Chaser boys Dominic Knight and Chris Taylor discuss the media frenzy surrounding their ‘Make a Realistic Wish’ skit and acknowledge that maybe Chaser outstayed its TV welcome.
Brisbane writers festival
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Name the federal outlay that increased by 24.9% in the past financial year … Emergency housing? Aged care? Coastal surveillance? Nursing education? No, none of the above. The answer’s probably obvious when you think about it: advertising.
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How to influence the opinion polls, a user’s guide.
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Last week Crikey published research conducted by Liberal Party pollsters Crosby/Textor, research that paints a grim picture of the party’s electoral position. Today after receiving various legal threats from Crosby/Textor we will be removing that document from our website. However Crikey refuses, as Crosby/Textor have also demanded, to reveal the source of the document, nor will we be refraining from further commentary based on the findings of the research.
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Luciano Pavarotti is dead. Why does this resonate? Because the life of Pavarotti is an allegory for our time, our decadent decline made flesh.







