http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/dom-mcinerney/ Dom McInerney is a part time Melbourne writer. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/we-need-a-change-in-climate-in-the-australian-media/ The Australian Vaccination Network stuck its head over the parapet again this week, and almost immediately copped one between the eyes. American Airlines pulled the group’s anti-vaccination ad from its flights before it even aired. It’s the latest in a series of setbacks for the controversial organisation, which is increasingly struggling for air in the Australian media. The media has been exemplary on this topic, refusing to indulge a group that is full of rhetoric but light on evidence. Most famously, Tracey Spicer demolished the AVN’s president, Meryl Dorey, on 2UE. The well-researched Spicer gave Dorey short shrift, eventually hanging up on her. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Dom McInerney) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/we-need-a-change-in-climate-in-the-australian-media/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/we-need-a-change-in-climate-in-the-australian-media/#item8353 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:50:15 +0000 Dom McInerney | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/overparenting-some-kids-should-be-so-lucky/ Earlier this week the Herald Sun reported that ‘the impact of over-protective parenting will be the focus of the VicHealth study, amid psychologists’ concerns of a “marshmallow generation”’. Well, I’m going in to bat for overprotective parents and their overzealous counterparts. It’s the latest in a steady stream of studies and media reports finding that our kids are video game-addicted, latte-sipping fatties. Week after week we are presented with evidence of our parenting failures and the resulting demise of humankind. It’s no wonder parents are wrapping their kids in cotton wool in a misguided attempt to protect them. But this culture of parental navel-gazing is indulgent, and it has to stop. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Dom McInerney) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/overparenting-some-kids-should-be-so-lucky/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/overparenting-some-kids-should-be-so-lucky/#item6807 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:45:20 +0000 Dom McInerney | Author bios | The Punch