Janet Albrechtsen, columnist for The Australian, rang John Howard’s office before she had even written her column about why it was time for him to step down last week, to let him know what was coming. How do we know all this? Because it’s right there in the pages of The Australian today.
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Tips and rumours
The new anti porn filter has more than a few problems with it. If you install it on a computer with some type of filter already on it, it stops working. To uninstall it you need a code from the Government, problem is they can’t give it to you because they don’t have the number […]
Aspirational APECism: the PM’s vision for climate change
‘The Sydney Declaration.’ Has a nice statesman-like ring to it doesn’t it? But the Prime Minister’s promised APEC climate change declaration is looking hollower by the day, with many key players dismissing the PM’s pronouncements and instead looking ahead to the Framework Convention on Climate Change meeting in Bali this December, writes Sophie Black.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
What is the true motive behind the Federal Government’s Northern Territory intervention?
New Matilda / Monday, 2 November 2009
Newspaper editors’ new schtick appears to be giving column inches to commentators whose words are controversial, but intellectually barren, says Jason Wilson. It may pull in more readers, but ultimately, it damages the masthead.