Today I am going to defend Peter Faris. Why? Because the Victorian Bar Council is apparently threatening him with disciplinary action over those comments he made earlier this year about drug abuse among barristers, writes Greg Barns.
Appalling
Howard’s uranium sales policy goes bananas
With a federal election around the corner, just how reasonable is it to strike a deal that will utterly and finally reverse Australia’s once-cautionary approach to selling uranium? Australian Democrats leader Senator Lyn Allison writes.
Kostakidis not returning to SBS as morale hits rock bottom
The intriguing thing about yesterday’s meeting of SBS staff is that some people in management were entertaining the idea that Mary Kostakidis may actually return to the network.
Telstra sues Coonan, court of public opinion waits
Telstra’s fight against the Federal Government has been ramped up to new and interesting extremes with the news that the telco will take Federal Court action against Communications Minister Helen Coonan over the awarding of funding to Telstra’s rivals to lift rural and regional broadband speeds.
Noel Pearson doesn’t have a clue
Better write nothing and have people question your intelligence than blog away and remove all doubt, might be the paraphrase occasioned by Noel Pearson’s blog, writes Guy Rundle.
