Speaking exclusively to Crikey, Tim Flannery has solid praise for the emissions targets set today by Ross Garnaut, but says the game could change drastically in as little as five years from now.

• Politics,
• environment,
• emissions-trading,
• ross-garnaut,
• tim-flannery

Tomorrow's much-touted rate cut by the Reserve Bank will have little real impact on household budget, say four leading Australian economists. But it's a welcome signal.

• Economy-business,
• banks,
• rba,
• saul-eslake

The real Olympic medal tally ... alcopops ... the BCA ... aviation horror stories ...

The final Olympic medal tally is wrong. Here are the real numbers, adjusted for population and GDP. By Thomas Hunter

Brendan Nelson's fears of leading the pack on emissions trading are unfounded, writes Thomas Hunter.

• Politics-government,
• emissions-trading-scheme,
• kevin-rudd,
• brendan-nelson

Crikey has stolen everyone else's ideas from our coverage over the past two years to bring you our very own Green Paper ahead of Penny Wong's release tomorrow.

• Politics-government,
• federal,
• climate-change,
• global-warming,
• penny-wong,

After a sham election, Zimbabwe awakes this morning with Robert Mugabe freshly sworn in for another five years as president. By Thomas Hunter.

• Politics-government,
• international,
• zimbabwe,
• robert-mugabe

Two acts of self-defense from Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai seem to have sparked action, or talk of it, from the global community, writes Thomas Hunter.

• Politics-government,
• elections,
• zimbabwe,
• robert-mugabe

Through violence and intimidation, Robert Mugabe has achieved his stated aim – holding onto power. By Thomas Hunter.

• Blogwatch

Pollies have one final chance to save the lower reaches of the Murray river. Will they take it? Thoms Hunter investigates.

• Politics-government,
• environment,
• state,
• sa