Good on the trouble-making Herald

Tim Burrowes

November 13, 2009 1:21

It feels to me like the Sydney Morning Herald is going through something of a campaigning, investigative purple patch at present.

This week, it was a delight to see the paper publish some sample test results to challenge the idiotic (and indeed embarrassing) NSW law that bans publication of school league tables.

Meanwhile, the paper’s investigation into the oddities of the questionable NSW taxi market also seem to be bearing fruit, with a public inquiry coming as a result of its revelations.

It’s exactly what a good city paper should be doing – causing trouble, making revelations and raising questions.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.