The blogosphere looks at the winners and losers in Malcolm Turnbull’s cabinet appointments.

Pulling apart the latest polling results and what they say about Turnbull’s ascension to the Liberal leadership.

Coming to terms with the global financial crisis.

The US government bailout of AIG is the latest rupture in the global economy.

The political blogs chew over the Turnbull ascendency and what it might mean for the Liberal party.

The Liberal Party has dumped Brendan Nelson in favour of Malcolm Turnbull. Australian political blogs pull apart the past 24 hours in the Liberal party leadership stoush.

No sooner had New Orleans breathed a sigh of relief as Hurricane Gustav went away, than Hurricane Ike arrived on the scene.

We dish the goss in our weekly roundup of celebrity nonsense.

The announcement of two new appointments to the National Curriculum Board has stirred up ‘the history wars’ yet again.

So in Geneva today a bunch of scientists get to press the big red button of doom and start up the large hadron collider. Will it be the end of the world as we know it?

Fairfax has sparked up the debate in Australia, but across the globe journalists and publishers are grappling with the future of news.

NSW lost a Premier, WA had an election, both NSW and SA had by-elections - and that’s all in the last four days. Here’s a bumper roundup of political blogs talking about Oz politics.

From Beyonce to Britney and of course Lilly versus Elton - welcome to the trash wrap.

“I’m just trying to breathe in and breathe out and remember that no matter what happens, I will still be the vice presidential candidate of the Republican Party right up until we WIN. After all, it’s not like they can FIRE me.”

Call it climate change, call it plain old drought, the Murray Darling problem isn’t going away. We round up some blog reactions to the plight of rural Australia.

Literary and political bloggers discuss information gatekeepers, journalism and blogging.

America’s taken a break from the election to turn worried eyes on New Orleans and tropical storm Gustav. We round up blog reactions from the city which is still rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina.

We wrap up the week in celeb gossip each Friday for your edification.

Bloggers react to the latest on the electricity privatisation battle in NSW.

Yesterday’s announcement of Fairfax job cuts across Australia and NZ has gotten strong reactions from newpaper and blog commenters.

Farewell Beijing, hello London. The UK looks foward to hosting the 2012 Olympics.

The Australian has yet again attacked bloggers with an opinion piece by former Crikey writer Christian Kerr which has predictably set the cat amongst the bloggers.

We pick apart the week’s gossip for your entertainment.

Changes to Victoria’s laws to decriminalise abortion have got the blogosphere talking.