Talk:Barrie Cassidy

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Capitalisation[edit]

Unlike Americans, Australians do not capitalise office holders' titles in perpetuity. Once they leave office, they become lower-case ordinary citzens. The corollary would be to call Malcolm Fraser "Prime Minister Fraser" for life, which would be unacceptable and un-Australian. CallMeHenry (talk) 21:04, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RE; "Once they leave office, they become lower-case ordinary citzens." This seems a quaint notion. Usage such as "the former Prime Minister Bob Hawke" seems quite OK to me. Not since Gordon Barton's "Nation Review" tried to minimise leading Capitals, have I observed any diminution.121.127.209.141 (talk) 14:02, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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"Moving to Washington, Cassidy worked as a correspondent for The Australian (owned by Rupert Murdoch)..."

I'm no Murdoch fan but is this necessary? --TUSWCB (talk) 07:37, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've just changed that, mainly to put the word "newspaper" in there. I also added a brief description of his book The Party Thieves and 2 external links, and made some other minor changes. Cheers, CWC 14:36, 2 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

121.127.209.141 (talk) 13:55, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Barrie - Given Name ?[edit]

During a mid-2015 episode of ABC TV "Insiders", Phil Coorey commented about "Barrington" being right about an issue, in a brief oral one-liner. Was Phil jesting with Barrie, or do Cassidy's parents have something else to take responsibility for ? 121.127.209.141 (talk) 14:07, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]