Crikey readers weigh in on the controversy surrounding Kevin Rudd appointing Peter Costello to the Future Fund and the difficult asylum seeker debate continues.
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Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Costello and pandimensional politics
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The distressing asylum seeker debate
Strong emotions about the asylum seeker debate brings out an ugly side of the Australian character, writes one Crikey reader on the refugee hysteria. Plus, how accurate were Brian Burke and Alan Carpenter comparisons?
Tips and rumours: Who is the new Queensland Union boss? Hint: he likes Akubras
Who will replace Jan McLucas in the Senate? Hint: someone with a penchant for Akubras. Also, Rudd money niceness backfires and Quest journalists’ pay rates.
Water authority would dampen business plans
Water management shouldn’t be a tug of war between private enterprise and government. Australia needs a national water authority to manage, regulate and allocate water, writes Bruce Haigh and Kellie Tranter.
Cubbie won’t wash away govt water woes
The government is doing too little too late with water allocation in the Murray Darling Basin. Buying the controversial Cubbie Station will not improve the water woes, writes Ben Eltham.
Guy Rundle: Stay tuned for the Argonauts
The Liberal preselection process is really fielding the A-team, with Senator Bill Heffernan making an appearance on Lateline.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: NT politics, Cubbie Station and ETS
Northern Territory News responds to NT politics, and Crikey readers weigh in on Cubbie station, when the ETS should start and national security.
Mungo MacCallum: Taking the RET out of ETS
Tthe government had finally shown common sense in separating its Renewable Energy Bill from the Emissions Trading Scheme Bill, writes Mungo MacCallum.
