Truth was a casualty early in the running of the Election Stakes when it was bowled over by the two rank outsiders in the field.

Labour spokesperson on sport Trevor Mallard takes up the commentary.

"Given their lack of pre-race form, rough tactics were to be expected from the race longshots Prebble and Peters.

"But it was a shock to all race-goers when Prebble and Peters forgot all about getting to the finishing post. They whipped up a bizarre argument about who had the inside running on why the Bendon factory had closed.

"As usual they were both all over the track and there was no room for Truth to make a run.

"Peters, by Lack of Substance, out of Luigi, is a flashy lightweight. Prebble, by Far Right, out of Stuff the Workers, has shown consistent form in the Misleading Stakes.

"But in the race that really matters, both failed the dope-test and Truth was the big loser."

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>