It appears that everything that Kookaburra, Peter Cousens’ new National Musical Theatre Company, touches (or indeed, everything that touches them) turns into a flap of feathers and ends in a nest falling dramatically and violently.
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Kevin’s Jetstar Bali stopover
Crikey put in a call to the PM’s press office this morning to ask if the Australian delegation would be travelling on a commercial flight or adding to emissions by using one of the VIPs. We’re still waiting for the call back.
Give globalization a chance
Chinese, Arabs, Indians and Mexicans are not portrayed in the media as being the economic winners of globalization, but increasingly they are, writes Matt Marks.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Political appointments … conservative warriors unite to sink Turnbull … Rudd’s new Ministry … the Monk’s not mad … Flint on Nelson …
Remaking Australia, part four: Miriam Lyons
In a special post-election series, Crikey asked leading Australian thinkers to sketch a blueprint for a future Australia. Today, Miriam Lyons, Director of the Centre for Policy Development, takes a look at remaking Australian culture, for want of a smaller topic.
Eric Beecher — Walkley Award for Journalism Leadership
Crikey proprietor (the boss behind Boss) Eric Beecher was last night honoured at the 2007 Walkley Awards with a special Walkley for journalist leadership. We have the speech and the tribute video.
Crikey errs in saying “sack ‘em all”
Despite its acquisition by Eric Beecher, Crikey maintains a propensity to go a tad too far in the character assassination stakes every now and then, writes Ian Smith.
Crikey’s political lookalikes
New faces in Australian politics, but haven’t we seen them somewhere else before?
Wheatley resists temptation to roll the dice
Glenn Wheatley will stay in jail for another eleven months after his legal team pulled the plug on his appeal yesterday in the Victorian Court of Appeal. Wheatley’s barrister Robert Richter QC stormed past waiting media outside the court and refused to comment on the decision. However, legal sources have told Crikey that Justice Chernov should not have sat on the appeal, reports Chris Seage.
What Alexander Downer really thinks of Penny Wong
A rumour has been doing the rounds since election weekend that Alexander Downer made some disparaging comments about Labor Senator Penny Wong into an open mike when he was waiting for his Insiders interview last Sunday.
The Liberals call in the doctor
Former Labor Party member and union boss Brendan Nelson has been elected Liberal Party leader this afternoon in Canberra, 45 votes to 42. Western Australian Julie Bishop has been elected as his deput, writes Christian Kerr.
We did everything as sensibly as we could, says REX
REX can’t wait for the ATSB to investigate its recent single engine flight from Wagga Wagga to Sydney, writes Ben Sandilands.
Education, economics at forefront of Rudd ministry
Education, employment and economics are at the forefront of the Ministry just announced by Kevin Rudd in Canberra, writes Christian Kerr.
Remaking Australia, part three: John Carroll
In a special post-election series, Crikey asked leading Australian thinkers to sketch a blueprint for a future Australia. Today, Today, sociologist John Carroll looks at Australia’s place in the world.
The Monk’s not mad
Tony Abbott might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but he is a decent bloke, writes Christian Kerr.
From the desk of Dave Grooper MHR
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Does Garrett have competition for the Arts job?
An ALP insider has told Crikey that Bob McMullan is likely to be the new Arts Minister under a Rudd Labor Government. What would he be like? wonders Nicholas Pickard.
The NT intervention is unravelling: Altman
Fortunately, the full intervention fiasco has only been rolled out to a handful of communities. This was because of incompetence resulting from lack of adequate consultation and reluctance to collaborate with effective community-based Indigenous organizations. So calling an immediate moratorium on the intervention and urgently reviewing its workability and sustainability would make good policy sense, writes Jon Altman.
A bad time to win government? The economists’ view
With inflation hitting the top of the RBA’s target band and continued fragility in US markets, Crikey asked a panel of leading economists if now is a bad time to win government.
Remaking Australia, part one: Eva Cox
As the election hangover fades and a new government packs itself into Parliament House, we have a chance to remake the nation for a new century. In a special post-election series, Crikey asked leading Australian thinkers to sketch a blueprint for a future Australia. Their brief: to spell out how Australia might fully realise its potential.
Liberal leadership: The contenders
Who should be leader of the opposition? Perhaps we should first ask why anyone would want the job?
Guess who’s coming to Canberra: let us know
Forget about who will be in the ministry. It is much more interesting to think about who may be in ministerial offices or pushing the policy program paperwork up from the departments, writes Christian Kerr.
The collective wisdom of Crikey
Far from being a mob of raving lefties, Crikey readers showed they are quite a conservative lot with their entries in our 2007 Federal Election Competition and quite good judges to boot, writes Richard Farmer.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
Which is all very well, except now we get Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister. For three years. Had anyone thought that through?
How John Howard forgot the fundamentals
There is no one great mass in politics. There are competing interest groups individuals identify themselves with – but individuals are the building blocks. This campaign, John Howard has forgotten that. If he loses, this will be why, writes Christian Kerr.
