Claims the release of 25% of water stored in the Wivenhoe Dam is evidence the flooding of the Brisbane River was preventable has come under scrutiny, writes Sophie Cousins.
February, 2011
Coalition’s Islamophobia campaign, Barry on News Ltd $77 million payout to ACT, Jetstar near miss probe, ‘nonsense’ claims on Wivenhoe releaseMenzies House withdraws attack on Hockey by “senior Coalition staffer”
Conservative thinktank Menzies House has withdrawn a swingeing attack on Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey by a “senior Coalition staffer” that was published on its website last night.
Farmer: suing is a funny thing to do when you’re not fussed
I’ve had a few run-ins with the defamation laws during my 50 years in journalism from the frivolous to the painfully expensive.
It’s all about Israel, and other Arabian tales from the Right
The Egyptian revolution has sent conservatives into a spin. Fortunately everything makes sense when viewed through Israeli eyes.
The ‘extraordinary evidence’ in Jetstar near-miss probe
The pilot union AIPA has called on the federal government to pursue an apparent attempt to interfere with the evidence two Jetstar pilots were giving about a near crash.
Post-poll ALP review to home in on direct election
The Bracks-Faulkner-Carr post-election review into the current state of the Labor Party will recommend radical revamps to the party’s rapidly congealing internal structure, including multiple direct election proposals to belatedly re-energise the grassroots.
Bartholomeusz: keeping BHP’s powder dry
It’s odd to say a company expanding its capital management program, increasing dividends and boosting production is keeping its powder dry. But that’s the conclusion from the BHP results.
Guy Rundle: Rundle: the multiculti waters run deep and warm
It is only when people want to build mosques, start community groups, etc, that the question of what a culture is becomes urgent.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: The Media Monitors’ Top 20
The Premiers feature heavily following the COAG meeting on health reform at the weekend, writes Media Monitors’ John Chalmers.
Taking the pulse: switchboards light up over asylum seeker funeral
On Monday, opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison sparked a debate by questioning the appropriateness of using taxpayers’ dollars to fly relatives of victims of the Christmas Island shipwreck to Sydney to attend a funeral ceremony.
Hockey stands aside from Islamophobia campaign
Scott Morrison’s attempt to exploit the funerals of the Christmas Island victims forms part of a series of attacks on Muslims from sections of the Liberal Party.
Two stories you won’t see doing the rounds of News Ltd papers
A couple of stories you will have great difficulty finding anywhere in a News Corp paper around the world, let alone in Australia. They both deserve the widest possible publicity.
The suburbs where you have to vote to have a drink
While Melbourne likes to think of itself as Australia’s cosmopolitan capital and rarely misses an opportunity to promote its laneway bars or nightlife, three polls that ended on Monday remind us that some links to its wowser past still remain. Christopher McNamara reports.
Morning Market Report: Mixed data sends markets down
Retail sales disappointed despite being up for a seventh straight month
Daily Proposition: Watch television, up close
Ever wanted to ask Tony Jones about his drug use? You can at a Q&A audience taping. It’s just one of many shows that allow fans to see TV up close, says Alexandra Patrikios.
Media briefs: Nine News mix-up … Pakistan a journalist’s hell … The Daily rallies the troops …
In today’s Media Briefs: CBS News’ Lara Logan sexually assaulted during Egypt protests, Huffington pockets a rumoured $100 million, Pakistan the deadliest country for journalists and more…
Political snippets: The public service unites!
It will be back to the good old days in the Australian Capital Territory if Canberra’s local government goes ahead with plans unveiled yesterday to do away with the departmental structure of the public service and replace it with a single corporate entity.
Video of the Day: A different kind of whistleblower
In a recent TED talk, world champion whistler Geert Chatrou whistles some tunes, and then explains exactly how and why he became a competitive whistler.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Baillieu wants VMIA inquiry. The Victorian Baillieu government will proceed with an inquiry into the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority, following Crikey’s revelations of alleged bullying inside the organisation last month. The issue was high on the agenda at the organisation’s monthly board meeting, held last Thursday, and chaired by former Victorian ALP powerbroker Robert Ray. […]
