The Olympics … the Murray Darling Basin … electric cars … Paul Keating …
Beijing Olympics
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Tips and rumours
I heard last night that the departure of George Wright from the Prime Minister’s Office is likely to set in train some other departures — most of them not voluntary. Wright was the best appointment to the PM’s office since the election. He is very respected. His leaving is a big disappointment to many in the government […]
Essayette: Capitalist autocracy is a corruption, not the future
The rise of China and Russia has prompted a new and widespread version of self-loathing in the west, writes Bernard Keane.
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Paul Keating … the Beijing Olympics … Facebook … water buybacks … Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn …
The track is still Australia’s field of dreams
With just 12 Olympic champions ever in althletics, the track will pose Australia’s sternest Olympic test, writes Charles Happell.
A sneak preview of the Beijing 08 Opening Ceremony
Spoiler alert!
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Give Tamsyn a break! … Grocery Watch is useless … Google Street View and privacy.
China diary: On a clear day, you can see Beijing
‘This was not the China we loved, this was just another city like all the others.’ Crikey’s China watcher takes the bus to Beijing.
The IOC is not nice. We knew that, didn’t we?
The IOC knew all along that they would, but thought it convenient to lie about it. Quelle surprise. By Bernard Keane.
And the Wankley Award goes to … swimming’s Posh n Becks
This week’s Wankley Award concerns media feeding frenzy around the split of very photogenic pair Olympic swimmers Stephanie Rice and Eamon Sullivan.
The Great Firewall of China: how it works, how to bypass it
Now that it’s getting in the way of the Olympics coverage, everyone in the world is getting indignant over the Great Firewall of China. Stilgherrian gives a guided tour.
The torch: we did but see it passing by. In a bus.
When is a torch relay not a torch relay? When its the relay for the beijing Games. In Chiina, an anonymous ex-pat tries to catch a glimpse.
Media briefs: Olympics journos face problems
They’re “bloggers”, so it’s new … Olympics: journalists face harassment … New inroads for citizen journalists.
WYD was just a warm-up, here comes Beijing 08
For those of us sick of the media acting as uncritical cheerleaders of absurd ideologies – or even those who’d just like to see some actual news get reported — WYD was just a warm-up. Say hello to the Beijing Olympics, writes Bernard Keane.
The Olympic gold medal factory that’s still a secret
It’s a tiny boatshed unknown to most Melburnians, let alone Australian, that has been rich source of Olympic gold medals for Australian rowers, writes Adam Schwab.
Our Beijing ban: so much for Olympic spirit
In trying to reverse a series of laughably bad track-and-field results at recent Games, AA has come up with a plan so cockeyed that it leaves itself open to more derision, writes Charles Happell.
Torch protest: who’ll be there, from Amway up
With that many Tibet supporters and detractors and Amway salespeople in the one place, there’s likely to be a scuffle or two, writes Cam Smith.
Your Olympic torch relay questions answered
There’s more to the Olympic torch relay than meets the eye. Thomas Hunter investigates.
How to extinguish an Olympic torch
If pro-Tibetan protesters are hoping to douse the Olympic torch they’ll need to be creative about it, writes Thomas Hunter.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
Everything is going splendidly on the Olympic Torch Relay. Just lovely thanks.
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Babcock & Brown … Mark Latham … China, Tibet and the Olympics … the hermaphrodic Nats/Libs merger … Iraq … NSW Cabinet …
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
What will we do when the Olympic torch comes to Australia?
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Olympic radio rights …. Four Corners and the Liberals … Brendan Nelson: Mr 9% … inflation … foreign investment … Crikey’s editorial …
ABC gazumped on Olympic radio rights?
The Olympic radio rights are set to go to Fairfax Radio, writes Glenn Dyer.
