Virgin Blue’s August Voyeur in-flight magazine features an incredibly soft two-page profile on Deputy PM, National Party leader and – most disturbingly – Transport Minister Mark Vaile in the “Success” section, writes Marcus Westbury.
Australia
Henry Thornton: Jobs growth and workplace reform
Big and small business - 19 groups, if ABC news can be believed - have taken the unprecedented step of launching an advertising campaign to highlight “the benefits of workplace reform and the costs of turning the clock back on this key driver of future prosperity”.
USA FTA delivers us SFA
Tucked away in yesterday’s trade figures was what looks suspiciously like confirmation that Australia was dudded in the so-called free trade agreement it signed with the US three years ago.
Bringing back memories of our son’s deportation
Dr Haneef’s deportation has brought back memories of my son for whom we could not do anything, write Inderjit and Margaret.
With Cadel, sporting celebrity turns full cycle
With his second-placing in the Tour de France – which ended this morning on the Champs Elysees (with the Arc de Triomphe as a fitting backdrop) – Cadel Evans became the first Australian to earn himself a podium finish in cycling’s greatest race.
Australia punching well above its weight in international research
Data released this week by Thomson Scientific, show that on a per capita basis, Australia and Canada are neck and neck in leading the world in research publication output. Crikey has the figures.
How to fast-track career success: Rule One
After much soul searching, we’ve made the decision to share our ten rules for fast track career success to help the many hopeful executives out there to improve their profile, accelerate their income and fast-track that success they so richly deserve, write Barry Nosworthy and Bruce Hardy esq.
Bennelong gone. Kooyong now marginal?
The very idea that Kooyong could ever be held by the Labor party would surely have Sir Robert Menzies turning in his grave. But this morning’s Newspoll showing voting intentions by State puts the current incumbent, Liberal Petro Georgiou, well and truly in the marginal category.
HBOS goes for the big four
It’s not the quite the big bang Australian’s banking cartel have been dreading, but HBOS this morning at least lit the fuse by declaring its east cost strategy.
The Economy: The Tyranny of Distance
Raising national productivity is a difficult matter. The Committee for the Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) has tackled road transport, one might imagine an arcane and highly technical matter.
Who decided we should become a military power?
Brendan Nelson and the “blood for oil” controversy have mostly obscured the real importance of Thursday’s defence statement: the commitment to continuing Australia’s military buildup. In addition to the huge increases of recent years, John Howard promised a 3% annual increase in defence spending for the next ten years.
Brendan Nelson: special subject, the bleeding obvious
That John Howard has steadfastly refused to link oil and the invasion of Iraq has only been influential in undermining his own credibility, writes Richard Farmer.
Security begins at home
Few prime ministerial policy statements are so comprehensively previewed in the press as the defence directions John Howard is outlining today. Perhaps this is all to do with homeland defence – or home turf defence.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Crikey Says – 5 July, 2007
Has oil got anything to do with the war in Iraq? What a difference three and a half years can make.
The terror script changes
Australian police are continuing to question the Gold Coast Hospital registrar over the failed car bombings in London and Glasgow, but the usual terror script isn’t being followed. The dynamics are different.
The Economy: RBA meets as global inflation rises
Last Friday saw Australia’s equity markets close up 30% (including dividends) for the year. This marks the forth year of annual returns above 20%. Surely it doesn’t get any better than this? But could it get much worse?
2006 census confirms multiculturalism is alive and well
The Howard Government may have dropped the dreaded “M” word from its official nomenclature. But 2006 census figures reveal that multiculturalism is alive and well in the community, writes Irfan Yusuf.
What Telstra isn’t telling you about WiMAX
Telstra continues to spread doubt about fixed wireless technologies to protect its own legacy copper network and its very expensive new 3G network, writes Peter Rossi, Chief Technology Officer of Clever Communications Australia.
