczynski
You survived the Mayans, now survive the job cuts
So you survived the end of the Mayan calendar and a string of other apocalyptic forebodings in 2012. But as…... Read more
Carbon tax: Labor’s not listening to the people
Who is Labor listening to when it comes to policy? Senator John Faulkner last week blasted his party for setting…... Read more
Schoolyard scuffles at Liberal Party College
You know all is not well when simmering playground tensions overflow among the senior boys at the nation’s top private…... Read more
Tough times in taxpayer land? Only if you’re greedy
When the going gets tough, life only gets tougher. That’s the feeling among many voters after last week’s federal Budget.…... Read more
Oh what a night! A right royal retro revival
It was the night that Australia turned back the pages of history and showed its love affair with royalty is…... Read more
Defence battling the enemy within
Forget Iraq, Afghanistan and any other theatres of battle Australia has been involved in recent years. The Australian Defence Force…... Read more
Yep, most people still really hate dole bludgers
“GET a job!” It was the response to a protester from Prime Minister Paul Keating during his ill-fated 1996 election…... Read more
Online chatter goes nuclear
While Japan 2011 will be remembered for the tragic earthquake and tsunami that swept a destructive path through coastal communities,…... Read more
MySchool 2.0 revives the private vs. public debate
My school is better than yours - it’s the seesawing debate that never ends when it comes to the class…... Read more
Multiculturalism is Australia’s great divide
It’s the great Australian amnesia. We sometimes forget who we are and where we came from. For a nation of…... Read more
Pain will persist well beyond this summer’s disasters
FLOODS, cyclones and bushfires have torn apart people’s lives and communities in recent weeks, but it’s their legacy that could…... Read more
Cold-hearted approach to asylum seekers
Tragedy anywhere in the world tends to bring out a generosity of the human spirit in Australians. But when it…... Read more
Readers declare World Cup bid a poisoned chalice
As recriminations continue about how we were knocked out of the first round with just one vote, and how a…... Read more
Online nation divided over gay marriage
The Gillard Government’s love nest with a fragmented bunch of Greens and independents has been barely consummated before it faces…... Read more
Public wants intervention on interest rate hikes
Although his line of business was never clearly identified, it has been suggested by some scholars that Ebenezer Scrooge, the…... Read more
The Afghan war is a slow-burn issue for Gillard
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has shown she is not the surrendering type when it comes to the ongoing war in…... Read more
As our athletes fly out for Delhi we’d rather they didn’t
If India was hoping to strike gold by hosting the 2010 Commonwealth Games, it now looks more like it landed…... Read more
Independents took a leaf from Kenny Rogers’ book
THE past two weeks of political dealing and card playing between the major parties and the Independents to form a…... Read more
The people have spoken, but what did they say?
When Julia Gillard appeared on stage at the end of a punishing Saturday night to try to make sense of…... Read more
Body language: how readers saw the Rudd-Gillard photo
Divorce can be a bitter and messy affair. Political relationships are no different, especially when the break-up has hinged on…... Read more
An angry public turns on the great debate turn-off
If the Leaders’ Debate on Sunday night was meant to be an early rehearsal of the battle for the minds…... Read more
Readers overboard with PM’s Timor plan
BORDER protection policy has been an albatross around the neck of successive federal governments. From the “children overboard” incident in…... Read more
According to readers Gillard is still in virgin territory
Labor and Julia Gillard would have been buoyed by the first rush of positive opinion polls over the weekend, just…... Read more
Rudd’s mining tax sinkhole
IT looks like the Federal Government has dug itself into a hole over the resources super profits tax. The more…... Read more
Both battered and buoyed by waves of public opinion
Teen adventurer Jessica Watson’s dream to circumnavigate the world has been far from plain sailing from the moment she revealed…... Read more
To jab or not to jab is a very vexed question
THE onset of the dreaded winter flu season is bringing with it a needling dilemma for many parents. No one…... Read more
Rudd’s boat people election fix hasn’t fooled anyone
DOES anyone in the Rudd Government know morse code? Because it seems the message that Australia is getting tough on…... Read more
What readers think of the Abbott soap opera
Acting ability is not a prerequisite to land the leading role in political office, but if past experience shows, it…... Read more
The health takeover - see your doctor if pain persists
Doctor Rudd may have pulled out his stethoscope and come up with a correct diagnosis about the ailing health system…... Read more
Pulling the scheme hasn’t insulated the Government
GONE are the days of burning the Midnight Oil and singing about the dangers of environmental degradation. Peter Garrett is…... Read more
The all-in dust-up over a boxing kangaroo
Not since Australia clinched victory in the 1983 America’s Cup has the Boxing Kangaroo been up for a fight like…... Read more
Well at least it’s clear we like talking about a republic
Here’s a heads up. If you really want to know what Aussies in 2010 think about our country becoming a…... Read more
Men and women on Tiger Woods
WHILE the world has been stewing over greenhouse gases and the impact of climate change at Copenhagen, the steamy affairs…... Read more
Confusion reigns online over ETS and the Liberal Party
IT is almost two months to the day since Malcolm Turnbull defiantly proclaimed he could not lead a party that…... Read more
Will Traveston Dam be Anna Bligh’s Waterloo?
THE evaporation of Queensland Premier Anna Bligh’s hopes of building the Traveston Dam could end up being her Waterloo. But…... Read more
Boatpeople factor in debate on population growth
IN a country the size of Australia, thinking big comes with the territory. Not surprisingly Kevin Rudd proudly embraced that…... Read more
Boat people debate has lost no heat from Tampa days
There’s nothing like the perceived threat of invasion to stir up Australians’ fears. In many ways, it’s an irrational fear…... Read more
iSnack 2.0 was a lesson in giving love a bad name
WHAT’S in a name? Everything - especially if you pick a dud one - as any marketing graduate will tell…... Read more
Della Bosca’s political career might not be dead after all
I’M guessing former NSW Health Minister John Della Bosca is not a big fan of comedy at the moment. But…... Read more
Kyle and Jackie O may have shocked their last jock
It might be a military doctrine best remembered from the 2003 invasion of Iraq, but “shock and awe” could just…... Read more
Is this Turnbull’s last dance?
I WOULDN’T be surprised if Malcolm Turnbull feels like a contestant on Dancing with the Stars. After revelations that his…... Read more
Carbon confusion over political emissions
Everybody wants to save the world in some way. But more often than not the politics of salvation get in…... Read more
The web is alive with wacko theories on Jacko
The King of Pop may be dead, but the controversy surrounding his untimely exit is far from buried. The dust…... Read more
No winners in cyberspace over Utegate games
THE final week of Federal Parliament before winter recess proved to be more intriguing than a plot from the popular…... Read more
Even the blogosphere has turned against satire
AS Australians, we have a reputation for our offbeat sense of humour. But is the joke now on us? Or…... Read more
Pigs might fly: What we’re really thinking on swine flu
PIGS might fly. At least that’s what many Australians believe their chances are of being struck down by swine flu.…... Read more
Punch-drunk Swan gets smashed in cyberspace
NO one loves a Budget. Like a hangover, you know it’s something you have to endure to pay for the…... Read more
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