A difficult political decision avoided
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THE PICK OF THE MORNING’S STORIES
Rio finally abandons its friendless deal - London Financial Times POLITICS AND ECONOMICS AUSTRALIA Political Death
General’s evidence triggers the end game for his chief - how evidence to a Senate committee led to the ministerial resignation - Melbourne Age First blood: Rudd loses minister - Sydney Morning Herald Shamed Joel Fitzgibbon slams ‘Judases’ for his demise - Melbourne Herald Sun Joel Fitzgibbon blames ‘Judases’ for dramatic demise - The Australian Labour teeters as Scrymgour jumps ship - Northern Territory News Political life
This possum tormented NSW politicians - Sydney Daily Telegraph Freed miner to try hand at politics - Beaconsfield miner seeking Labor Party pre-selection - Melbourne Age Economic conditions Economists take swipe at Turnbull over debt - Melbourne Age Economy is looking resilient: RBA chief - Sydney Morning Herald RBA wary of rate cut as home buyers pile on debt - The Australian Privatisation battle shifts to NSW Lotteries - Sydney Morning Herald
SA State Budget 2009 - Kevin Foley slashes for surplus - Adelaide Advertiser A hint of strange things Rudd attacked over car dealer ties - Melbourne Age Kevin Rudd under fire over free ute - Brisbane Courier Mail Turnbull offensive goes up a gear over PM’s free ute - Sydney Morning Herald Police Minister denies ‘collusion’ over Bracks - Melbourne Age report on political phone calls to police about a then Premier’s son NSW RailCorp under new graft scrutiny - Sydney Morning Herald Industrial relations Gillard at risk of contempt - Melbourne Age reports on a reaction to some words to trade unions by the deputy PM Laws Jail, fines for digging up power lines - Sydney Morning Herald Public service NSW DOCS workers are in despair over horror cases and stress - Sydney Daily Telegraph Opinion Bored with economic miracles? Try this sacrificial offering - Tony Wright in the Melbourne Age on a ministerial resignation Halo slips from the crown of St Kevin - Peter Hartcher in the Sydney Morning Herald Joel Fitzgibbon a victim of his own mistakes - Michael Harvey delivers his verdict in the Melbourne Herald Sun Opposition reclaims question time’s utility - Annabel Crabb in the Sydney Morning Herald on a day when questions meant something
Opposition attack on Rudd’s free ute perk misses mark - Dennis Atkins in the Brisbane Courier Mail has a look at the politics of attacking political perks Defence not best option for a long-term political career - Daniel Fitton on the perils of Defence - Melbourne Age Fitzgibbon only has himself to blame - Patrick Walters in The Australian A lesser evil than lingering scandal - writes Lenore Taylor in The Australian about the forced resignation Sacked minister had no defence in latest embarrassing skirmish writes Andrew Bolt in the Melbourne Herald Sun A union no more: Rudd and co. have claimed the upper hand - Michelle Grattan in the Melbourne Age sees the reality as clear. Unions and the Government are feeling mutual disgruntlement and resentment. The unions think they helped bankroll Labor to power and are not getting enough in return. The Government believes the unions whinge too much, and should concentrate on what has been delivered. Environmental decay is bad for your health - Paul Sinclair on faults in the planned emissions trading scheme - Melbourne Age Rights charter like a dead parrot - Bob Carr in the Sydney Morning Herald writes that more judicial review, or judge-made law, is the last thing Australia needs. So nobody should be distressed that the push for an Australian charter of rights is exhausted. Unions putting ALP into reverse - Michael Costa writes in The Australian how unions may play a useful role for Labor in opposition but they are a destabilising liability in government. ELSEWHERE Barack Obama reaches out to Muslim world - The Australian Obama reaches out to Muslim world - BBC News Varying Responses to Speech in Mideast Highlight Divisions - New York Times Opinion Why Ben Bernanke is right to be worried - Mohamed El-Erian in the London Financial Times
BUSINESS
Rio walks away from China deal - Melbourne Age $24.4bn Chinalco deal with Rio Tinto is dead - The Australian Rio Tinto rolls out ‘plan B’ over Chinalco deal - The Australian ENVIRONMENT State’s deal fails to calm water fight - Victoria and problems over water in the Murray - Melbourne Age States claim they will lose from ETS scheme - The Australian Land use war: two tribes dig in - An attempt to preserve farmland from coal miners in the Hunter fails - Sydney Morning Herald MEDIA Sale of Ten Network stake more likely as CanWest options narrow - Sydney Morning Herald Uproar at Chaser skit on sick children forces ABC rethink - The Australian Australian TV viewers declare war on The Chaser - Sydney Daily Telegraph LIFE Alcohol Police boss slams liquor laws - under Victoria’s liquor licensing regime “literally any idiot” could get a licence. - Melbourne Age Tourists warned after Bali’s local drink kills 25 - Melbourne Age Andrew Symonds sent home for new booze breach - The Australian Racist attacks Shane Warne slams racist attacks on Indian students - Melbourne Herald Sun Swine flu Experts warn against ‘swine flu parties’ - Melbourne Age Airlines step up cabin cleaning in wake of flu - Sydney Morning Herald States at odds over swine flu tactics - The Australian Gambling Why copyright law may be going to the dogs - Richard Ackland in the Sydney Morning Herald |
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