I love this bit of today’s Crikey and the imagery it evokes.

Crikey: If the new laws pass, what do you predict will happen once the dust settles – who will end up owning what and what kind of place will Australia be?

Paul Keating: If the new laws pass, media diversity will be rapidly constricted. In this respect, despite the support of these major media organisations for the coalition, I cannot understand why John Howard or any one of his party believes they owe them such power. For like the wrath released from Indiana Jones’s Ark of the Covenant, it will surely return to hollow them out.

Let’s recap for those that don’t remember: