Everyone should be able to enjoy delicious baked goods. Here are some inclusive recipes that are so tasty you won’t know the difference, writes Elizabeth Redman.
September, 2010
Daily Proposition: How to bake inclusively
Media briefs: Twits at Courier-Mail … Stupid White Bloggers
Does anyone at the Courier-Mail vet these tweets, and if they did, could we ask them to explain how Robyn’s tweet edified the profession? Plus, new Google search and other media news from around the globe.
Political snippets: Why the Labor re-election effort was so bad
Relying on reports of focus groups to determine policy priorities by the Rudd Government and Gillard continuing to take the same advice simply led to the precipice of defeat.
Video of the Day: Worst campaign speech ever?
Could this be the worst campaign speech of all time? Republican Phil Davison screamed and hollered and damn near burst a vein in his impassioned pleas to become county treasurer of the small town of Minerva, Ohio.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Tony Burke is in strife… A regular Canberra social life, a mediocre ministerial performance, a resurgent National Party — a sign he didn’t cut it in regional Australia, and with one of the biggest tallies of staff resignations among all the ministers. Julia Gillard should tread carefully before giving him any kind of promotion as part of […]
Father Bob unhappy with funeral footy clamp-down
The Melbourne Catholic Church has turned down the volume on footy songs at funerals, banning them and other popular music under strict new prohibitive guidelines. The outspoken Father Bob Maguire doesn’t agree but says he will follow orders from (very?) high above.
Reptile of the week: a cranky Central Bearded Dragon
Bob Gosford ran into this rather cranky Central Bearded Dragon Pogona vitticeps a couple of weeks ago at the wonderful Olive Pink Botanic Garden on the fringes of Alice Springs, on one of the few sunny days of winter.
A diary of a Freo fan in Melbourne
There are not many Freo supporters in AFL’s heartland. For those who are, we are every bit as passionate as any other football supporter - there’s just not many of us, writes Leigh Josey
Digging up the truth about coal
Despite coals negative impact on the environment it is widely believed that a great deal of it still exists. However, a new study from a London-based industry group boldly claims that coal is quickly running out and production will begin to decline next year.
Birth of the Living Debt
Jessica Winter learnt she had died - at least according to official records - when she began organising loans to buy her first apartment. Two out of three major US credit agencies had her listed as deceased, and returning to life became an arduous ordeal.
great read 
Reminiscing about my school friend Mark Zuckerberg
Rebecca Davis O’Brien, a fellow Harvard student with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, spills the dirt on Facebook’s early days in comparison to the portrayal in the new The Social Network film. It’s quite a juicy tale.
Beware the Facebook wall
Facebook is generally considered a site where users can broadcast whatever information they wish to divulge about themselves. But one element - the infamous Facebook wall - is a place where chaos can reign supreme, writes Andrea Bartz and Brenna Ehrlich.
Obama’s star fading while Clinton’s shines bright
Secretary of state Hilary Clinton has remained largely unscathed by the misfortunes of the Obama administration. She may be the best political asset the party has, writes Michael Hirsh.
Australia starts punching in the right weight division
With long US-led wars involving Australian troops, our role in East Timor’s independence and China as a rising military power in Asia, Brian Toohey examines where Australia’s power now stands in the Asia-Pacific region.
Akerman vs. the NBN
Labor’s National Broadband Network was viewed as a selling point by many, but Piers Akerman was not wooed by the prospect of vastly improved internet access. According to Akerman it will be a clunky and costly disaster.
Speculation mounts over MP seat shuffles
Crikey Media Wrap: Now that the dust is finally settling, the two major parties must confront the task of rejigging their front benches. Who will they pick and why?
Shanahan: New paradigm remarkably similar to old paradigm
This election was a return to good old-fashioned politics: politicians arguing for their own individual electorates and, of course, for their own political survival, writes Dennis Shanahan
My Cup Of Tea: Anna Krien and the Tasmanian forestry debate
Anna Krien, a published poet and journalist, spent 18 months researching and writing Into The Woods. The result is a compelling exploration of the Tasmanian forestry debate, writes Ben Eltham in his weekly arts column My Cup Of Tea.
Mosque debate burns on in US
A Florida pastor cancelled his Koran-burning stunt — on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks — to protest the planned mosque near Ground Zero, after claiming to have made a deal with the imam to move the mosque. The imam denies any deal, but the event raises concern for growing right-wing extremism in the US.
How will the world look in 15 years?
The recent GFC came out of the blue for most, so how does a consensus future look like at the moment? Right now most pundits agree were heading for a population explosion and major economic growth in developing countries, writes Mark Thirlwell
Sir Charles, our greatest, honoured in Europe
When Sir Charles Mackerras — the famous operatic and concert conductor and probably the greatest musician Australia has produced — died in July the Prime Minister’s office refused to give him a state memorial service. Some amends were made during this year’s Edinburgh International Festival, writes John Carmody.
