Piers Akerman
Piers Akerman | |
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Born | |
Education | Year 10 Certificate Guildford Grammar School |
Occupation | Columnist / political commentator |
Spouse | Suzanne |
Piers Akerman (born 12 June 1950) is an Australian columnist and conservative commentator for the Sydney newspaper The Daily Telegraph.
Biography
Akerman was born in
He attended
Career
Akerman worked for a time at British national newspaper,
Mark Latham was known to weave complaints about Akerman's writing into his speeches.[4]
Periodically, Akerman was a regular panelist on
Controversies
Climate change denial
Akerman is a
In a November 2006 article in
Sexual harassment
Five former employees, three of whom agreed to be named, have said they witnessed Akerman "sexually harass" female members of his staff, according to a 1991 story in
Assault threat
One of the most controversial episodes in Akerman's life was his alleged threat to assault the literary editor of The Advertiser, Shirley Stott Despoja.[2] The dispute ended before a full bench of the Supreme Court where the newspaper appealed against Stott Despoja's successful worker's compensation claim for stress-related sick leave pay. Stott Despoja alleged: "I was physically threatened by the editor while alone with him in an office in a dispute over my work". The appeal by The Advertiser was dismissed and Stott Despoja won her $4,000 claim.[2]
Defamation
In 2006, former director of NRMA Richard James Talbot was awarded a $200,000 defamation payout plus costs. In regards to one point the judgment read "The inaccuracies of fact by the defendant [Akerman] on this topic are gross".[10]
LGBT rights
In March 2018 Akerman suggested that
Same-sex marriage
In 2017, Akerman wrote that there were more pressing issues worrying Australians than voting on the issue of same-sex marriage.[12]
In 2018 he called the victory of the YES in Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey "a victory for left's hate".[13]
References
- ^ a b c "Papua New Guinea Association of Australia - Vale List". 2003. Retrieved 30 August 2007.
- ^ a b c d "The power of a Murdoch man". The Sunday Age. 12 August 1991. Retrieved 28 August 2007.
- ^ "Conference Contributors, 14th Conference of The Samuel Griffith Society". samuelgriffith.org.au. 2002. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2007.
- ^ "Iron Mike Latham Goes Ballistic". crikey.com.au. 2002. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
- ^ "Media Watch: The art of deflecting blame (17/06/2013)". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ "Panelist: Piers Akerman Q&A ABC TV". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ Akerman, Piers (31 July 2008). "Icy reality cools the climate cultists". News Ltd. Archived from the original on 5 August 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
Unlike the hysterical IPCC report, which was riddled with errors and mis-statements, ignored available scientific data, and has already been contradicted in several major areas by more recent research, the [NIPCC] authors don't say that anthropogenic greenhouse gases cannot produce some warming, but they do say that the evidence shows that they are not playing a major role.
- ^ Piers Akerman (18 February 2010). "Malicious bullets fired by the global warmists' guns". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Archived from the original on 9 September 2010.
- ^ Jonathan Holmes. Malice, misquotes and Media Watch abc.net.au, 24 February 2010.
- ^ "NRMA director awarded $200,000". The Courier-Mail. news.com.au. Retrieved 16 February 2010. [dead link]
- ^ "Gay people in Australia should apologise for child sex abuse, says conservative journalist". PinkNews. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "Dailytelegraph.com.au | Subscribe to The Daily Telegraph for exclusive stories". myaccount.news.com.au. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Dailytelegraph.com.au | Subscribe to The Daily Telegraph for exclusive stories". myaccount.news.com.au. Retrieved 23 March 2018.