Comitatus: Bad polls, worse than bad news for Brendan

After every change of government, dismal polls become a staple for the political misery that is Opposition. But what is happening to the Coalition and Brendan Nelson is unprecedented, writes Possum Comitatus.

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Budget finally starts to spring a leak

The Government is finally starting to let slip some Budget details, says Bernard Keane.

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• banks,
• markets,
• resources

Rudd's media management on notice

Apart from aggressive media management, a key tactic throughout the government appears to be either not responding to inquiries or offering the blandest of bureaucratic talking points on anything faintly sensitive, reports Bernard Keane.

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Papers defy Wheatley suppression order

What were they thinking at The Age and The Financial Review last week? Both papers ran stories last Thursday, May 1, which appear to have breached a suppression order in the case involving music promoter Glenn Wheatley, writes Greg Barns,

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ASIC asleep on the job?

Was ASIC asleep while Westpoints, Opes Prime, the Tricom situation, stock lending and shorting was going on? asks Glenn Dyer.

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• governance,
• asic,
• tony-d'aloisio

Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups

The lunatics in the RBA asylum ... Israel's 60th birthday ... David Flint and the Republic ... party politics in NSW ... Burmese prawns ...

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• rba,
• david-flint,
• republic,
• ministerial-staff

Crikey Says

Watch out next Tuesday for Crikey's comprehensive Budget coverage.

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