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May, 2009
ATO leakers exempt from Boucher inquiry
Senior ATO investigators who breached the secrecy provisions of the tax office will not be prosecuted, thanks to the Boucher Review’s terms of reference, writes Chris Seage.
Costello to Turnbull: ner ner nee ner ner
Peter Costello is now scarcely even trying to hide his undermining of Malcolm Turnbull.
Rumsfeld and Cheney: torture as self-justification
“He’s a ruthless little bastard. You can be sure of that.” So said Richard Nixon of Donald Rumsfeld back in 1971.
India shows the GFC having impact on global voting
It seems that the global financial crisis has not had the devastating effect on the world’s governments that many were expecting six months ago.
The Johns pack-sex saga: the media can’t lose
Pack sex is working class males’ one-fingered salute to the sexual myths the media has immersed them in since childhood.
Political snippets: Turnbull’s popularity back to the future
Malcolm Turnbull’s popularity returns to where it was when he took over the leadership, Fremantle’s Green wave and Eurovision proves value of Crikey Election Indicator.
A short history of bossy Herald Sun headlines: Read it now!
The Herald Sun’s new editor appears to be issuing front page directives in the manner pioneered by the paper’s far-left doppelganger Green Left Weekly.
No to violence against women — but please stop bashing the men
It’s time Australia dealt with the reality of the problem, writes Michael Woods.
Guy Rundle: Little-t Williamson at $60 a seat
Playwright David Williamson is pissed off that the Sydney Theatre Company has declined the opportunity to take his new work.
Freo by-election: the start of big things for the Greens
The Fremantle by-election was only the second time the Greens had won a state or federal lower house seat outside of Tasmania.
Can Walt Secord help NSW Labor regain direction?
Premier Bob Carr’s former spinmeister Walt Secord returned to state politics today as chief of staff to the NSW Treasurer Eric Roozendaal, writes Alex Mitchell.
Crikey Says: Time to get over ministerial travel
Government Ministers should be encouraged to spend time overseas, pushing the Government’s agenda, trying to influence outcomes in major fora and prosecuting the interests of Australia.
The great Porsche family feud speeds up
The fate of legendary German sports car maker, Porsche, hangs in the balance after a face saving merger with Volkswagen collapsed over the weekend, writes Glenn Dyer.
Mungo MacCallum: Turnbull manages a budget week without silliness
Turnbull did pretty well in budget week … the only one of his colleagues who bagged him was Bronwyn Bishop.
Achtung! Germany an economic basket case
The world’s 4th biggest economy is heading rapidly towards the bottom of current economic performance, writes Glenn Dyer.
Palestine, Israel and the need for freedom of speech
Holocaust denial warrants condemnation, but too often any criticism against Jews or Zionism is automatically slammed.
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What happens when Google goes down?
What Google’s two-hour outage looks like in graph form.
Good policies, broken promises
The government’s decision to start means testing the private health insurance rebate is long overdue, but it is clearly a broken election promise. The private health insurance rebate is bad public policy, but it is popular, writes Andrew Bartlett.
Leonard Nimoy: the origin of Spock’s greeting
Star Trek — there’s more Judaism in it than you’d think.
graph pr0n Video of the Day: TED: Hans Rosling on HIV
Hans Rosling uses graph pr0n to argue that preventing transmission — not drug treatment — is the key to ending the HIV epidemic.
It’s not the size of the deficit, but what you do with it
There’s nothing wrong with running a deficit in these economic times, says Kenneth Davidson — trying to diminish it would be a greater burden on the country.
Karl Marx: so hot right now
The GFC has sparked a renewed interest in the works of Karl Marx, with sales of Das Kapital booming. Leo Panitch explains why Marx is a man for our times.
