If you were a News Ltd columnist known for strident advocacy of the “send them back” position as regards asylum seekers arriving unannounced by boat, would you run this following headline, actually about mynas? asks Jeremy Sear.
November, 2010
Rupert Murdoch 
The Daily: the world’s first tablet-only newspaper
Rupert Murdoch’s “most exciting project” is The Daily — a new tablet-only “newspaper” designed to woo iPad users. News Corp has cherry picked talent for its new app-centric approach, which Murdoch hopes will snare half a million users in the next five years.
2010 Victorian Election 
Is Ted Ballieu really the last of Victoria’s small-l Liberals?
Leslie Cannold, head of Pro-Choice Victoria, wrote a Fairfax op-ed describing Ted Ballieu as the last hope for small-l Victorian Liberals. But with regards to many of the party’s policies her comments are somewhat naive, writes Robert Merkel.
Shanahan: Labor’s popularity rise just a blip
The latest Newspoll does have Labor slightly ahead at 52-48, but the result is due to a dip in Coalition support and increased Greens voters. Don’t get excited about a honeymoon period, claims Dennis Shanahan.
mental health 
A radically different approach to mental health care
On Wednesday in Melbourne, beyondblue is hosting the first national Community Access Program forum, at which mental health professionals, consumers, policymakers and others will discuss a new approach that may radically change mental health re in this country, writes Leonie Young.
Newspoll: Labor creeps ahead
After a fairly lengthy period where the phone pollsters marched in lock-step, Newspoll has broken away from the pack with a 52-48 two-party preferred lead for Labor, reports William Bowe.
The Age’s so-called ALP revelations
Hold the front page! The Age has “revealed” that the ALP keep a private database of tens of thousands of Victorians! Pity we’ve actually known about it for years and the timing of the story - four days out from an election - is a little suss, writes William Bowe.
Meet the Mitchells: the Gabba’a greenskeeping guardians
Meet Kevin Mitchell and Kevin Mitchell Jnr, the Gabba’s famous curators who have the job to prepare the wicket for the much anticipated First Test of the Ashes in Brisbane, writes Cricinfo’s Peter English.
Why the question mark over the Wallabies?
To think that the same people preaching the message of a Wallabies revival, writes the SMH’s Adam Freier, are now reinventing the way rugby should played in this country.
The transformation of Graeme Swann
He;s a different type of cat, but after spending eight years in the cricketing wilderness Graeme Swann can lay claim to being the best spinner in the world. And how the Australians deal with England’s X Factor will go a long way in determining the Ashes.
Has Tottenham finally caught up to Arsenal?
Have Spurs finally turned a corner and caught up to Arsenal?
Forgiving Michael Vick
A man who was arguably the most reviled athlete in this country in 2007 is now the toast of American sports, writes ESPN’s Rick Reilly, and after spending 18 months in prisoner for animal cruelty Michael Vick is taking the NFL by storm.
The 100 worst ever NFL players
Deadspin compiles a list of the worst NFL players in history and while not all of them were disappointing — they all were very bad.
Ask a climate scientist: the Tamas edition
Got a question about climate science?
A tour through Victoria’s marginals — part 3: the sandbelt
Unless there’s something that the polls are not picking up, it’s hard to see the opposition taking more than one or two sandbelt seats.
Essential: we love our sport (except the Greens), and watch it for free
We love our sport. And we watch it mostly on free-to-air television. As the federal government mulls changes to anti-siphoning laws that ring fence sports content from pay TV, a new poll from Essential Research proves just how much of a sports-loving nation we are.
Forget the propaganda, look at the spreads
Despite what you might read in the media, the evidence against the banks continues to mount. And Wayne Swan’s “fifth pillar” might on current policy settings be a long time coming.
Elite Oz soldiers in covert operations for top-secret Alliance Base
Elite Australian soldiers are involved in covert operations for the Americans in the “war on terror”, co-ordinated through the top-secret, Paris-based centre Alliance Base.
ANZ needs lessons in reputation management 101
Two weeks after it won the Dow Jones Sustainability Index award for the being the world’s most sustainable bank, ANZ lent $150 million for the refurbishment of one of the most polluting coal plants in Australia.
Why constitutional recognition for indigenous Australians is a health issue
Somehow, this country has never achieved any kind of treaty or formal settlement of relationships between the newcomers and the original inhabitants of Australia, writes Professor Judith Dwyer.
Greens preference anti-abortion, anti-carbon tax election candidate
Eyebrows continue to be raised over Greens preference deals in the lead-up to Saturday’s Victorian state election, none more so than in the seat of Essendon where candidate Rose Iser is listing an anti-abortion advocate who was last year embroiled in a racist email controversy as the second pick on her how-to-vote card.
The Wilkie pokies walk clause — it’s compulsory pre-commitment
There is a massive difference between voluntary and compulsory pre-commitment. If Gillard can’t get Woolies, Clubs NSW and the states over the line on a compulsory system then Wilkie will withdraw his support for the government.
Simons: more questions for The Oz, police on Operation Neath
A lack of police understanding about newspaper production schedules was apparently behind the premature publication by The Australian newspaper of information about an anti-terrorism operation. Margaret Simons details the long-awaited police report.
The pics they don’t want you to see: Boeing 787 Dreamliner after the fire
Yesterday my blog Plane Talking published images of the aftermath of a fire that caused the emergency landing of Dreamliner No 2 at Laredo Texas on November 9. Today Crikey was ordered to remove the images, a directive also given to the Seattle Times and two aviation blogs in the US: Dear Mr Sandilands Photographs […]
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