Rambonkers: Sylvester Stallone has an art exhibitionJust in case you thought that only talented artists get exhibitions, along comes Sylvester Stallone with terrifying bright swirly painted things for his first exhibition. The paintings were available for sale — and sold! — for around $50,000 each.
December, 2009
From the lemon detox diet to Catriona Rowntree’s baby: the top Aussie Google searches of the year
Google Australia name the top words, celebrities, news stories, albums, movies and more that Aussies were seeking out this year. Spoiler: MasterChef-related terms feature heavily.
Bernanke faces filibuster ahead of Fed confirmation vote
Will Ben Bernanke score a second term as chairman of the US Fed? The tenuous ties that bind Washington to Wall Street are being stretched to the breaking point, writes David Hirst.
Wankley Awards: Tiger’s ‘trangressions’ and a ‘celebrity’ wedding
This week’s Wankley goes to the global media’s obsession with all things Tiger, and the Aussie media’s love of a ‘celebrity’ wedding, writes Elly Keating.
Public transport: rebadging OK, but rebadgering of passengers is not
Victoria’s unpopular public transport system has a new logo, with bright colours and a slick, modern “customer-focused” brand. But will the same old problems remain? asks Luke Williams.
Premier Keneally: how the deal was done
The deal was done to keep the NSW premiership in the hands of the Left — and then Nathan Rees blew it, writes Joe Sammaras.
As climate changes, Greens are the new black
The Greens may be the beneficiaries of the ALP and Liberals’ CPRS squabbling, with last week’s polls all showing a big boost to the party.
Political snippets: Keeping the score, lucky Sydney and cutting aid to Uganda
Keeping the score, lucky Sydney and cutting aid to Uganda. All your meaty bites.
Rudd helps the Middle East story remain one sided
For the Australian political elite, Israel is the sacred cow, a religion that accepts no criticism or dissent, writes Antony Loewenstein.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The Pied Pipers of politics lead us astray
What can history teach us? That Turnbull was the right man for the job, writes Crikey’s readers.
Nufarm AGM told: board and management caught short
Nufarm’s slump in earnings and weakened balance sheet has a rating agency raising a red flag and a prospective Chinese buyer baulking at paying $13 a share — but CEO Doug Rathbone isn’t about to walk the plank just yet.
Schwab: Joye brings himself no joy with coloured views
Property may be fairly priced and “Conflicted Chris” Joye may well be right — but it’s a shame though that he isn’t able to articulate a single coherent argument to support his theory, writes Adam Schwab.
Morning Market Report: Market, Wall Street down
A little quiet of the news front today…
Media briefs: Digital going strong … Daryl done? … Christina or Kristina?
Digital channels had their best ratings night last night but for one of the old hands of TV, Daryl Somers, has his time come? More media world news from the media, by the media.
Guy Rundle: Friday book review: Fishing in Utopia
Andrew Brown’s account of the most successful social democracy in his book Fishing In Utopia - Sweden and the Future That Disappeared serves as a prism for the political questions we face.
It’s getting hot in here: climate change an issue in Higgins and Bradfield?
So how will Tony Abbott’s ascension this week affect the green vote in the Higgins and Bradfield by-elections this weekend? Apart from voxpopping the streets of Malvern and sniffing round the food court of Chatswood Chase, it’s hard to say.
Give it a go, Joe: try out for the NSW Premier gig
Joe Hockey’s credentials for the top job in federal politics are fairly limited and took a battering this week — but he’d make a fine State Premier.
Lowbottom High Diaries: Old teachers never die, they just lose their class
In all the staffrooms of Lowbottom, teachers are working through the mounds of paper making tumuli of their desks, writes Trevor Diogenes.
Sydney airport owner on the back foot over float
One of the part-owners of Sydney Airport, German construction group Hochtief, has been forced into an embarrassing backdown on plans to part float its infrastructure arm on German markets.
The Keneally first that is really a third!
Apart from Anna Bligh, the ALP has only put women into top jobs to do political housecleaning. Once again, a woman has been brought in to sort the mess and change the atmospherics for an ALP state administration in trouble.
Senate Hansard reveals The Great Climate Change Conspiracy (with apologies to Dan Brown)
The sacred Hansard manuscripts describe the attempts of Penny Wong, Senator from South Australia, to solve the murder of Malcolm Turnbull’s climate change amendments, writes Walter Slurry.
Council mows down Brumby’s (fake) lawn order solution
The Brumby government’s fake grass solution for Melbourne’s parched sports grounds has been branded a health and environmental disaster in a new report.
Talking the Town: Talking the town: Tony Abbott and Bob Ellis, in conversation. Yes, really.
It’s not often you go to a book launch where the author never mentions his own book, and spends most of the night talking about someone else’s, which is what happened with Bob Ellis and Tony Abbott last night.
