We should not expect people’s tastes in alcohol to switch at a wave of the Treasurer’s wand, writes Jennifer Doggett.
March, 2009
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Obama’s America … Pauline Hanson … Malcolm Turnbull and Kevin Bacon … Government advertising … frequent flyers … Underbelly …
Tips and rumours
Where are the strong Liberal women? Another angry SA Liberal writes: There are talented women in the Liberal party but they can’t fight their way through the factional sh-t that exists in the party. The conservatives have a large pool of male Young Liberals that are spear carriers for the likes of Nick Minchin and […]
Rundle: Henderson’s Media Watch Dog. Epic fail.
Guy Rundle rips apart Gerard Henderson’s new project: Media Watch Dog.
Richard Farmer’s political bite sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government by Richard Farmer.
Climate science sceptics have their Copenhagen in New York
While last week the best minds in climate science were gathering in Copenhagen, the previous week the finest minds in climate scepticism gathered in New York, writes Bernard Keane.
Protectionism is fine when it comes to people
The idea that immigration adversely affects employment is the “big lie” of Australian politics, writes Charles Richardson.
Crikey Says: Crikey says
We’ve learned quite a bit about what you can get away with in the mainstream Australian media in the past few days.
Video of the Day: When Elmo met Ricky
Elmo + Ricky Gervais = comedy gold.
Big Alcohol’s cosy relationship with the Senate
The powerful spirits industry has mounted a fierce lobbying campaign to persuade senators to reject the Rudd Government’s alcopops legislation, writes Alex Mitchell.
Where are the strong Liberal women?
The Liberal Party needs the votes of women to win the next election but only high-profile women can win preselection for the Party, writes an angry SA Liberal.
Good news (sort of) for bleeding hearts from the world of health
Understanding why some individuals/communities/programs/institutions are doing well might, amongst other things, help those who are not, writes Melissa Sweet.
Tips and rumours
News Ltd executives are currently having the email and phone records of staff checked to find excuses to get rid of people. This comes after editors from Melbourne recently flew to Sydney with a plan to fight against job cuts. But they returned later that same day with tails between legs after being told there […]
Copenhagen’s climate message: the worst case confirmed
The role of climate scientists in explaining the implications of non-decision is critical, writes Andrew Glikson.
Conroy: the slimy tentacles of Howard’s internet
Unlike the Howard Government, Labor has vowed to protect every orifice on every citizen, writes Fake Stephen Conroy.
Media briefs: New West Australian Editor’s sticky start … Ideology — now in a bottle!
Today’s headlines about the headline makers.
Pauline Hanson: it was not me. I’m suing
“I’ve had enough. The truth is that is not me in those photos.” Pauline Hanson insists that the celebrated weekend nudes were not her, writes Jonathan Green.
Now showing on the Crikey website
The daily clickthroughs: STATE OF THE PLANET: Carrot mobbing STUFF WE LIKE: Popcorn inflation and Meghan McCain smacks-down Ann Coulter What’s new on the Crikey blogs: PURE POISON: Andrew Bolt vs. Catherine Deveny ROCKY & GAWENDA: Rocky, Woody Allen and the meaning of life ANDREW BARTLETT: Waiting for the miracle ROOTED: Imagine a world withoutn water CRIKEY SPORTS: […]
Kohler: the G20′s statesmanlike stooges
The purpose of the G20 meeting was spin. writes Alan Kohler.
Mungo MacCallum: Mungo: Turnbull takes a stand on climate change. Sort of.
So Malcolm Turnbull has taken a position on climate change — well, sort of and up to a point, writes Mungo MacCallum.
Last night’s TV ratings
The Winners … The Losers … News & CA … The Stats … Glenn Dyer’s comments.
Comitatus: Queensland’s political situation gets weirder
When analysing the latest Galaxy Poll this morning, what a weird political situation we find ourselves in, writes Possum Comitatus.
Underbellly – what didn’t really happen…
It is the mid 1970’s…
Pakistan’s Sharif an unlikely poster boy for democracy
Pakistan’s elected leaders have a habit of descending into the kind of authoritarianism that makes it hard to be too upset when the military takes over — yet again, writes Shakira Hussein.
