Grattan on Friday: Is Barnaby's baby a matter of public interest or just of interest to the public?
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
A few decades ago, then deputy prime minister Jim Cairns’ affair with staffer Juni Morosi rocked an already embattled Whitlam government.
Debate occurred about the reporting of that relationship - which Cairns at the time refused to admit was sexual - but the case for airing was pretty clear given Morosi’s role. She was a political...