Dr Haneef’s deportation has brought back memories of my son for whom we could not do anything, write Inderjit and Margaret.
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Week in words, week in numbers
In our fabulous Friday feature, we crunch the transcripts from the Sydney 7.45am ABC News Bulletin from Monday to Friday to take 400 pages of news and current events and squish it into this tag cloud for your perusal.
NSW Libs: A goose well cooked
There’s continued speculation in the NSW Liberal Party over who will actually end up as the candidate for the should-be safe seat of Cook.
Haneef: an ugly opportunity knocks
Kevin Rudd is a capital O opportunist politician. There is little that he won’t say or do to get elected as Prime Minister later this year, and one has to interpret his and his Party’s cowardliness on the case of Mohammed Haneef over the past few weeks in this context.
Reporting standards go out the window in Haneef witchhunt
Even terror suspects have the same rights as any other individual. So New Ltd journos Lincoln Wright and Paula Doneman should apologise to Dr Haneef after incorrectly claiming he was involved in a plot to blow up a Gold Coast building.
Aboriginal history is history at Melbourne University
It is three days before uni starts back. I am bloody furious mature age student with a family, a mortgage and better things to do with my time than p-ss about with these fools running this history dept! writes an unhappy student at the University of Melbourne.
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How to fast track career success: Rule Three
Using Robert Cialdini’s Five Weapons of Influence criteria, Bruce and Barry tell readers how they’ve managed to secure such a series of high powered, influential and well remunerated roles in companies like Qintex, HIH, AWB and OneTel. Today, Rule Three.
Peter Faris: Haneef has been correctly and lawfully treated
Dr Haneef has been correctly and lawfully treated by the Australian Government, the Australian Federal Police and the courts. At every stage of his journey the decisions of the authorities have been monitored and reviewed by the courts, writes Peter Faris QC.
Andrew Bartlett: our values have never been so threatened
Yesterday, the federal government displayed its willingness to flagrantly toss aside some of the most fundamental Australian values and norms, writes Andrew Bartlett.
How to fast track career success: Rule Two
Bruce and Barry tell readers how they’ve managed to secure such a series of high powered, influential and well remunerated roles in companies like Qintex, HIH, AWB and OneTel.
The week in words and numbers
Here they are again, the key words from the Sydney 7.45am ABC News Bulletin from Monday to Friday, 400 pages of news and current events crammed into this tag cloud for your perusal.
Hillary Clinton flirts with Second Life
If Hillary Clinton’s virtual campaign HQ in Second Life is anything to go by, every effort is being expended by Clinton supporters to maximise her vote. I caught up with the chairperson of the virtual HQ, a Democrat member and mother of three from Arkansas, writes freelance tech writer David Holloway.
Tips and rumours
Joe Hockey is being courted by Jenny Craig. No joke.
Did the organisers of Make Poverty History approach the ALP offering to put the concerts in marginal electorates? Check out where it’s being held: Adelaide (Marginal Labor), Bendigo (Marginal Labor), Batemans Bay (Eden-Monaro, Marginal Liberal), Ballina (Marginal National)…that’s 4 out of 6 venues (way above the average […]
A pipe dream solution to doctor-drug company nosh-ups
Former pharamaceutical industry employee Peter Wildblood outlines how to cirucmvent the often too-cosy relationships of doctors and drug companies.
In Maningrida, fear is the real emergency
In the remote township of Maningrida in central Arnhem land the lack of communication from the federal government over its national emergency plan has led to unnecessary instability and fear and may well ensure the plan’s intended positive results become unachievable, writes Bill Fogarty.
Noel Pearson doesn’t have a clue
Better write nothing and have people question your intelligence than blog away and remove all doubt, might be the paraphrase occasioned by Noel Pearson’s blog, writes Guy Rundle.
Anonymous gossip and the death of Channel Nine
As the media belly-aches about the fines and convictions imposed on Herald Sun political correspondents Gerard McManus and Michael Harvey for refusing to dislose a source, another interesting game has begun relating to Gerald Stone’s new book, Who Killed Channel Nine?
The week in words and numbers
Take a glance at our week in words item and you’ll see that the Northern Territory was blinking in the glare of the media spotlight this week.
Trauma conference, or tax dodge piste-up?
Skiing holidays can be traumatic, not only from the unplanned contact with rocks, trees, and fellow skiers, but from the cost of lift passes, accommodation, and a glass of beer at your favourite off-piste ale-house. A ski resort, therefore, is the ideal venue for a trauma conference. One might call it immersion learning.
The week in words, the week in numbers
For our time poor readers, here’s our weekly week in words and numbers item.
