Oops! NSW candidates forget to mention they’re LaborBeing a member of the NSW Labor Party is a fact many candidates aren’t making too public in their election campaigns, with several candidates in the Western Suburbs covering up the Labor logo on posters and leaving it off brochures, writes Anthony Brown.
March, 2011
Kohler: at 80, Murdoch still scanning a brave new online world
There’s a certain irony in the fact that at 80 Rupert Murdoch is championing quality journalism and the need to pay for it.
Guy Rundle: Police had links to Assange accuser
One of the police interrogators involved in the investigation of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange had links with one of the complainants.
Alice Springs journos cop heat over underage s-x claims
News Limited journos on Alice Springs’ Centralian Advocate fear they could be charged by police with failing to mandatorily report child abuse allegations after publishing a story purporting to lift the lid on under-age sex in the red centre.
Tasmania’s political alliance won’t be pulped — but the people smell a con
Before Tasmania’s highly contentious pull mill is built, friendships will be tested, political alliances between Labor and the Greens at state and federal level will be stretched to the limit (though not ruptured). And the people will revolt, writes Bruce Montgomery in Hobart.
Herald Sun’s Rupert obit gathers dust as old boy hits 80
With the possible exception of Queen Elizabeth, there is no other non-politician who has dealt with more global political leaders and celebrities than Rupert Murdoch.
Democratic reform needs to spread to the Pacific region
Fiji must hold immediate elections, return to democracy and recommit to a rights-based approach, writes Ged Kearney, president of the ACTU.
Can you protect the environment while drilling for oil and gas?
It seems that the idea of what MPAs are meant to protect the marine environment from has reversed since the declaration of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, writes Crikey natulralist Lionel Eelmore.
Academy of Science: what are the consequences of climate change?
By around 2030, Australian temperatures are likely to be a half degree or more higher than 1990 and the frequency of hot days and nights will have increased.
Poll Bludger: NSW election minus 16 days
Poll Bludger looks at the slow-motion train wreck that is the NSW state election campaign.
Guy Rundle: Rundle: Pollyanna rhetoric hiding the truth on helping Libyans
The question of outside support for Libya through the means of a no-fly zone and other measures, has become urgent — if it is not already too late.
The v-gina monologue: feminist pitch to save Verity from Greens
The NSW Education Minister has been accused of deceiving voters and playing cheap gender politics in a desperate bid to stop the Greens claiming her marginal seat at the state election.
Allens Arthur Robinson in bitter Baillieu boardroom brawl
One of Australia’s biggest commercial law firms has been dragged into a bitter boardroom spat between the family of Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu and fast-growing software firm Aconex.
Shame, shame, shame: Hinch a victim of campaign against free speech
The prosecution of Derryn Hinch reflects our indifference to the legal system’s ongoing campaign against free speech, or at least free speech in its limited Australian form. And the Victorian legal system is the epicentre of these attacks.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Children, marketing and fast food
Crikey readers have their say.
A brutal and beautiful performance
A new performance work from Karen Martin probes the murkiest corners of the human psyche and most repugnant regions of contemporary political debate. Grace Jennings-Endquist was moved by the beauty and brutality.
Political snippets: Prime Ministerial grand tour overhshadowed by adviser remarks
Wanting others to appreciate your importance is a human enough failing for a political adviser and it was evident last night. Also, differences of opinion between the PM and her Foreign Minister over Libya and the latest Berlusconi news.
Video of the Day: CPR for dogs
And for the most crucial news of the day, tune into Nine News on the Gold Coast, for this huge scoop on pet CPR and first aid.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
NSW political spy Boilermaker Bill reports: Laughter within the NSW Labor ministry about the Wednesday morning exchange between Premier Kristina Keneally and ABC News 24 host Virginia Trioli where the premier labelled NSW General Secretary Sam Dastyari a fool could be heard across Macquarie Street. Keneally identified the long-held view within Labor’s parliamentary wing and the […]
Crikey Says: Crikey says: it was 80 years ago today…
News from The Wall Street Journal on March 11, 1931…
