Labor breathes a sigh of reliefThe South Australian ALP can now rest easy until the State election, with new polling showing even Mike Rann’s recent sex scandal hasn’t put a dent in their impenetrable lead, writes Greg Kelton.
December, 2009
Grattan: Soldiers, let the scare campaign begin
Tony Abbott won’t win the next election. The best counter attack Abbott can hope for is running a negative scare campaign against the government on climate change and drilling up some support from Abbott’s army, writes Michelle Grattan.
Sex sells? Labor up in SA
Exactly 100 days out from the March election, a poll by the Adelaide Advertiser has found Labor’s lead increased in the wake of the Mike Rann sex allegations, up up from 55-45 to 57-43, reports William Bowe.
Kohler: The government goes into competition with Telstra
National Broadband Network chief Mike Quigley has revealed some telling information about how Telstra and the NBN are going to coexist. And it’s not atl all what we were expecting, write Alan Kohler.
Five ways Obama can earn his Nobel Prize
Barack Obama has been given an “encouragement award” for peace, says Salon, but here’s five ways he can actually earn it. Start by getting the hell out of Iraq…
Klein: Obama did us proud
Barack Obama’s Nobel “intellectually rigorous and morally lucid”acceptance speech did America proud, says Joe Klein.
Obama accepts Peace Prize… sends 30,000 to war
Barack Obama has accepted his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, the irony of doing so only a week after announcing a 30k troop surge into Afghanistan lost on nobody.
Crikey interviews climate sceptic Ian Plimer
The climate change sceptics have been out in force at Copenhagen. Crikey’s man on the ground, Matthew Knott, interviews the star of the sceptic movement, Australian geologist Ian Plimer.
Hamilton at Copenhagen: Lulu’s back in town
The Australian delegation in Copenhagen should not be surprised if the rest of the world takes a jaundiced view of any arguments it advances for the treatment of land-based emissions, based on our past Kyoto behaviour.
Abbott’s Night at the Museum keeps the focus on the Libs
If the Liberal game-plan was to get the attention off themselves and onto Kevin Rudd, Tony Abbott’s new frontbench isn’t the way to do it.
What’s in your fridge?
Our choices as consumers provide a fascinating insight into our personalities…
revealed Vic government goes missing on bushfire maps
Maps used by the Victorian Country Fire Authority to help residents avoid the devastation of another Black Saturday are years out of date and contain a raft of embarrassing errors.
@mammaspaghetti outed! Oh isa not nice!
Yesterday, fans of the cult Twitter account @mammaspaghetti were thrilled and dismayed to learn that the writer had outed themself. Meet the man behind the mama.
Video of the Day: I don’t believe in global warming
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Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Westpac: a lovely bunch of bananas
How exactly is Westpac like a banana smoothie? Crikey readers let us know. Plus: Baby Jesus as a dog makes Baby Jesus cry and more Melbourne Uni messages.
Banks jockeying to do it all over again with carbon trading
As news circulates on the internet allegations that giant banks will make a killing on carbon trading, there are fears the scheme presents a high probability for fraud and insider trading.
No sympathy for British wankers … err bankers
British bankers are upset at having their bonuses taxed a year after many were rescued by taxpayer money from the biggest financial mess they had helped create in decades. Who would ever have thought that?
Japan: the land of the not-so-rising sum
There is a very real chance the Japanese economy could return to the red this quarter or in early 2010, after the shock downgrade in third quarter economic growth.
Germany, it’s kidnapping: Australia, it’s other financial planning conflicts
The conflicts still prevalent in Australia’s system of financial planning are substantial, but not quite as bad as the German pensioners kidnapping their financial planner.
Morning Market Report: Markets down but trickles of good news
The market is down 2 but Wall St 51 was up — and some good news on advertising sales has come through.
What would L Ron Hubbard do? Roll up for religion at $195 a pop
The Parliament of the World’s Religions was held at the Melbourne Convention Centre this week, but the chance to enter paradise and share in the joy, peace, love and crystals came with a hefty price tag.
Media briefs: Price quits over money… 100 essential websites… Fox fudges the numbers
In the end, Steve’s Price contract with Fairfax was all about cost, with rumours he was asked to take a price cut. Plus, headline of the day and other media news from the media.
Crikey Clarifier: El Niño — a cheeky Spanish boy causing havoc
Before global warming came along it was El Niño which meteorologists told us had the greatest impact on our changing climate. Well, El Niño is back, writes Crikey intern Tom McIlroy.
Settlers rally against Netanyahu, peace, whatever
Israeli policy seems to be stuck in a sphere of unreality where a two-state solution is officially proclaimed as the goal, but there is a taboo on any discussion of measures.
