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Kevin Rudd's War on Greed

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Kevin Rudd is coming after the greedy. And he'll be packing heat, writes Bernard Keane.

Tips and rumours

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

NSW by-elections to tighten the noose on Labor

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Will Saturday’s by-elections be a scene-setter for what will happens at the state election in March 2011, asks Alex Mitchell?

NZ election: Clark v Key debate

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

If National was hoping to sleep-walk to victory in an election that is its to lose, this week has left New Zealanders with the impression that it’s going to be another tight race, writes Tim Watkin.

Stuff we like: Anti-Americanism doesn't apply to Harley-Davidsons

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Crikey staffers link to interesting stories they've found on the web.

First Dog on the Moon

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

We interrupt this broadcast to bring you a Discovery Cannel documentary...

Blogwatch: Sorry Dad, I'm voting for Obama

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The 'defection' of conservative commentator Christopher Buckley to the Obama camp has ignited a firestorm amongst right leaning pundits.

The needy miss out on Santa Kevin's package

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Santa Kevin managed to miss out some of the most needy and give unnecessary money to some people one could call a tetch greedy, writes Eva Cox.

Not what the voters wanted in Canada

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

As expected, Canadians yesterday voted, albeit narrowly, for a centre-left government. But they're not going to get one, writes Charles Richardson.

Richard Farmer's political bite-sized meaty chunks

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Meaty snippets from the home of government, Richard Farmer writes.

Consumer confidence the target of the Rudd package

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Rudd's stimulus package will have to combat one of the sharpest downturns in consumer confidence on record, writes Bernard Keane.

ASIO infiltrates the poetic muse

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Teenage poets often envisage themselves as a special breed, misunderstood by parents, teachers and an insensitive world. So do, apparently, secret police, writes Jeff Sparrow.

State of the Planet: FIJI's green spin on bottled water

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

News about the environment, climate change and the natural world.

Turnbull's weasel words to the nation

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Malcolm Turnbull's speech to the nation last night were a textbook attempt to rewrite history, writes Glenn Dyer.

Richard Farmer's political bite-sized meaty chunks

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Meaty snippets from the home of government, Richard Farmer writes.

Tips and rumours

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

QF72's computer glitch has happened before

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Ben Sandliands writes in his blog that in-flight control excursion of QF72 was "a unique incident". Sorry Ben, you're dead wrong - it has happened before, writes Matthew Donald.

Rudd's plasma and pokies package

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Let’s call it the plasma and pokies package, and be damned for our cynicism, writes Bernard Keane.

PM displays an appetite for vengence in Press Club speech

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Aside from the new Press Club menu, the PM's lunchtime speech was all about fear and greed. By Bernard Keane.

The famous - from Einfeld to Theophanous - deserve equality before the law

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

We need to ensure that the procedures used in the cases of high profile people is not different to that which would apply to the average anonymous citizen in a similar position, writes Greg Barns.

Canada's Conservatives set to fall short again

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In Canada, even if voters clearly opt for a centre-left government, their perverse electoral system looks like denying them that choice, writes Charles Richardson.

Blogwatch: Reviewing the NT intervention

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The independent review of the NT intervention is under attack, as is Paul Toohey's essay on the intervention, Last Drinks.

First Dog on the Moon

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Sarah Palin as seen from...

Ride to work day: pedalling some pictures

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Today is national Ride To Work day. Eleri Harris did.

NSW ALP: Thistlewaite to be general secretary

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Thistlewaite’s background is in the trade union bureaucracy, not the ALP’s Sussex Street machine from where previous general secretaries have been recruited, writes Alex Mitchell.

State of the Planet: Photo essay of glacial retreat in Alaska

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

News about the environment, climate and the natural world.

Costello: We must sow the seeds of the next crisis

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

If Australia is to sow the seeds of the next crisis, it needs to return to the stimulating policies of the Costello/(Howard) government, Peter Costello tells Walter Slurry.

On freedom of speech and Gerald Fredrick Toben

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

We should be speaking up for him now, rather than waiting for a more appealing victim of this attack on free speech.

The Media Monitors' Top 20

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

As predicted no change in the top four as that pesky economy thingy keeps the Brangelina stories from the top of the news bulletins, writes Patrick Baume.

Stuff we like: The funniest political impressions of all time

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Crikey staffers link to interesting stories on the web.