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  • Grattan: Is this the end of the Coalition?

    The Age

    The Coalition is straining to stay together, as the Nationals — lead symbolically by Barnaby Joyce — try to forge their own identity separate to the Libs. But the Coalition would be better off staying together to fight Rudd, writes Michelle Grattan.

  • The blockage in our skilled migration pipeline

    Inside Story

    Tens of thousands of highly skilled would-be migrants are living in Australia, unable to contribute their skills to the country’s labour force due to bureaucracy and bad policy. The government happily accepts their application fees, but offers little in return.

  • Memo Rudd: an asylum solution

    Crikey / Bernard Keane / 259

    Bernard Keane offers the Prime Minister a few thoughts on how to resolve the Oceanic Viking stand-off.

The World

  • From stone throwing kids to online activists: the e-Palestine movement

    Time

    Palestinians have figured out one the most effective methods of mobilising the youth: bringing their activism online. They foster an international diaspora and avoid the traditional Hamas and Fatah tensions and talk in chat rooms. Can they mimic the success of Obama’s online campaign?

  • Why Karadzic is not getting a fair trial

    Crikey / Greg Barns / 6

    Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic’s plea to be allowed more time to prepare his defence against serious of charges, including two counts of genocide, is in fact an entirely legitimate one.

  • The untold story behind the words that rocked the Obama campaign

    Huffington Post

    Barack Obama’s notorious campaign remark in that “bitter” Pennsylvania blue-collar voters “cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them” was almost his undoing. Mayhill Fowler provides a fascinating behind-the-scenes insight into why he said what he did.