Former sub editors set to fight The Age for back pay, after it’s revealed their breaks were incorrectly paid. Fairfax joins the supermarket queues with Nigella Lawson and Cate Blanchett.
September, 2009
Child sex offenders: a dangerously ill-informed debate
Removing convicted child sex offender Dennis Ferguson from his home in Sydney’s Ryde is a missed opportunity for a sensible rational policy discussion about how to resettle hundreds of child sex offenders.
Talking the Town: Thank God for Richard Wilkins!
On a day that Sydney’s dust storms felt like the end of the world, it’s appropriate that it was ended in the company of Max Markson’s notorious clients.
Macquarie emerges from the pack to save Ten
The Ten Network is in the middle of some major changes with Macquarie Media and 81-year-old Bruce Gordon set to emerge as major shareholders. Seriously.
DJ’s rich pickings from the PM’s cash splash
The naysayers who claim the Rudd government’s cash splash didn’t impact, need only consult the latest retail sector profit results.
Murray Darling deals in a shocking state
While NSW and the Commonwealth have agreed to a deal that will see the lifting of NSW’s embargo on water trading, Victoria and Queensland aren’t cooperating. Bernard Keane breaks it down.
weird weather 
How did orange dust make the sky go red?
Okay, it’s been dust storm overload, but Slate’s Explainer gives a different angle to the red tinged madness, throwing the light on how orange dust manages to turn the sky red. Or even black?
Big Sugar dresses up as Santa
Why would an industry built on getting kids hooked on sweet drinks from the age of 12 months suddenly voluntarily decide to remove the substance that makes them sweet and addictive?
Turning the annoying into the beautiful: computer screen art
It can be really %&*^ing frustrating when your computer screen freaks out and garbles all your images. You can hit restart, or you can make pretty art out of screen glitches. These artists chose the latter.
What Roxon failed to mention about the swine flu vaccination
Health Minister Nicola Roxon is busy peddling the benefits of the swine flu vaccine, while Croakey examines the past perils of health ministers spruiking pharmaceuticals.
RBA gets ready to jack up rates
It’s now clear the Reserve Bank’s priorities have shifted from the health and strength of the financial system, towards the first rate rise to come.
Can climate change really be slotted into three neat worlds?
The problem with the message of the Youth Decide survey is that in the overwhelmingly complex science and politics of climate change it seems somehow too simple, writes Bhakthi Puvanenthiran.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: No, the ABC is not reducing it overseas coverage
Kate Torney, Director, ABC News, responds to yesterday’s piece in Crikey, ABC’s 24-hour news dream drives penny-pinching. She says: “The ABC is aiming to expand its overseas coverage and has no plans to reduce it.”
Guy Rundle: Don’t mention the war around Switzer
As the Bradfield preselection hots up, prize candidate Tom Switzer must be getting a little nervous about one thing: will anyone ask him about the war?
Video of the Day: Republican shakes his booty Dancing with the Stars
Conservative Republican Tom “Hammer” DeLay used to be known as the “meanest man in Congress”, says Maureen Dowd. Now he’s a contestant on Dancing with the Stars. And, um, pretty flamboyant.
Fall of the media empires as simple as ABC?
ABC boss Mark Scott is to give a critical media lecture, titled “The Fall of Rome: Media After Empire”. It’s post colonial time as the media empires crumble, writes Margaret Simons.
Dust storm of advertising
You can’t say that Sydney advertisers don’t have their fingers on the pulse, with a swag of advertisements this morning about yesterday’s dust storm. How do you get red dust out of white pants?
16-year-old wannabe voters get a boost
Here are the headline grabbers from the government’s electoral reform paper, says William Bowe: serious discussion of voluntary voting for 16-year-olds. And could resigning MPs suffer financial penalties?
The new Aussie baby boom
Australia’s population is exploding with a projected growth rate of a whopping 65% by 2049. Jessica Irvine explores what this means to future generations.
Twitter opens up shop
Further proof that Twitter madness has taken hold, with the multitude of Twitter mobile apps now found under one roof, in the new OneForty store.
Has Palin begun her presidential campaign?
Sarah Palin flexes her foreign policy muscles in her first international public speaking event, blaming the GFC on government interference: “We’re not interested in government fixes, we’re interested in freedom”.
Is extremism now the norm in America?
A poll has found only 59% of voters believe Obama was born in the US. Meanwhile, 25% of Democrats think President Bush allowed the 9/11 attacks to take place. Seems like, extreme political views are going mainstream.
Rudd’s radical global reforms
Pals Kevin Rudd and Barack Obama may be due for their first rumble. Rudd’s major NY speech calls on the US for global leadership, while Obama tells the UN the US can’t fix the world’s problems.
PHOTO GALLERY: The dust storm of Oz
Bless The Boston Globe and its continually extraordinary photography column, The Big Picture. Today, they focus on the outback dust storm that hit Sydney yesterday. Who knew the apocalypse would look so beautiful?
