A Crikey tipster lets in on the “real story” behind the Ashmore reef explosion, while another reckons the Immigration Department is broke.
Ashmore explosion
Tips and rumours: The real boat people story?
The Media Monitors' Top 20: Ashmore explosion sees Debus get the press
Bob Debus, Chris Evans and Sharman Stone all made rare appearances in our list of top press coverage this week.
Political snippets: No cover up, just bad politics
The deterrent joke … Hoon watch … An obsession with minorities
A five-day delay doesn’t equal a cover-up
Taking time to gather information about the asylum seeker boat that exploded at Ashmore Reef doesn’t necessarily indicate a cover-up, writes Scott Bridges.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The pricetag for country-wide broadband
Crikey reader Rob Pickering calculates the price of the National Broadband Network at “$65.70 per month per site if 6 million sites sign up.”
Crikey Says: Boat arrivals are, sorry, a drop in the ocean of illegal entries to this country.
This debate over immigration and illegal entry into Australia is turning increasingly to the ridiculous.
Asylum cover up? What asylum cover up?
If nothing else, last week confirmed that as a nation we still have some sort of complex about boat people.
White arsonists by the boatload
Will politicians and shockjocks now start whispering about how country Victorians started the bushfire disaster themselves?
Boat people: Australia talks back
Nothing melts the talkback lines better than boat people. Mel, Chris, Val, Rober, Kay, Ron and Melba all have an opinion.
Crikey Says: Bolt plumbs new depths in asylum seeker debate
Comments by Andrew Bolt and co. in the 36 hours since the Ashmore explosion show politics and public debate at their absolute worst.
Crikey Clarifier: Why won’t Indonesia stop the people smugglers?
Corruption, bribery and boats: we know that asylum seekers who attempt to come to Australia by boat invariably come via Indonesia, and that much of the problem lies there.
Political snippets: The chatterati and the twitterati in India
Middle class urban voters in India are stepping out like never before.
Ashmore explosion: a commentary time line
A timeline of events in the Ashmore explosion.
