Craig Thomson’s statement to parliament completed a moment long in the making, the transformation of politics into crime drama.
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With Thomson teetering, Gillard’s $1 pokies option remains live
Breaking the pokies promise reinforced the PM’s untrustworthiness and Wilkie went on to vote with the opposition on the question of suspending Thomson from Parliament.
Decision time in Andrews-land on double rates pokies slug
After a three-year debate, Manningham City Council in Melbourne’s affluent eastern suburbs tonight will finally have a public vote on whether to introduce double rates on the municipality’s seven pokies venues.
Fresh food not-for-profit hard hit after Sunday Age report
Based in inner-north Melbourne’s Brunswick East, CERES is a popular not-for-profit environment education centre and public farm that hosts farmers’ markets and sells weekly fruit and vegetable boxes to locals. But after a report earlier this month by The Sunday Age on levels of lead contamination at the Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies farm, sales at […]
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Walkleys hangovers bite hard. It took you long enough. Finally, some decent gossip from journalism’s night of nights, the Walkley Awards held in Brisbane on Sunday night. One spy teases: “Which Courier-Mail middle manager put his foot in it by loudly declaring the entertainment at the Walkleys (renowned classical guitarist Karen Schaupp) was excruciatingly boring and […]
Media briefs: AAP outsources to NZ … mental health and media … 5800 phone-hack victims …
In today’s Media Briefs: time for a campaign to tackle media framing of alcohol and other drug issues … Phone hacking: number of possible victims is almost 5800, police confirm … News Corp executive in New York resigns and more …
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Not everyone sad to see Moran go. Could a “collective sigh of relief” be heard in the nation’s capital yesterday with the announcement Terry Moran was stepping down as the secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet? That’s one take from a Canberra insider, who reckons Moran was responsible for “stuffing the upper […]
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Bank CEO in Labor tilt? Which big-four banking head is thinking about a run for Labor at the next federal poll? The rumour has been swirling for some time and we reckon it’s got some weight. Know any more? Guess who came to Blair’s dinner? Last week the business set was treated to a series […]
Has Four Corners fallen for the gambling industry’s tactics?
Like with tobacco reform, there are numerous Liberal MPs who privately agree with their conservative allies that something has got to be done on pokies reform. But tonight’s Four Corners missed the point.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
More bank work to Asia. Which bank is following the competition to India in a cost-cutting drive to outsource workers? Apparently, union heads know but aren’t making a fuss at this stage. We’re looking into it … New Facebook scam in WA. We’ve also been following a developing Facebook story in the west, where a […]
Victorian gaming minister slams NSW pollies and industry
After a lot of viral and video promotion involving Tim Costello and Nick Xenophon, it was remarkable to have the Victorian election campaign’s pokies forum in Melbourne yesterday with not a single person from the media turning up.
Woolies, Brumby — a story of pokies, planning deals & hypocrisy
With planning one of the hot-button issues in the Victorian election, it was perhaps a tad unsubtle of Woolworths CEO Michael Luscombe to go out of his way at the AGM in Brisbane yesterday to thank John Brumby for completely side-lining local communities and councils.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Politicians should stick out of marriage
Crikey readers have their say.
Has Brumby done a deal to strip councils of powers to super-tax the pokies?
As the Prime Minister helped launch John Brumby’s re-election campaign in Bendigo today, a fascinating tussle over council taxing powers is playing out in the countdown to the Victorian election.
Electorate: Brunswick Margin: Labor 3.6% versus Greens Upper house region: Northern Metropolitan Federal: Wills/Melbourne Outgoing member: Carlo Carli (Labor) Click here for Victorian Electoral Commission map The candidates MULCAHY, Amy Sex Party DAWES, Cyndi Greens (bottom) GARRETT, Jane Labor (top) DADLEH, Kyle Liberal CAWTE, Bill Independent HAWKINS, Trent Socialist Alliance CLEARY, Phil Independent Electorate analysis: […]
Death in Brunswick for Jane Garrett and the ALP
With Brunswick’s finest, Shane Maloney, in the chair it was standing room only in a sweltering Brunswick community hall last night where 10 candidates slugged it out over planning.
Victorian election war-of-words: the Myki champion turned Greens critic
A war of words has broken out between rival candidates in the knife-edge Melbourne seat of Brunswick, with Labor candidate Jane Garrett branding the Greens’ Cyndi Dawes a “hypocrite” for her support of the troubled Myki ticketing system during her former role as a spruiker for the authority charged with its rollout.
Campaign Crikey leftovers: Campaign Crikey Leftovers: Smith on population and Rupert’s ‘evil’ … Thomson leaflet watch … trawling Barker’s Facebook
Dick Smith’s amusing News rant. Small Australia advocate Dick Smith’s call for a Frank Bainimarama-style ejection of News Limited from Australia is worth re-hashing in full. Yesterday on Helen Dalley’s Sky News show, the gadgets millionaire went on the warpath, claiming that The Australian had become so wedded to the big end of town’s cheap […]
Labor burns the witches of Moreland as Phil Cleary watches on
Phil Cleary, the man who took Bob Hawke’s seat of Wills off the Labor Party, has been watching some extraordinary events at Moreland City Council with growing interest
Greens, DLP and women line up to skewer Moreland’s blokey Labor faction
The bond developed between Victoria’s Moreland councillors could make the preference arrangements at next year’s state election very interesting, judging by actions at the latest council meeting.
My ‘Oh Shit’ Moment: Crikey readers tell
We asked Crikey readers if they’ve ever experienced an “Oh Shit” moment on climate change. You know, when suddenly all the science becomes clear and the future seems quite scary.
Ferguson urges “science, not green faith” in letter to Batman residents
Federal Energy Minister Martin Ferguson has taken a blowtorch to loyal ALP supporters in his own electorate, using a taxpayer-funded letter to slam a push for zero emissions as “faith based”.
Brumby’s big call on the Honourable Member for Ivanhoe
John Brumby’s right faction of the Victorian ALP faces a difficult decison tonight when it decides whether the prolong the career of the Member for Ivanhoe Craig Langdon.
