Malcolm Turnbull’s only real option is to reject Rudd’s CPRS and hand victory to Minchin and his colleagues.
Europe’s first President: Herman Van Rompuy
Could giant snails end starvation in Africa?
UK plans to create Internet Piracy General with power to appoint militias, create laws
Has Texas accidentally banned marriage?
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International wetlands body investigates PNG pollution
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CASA must act now to prosecute over Pel-Air crash
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The Battle of the Kims: Williams v Dalton
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To those who say “beaudy nuke”: why should taxpayers suffer?
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Tips and rumours
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Turnbull’s climate crunch is coming
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Today’s First Dog on the Moon
Top Stories
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Rudd’s divorced from reality when it comes to gay marriage
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The NSW Right strikes back, Stalin recalled
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Scotch, schoolies and condom
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Obama in danger of Hoovering the economy
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Australians prefer pretty cars to green ones
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CEDA still thinks climate science is up for debate
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You can’t moralise on climate change unless you’re a monk
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Friday book review: Reclaiming Patriotism
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Bottles off to you, Nick Xzennophone!
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Liveblogging Trishna and Krishna’s post-op presser
Politics, The Universe, Etc
Media/Arts/Sport
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Fagan’s Courier Mail perfects the art of rumour-based reporting
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ABC ends its addiction to money
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Leaked: The Lonely Planet website? We’re dubious
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Bloomin’ heck … Rupert’s rich people
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Trade unions, AFR, out of the loop on jobs
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Wall St takes a big fall
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Black hole sun not shining on housing, US recovery
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Mirvac slammed over surge in directors fees
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The divine properties of Weet-Bix and milk
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Where was the protest over the Forgotten Generation Apology?
Business
Your Say
Crikey Says
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VIDEO: Obama does Fox News
After a nasty and public war of words between the White House and Fox News, Barack Obama has finally appeared on the network, receiving a “lighting round” grilling from Fox’s White House correspondent Major Garrett.
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Different Castro, same Cuba
A new report by Human Rights Watch says Cuba’s government is as repressive under Raúl Castro as it was under his brother Fidel, with dissidents beaten, publicly humiliated and fired from their jobs.
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Bahnisch: Liberals fight over their own soul
The CPRS battles within the Liberal party have nothing to do with good public policy or climate change, says Mark Bahnisch — it’s a contest over the spoils of opposition and the ideological direction of the party itself.
Giuliani for 2012?
A quarter of Americans think Obama stole the election-
Wankley Awards: Liveblogging Trishna and Krishna’s post-op presser
This week’s Wankley Award goes to Paul “Colgo” Colgan of The Punch for liveblogging the marathon surgery that was performed on conjoined twins Trishna and Krishna at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital this week.
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Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity’s cat fight over Sarah Palin
Fox News pundits Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity both scored interviews with Sarah Palin. Hannity’s will air first, but O’Reilly scooped him by putting a teaser of his interview on his own YouTube channel, reportedly causing Hannity to throw a “hissy fit”. Meow!
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Facebook now worth $9.5 billion
Facebook’s private shares are now for about $21 each — a 42% increase since July — valuing the company’s common shares at $9.5 billion. Will the company go public soon?
The 10 defining internet events of the decade
Time’s nerdy new tech site-
Banking competition: the great Australian oxymoron
Australia’s Big Four banks are at the core of our entire economy, says Evan Jones, and the idea that they’re “in competition” with each other is a farce. Together, these institutions wield enormous power.
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Silicon sweatshops
Global Post is running a five-part investigation into the dubious labour practices of the Third World factories manufacturing the First World’s favorite high-tech gadgets. How cool does your iPhone look now?
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Only a Senate inquiry can sort out One.Tel mess
Whilst ASIC has received the mother of all beltings in today’s papers for the failure to string up former One.Tel CEO Jodee Rich, more attention should be focused on the role played by Australia’s politicians and the Murdoch and Packer families.
Cut up your credit card
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International wetlands body investigates PNG pollution
An international body is investigating acute toxic pollution and a PNG government-approved plan for a $15.6 billion mining project at Lake Kutubu -– a world listed site, reports Calliste Weitenberg.
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The nuclear option: too slow, too costly
It’s not radioactivity or scare campaigns that are the nuclear industry’s biggest problem, it’s the maths: the numbers show that for decades to come, it will offer less and less of a solution to climate change, and simply takes too long and costs too much to develop.
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How will the CPRS Carnival end?
In the next week or so, the carnival of climate carpetbaggers is about to fold its tents on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. How it will all end up is still anyone’s guess, writes John Connor.
How Obama’s China trip killed Copenhagen
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Will Ferrell: Hollywood’s most overpaid star
Forbes has compiled a list of the 10 most overpaid actors in Hollywood. Coming in at number one is Will Ferrell, whose recent film, Land of the Lost, earned only $65 million on an estimated budget of $100 million.
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Ghetto gourmet: Cookin’ With Coolio
’90s rapper Coolio is releasing a cookbook, Cookin’ with Coolio, featuring such recipes as “Chicken Lettuce Blunts” and “Drunk-Ass Chicken” in a style of cooking he calls “Ghetto Fusion”. Check out the book’s Top 10 quotes: “Everything I cook tastes better than yo’ momma’s nipples.”
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The 50 best inventions of 2009
Time names the 50 coolest things created over the past year, including vertical farming, the robo-penguin and tweeting by thinking. It has also listed the year’s five worst inventions.
Move over, Apple: get ready for the Google Phone
