CPRS conspiracy theories: The Oz dons a tin-foil hatThe government is facing one of the greatest policy challenges in recent times, but instead of thoughtful, insightful and informed commentary from the national broadsheet, it’s reporting straight from the grassy knoll? suggests Sophie Black
Grassy knoll 
Bob Dylan caused the Aporkolypse
According to Wonkette, every disaster that has befallen America of late was preceded by a Bob Dylan album with suspicious lyrics… grassy knoll anyone?
Tips and rumours: Accountants cash in on stimulus payments
One tipster explains how accountants processessing stimulus payments are charging for the service, and which law firm is penalising its Brisbane and Melbourne employees for its Sydney office losses?
Tips and rumours: Q&A with the Australian Jockey Club
As an attendee of last week’s AJC Extraordinary General Meeting, one can only give it one positive spin — it lived up to its title of being “extraordinary”.
Tips and rumours
The Sydney Daily Telegraph has a scary, scary graphic charting Labor Lovin’ amongst the heavies on Macquarie Street today, but what about Canberra? Is this the Federal Cabinet with the most members who have slept with one another?
In Western Australia the Libs paid European backpackers to hand out their how-to-vote cards. At one booth, […]
Tips and rumours
Just as well the Prime Minister didn’t claim “mission accomplished” when he visited Ntaria (Hermannsburg) yesterday. His famous “medical checks” of the kids only reached 210 out of 290 of the children at the community, barely 70%.
Sensis (Telstra subsidary) staff are not being paid their personal PDP or company bonuses this year even after 8% […]
Democratic struggle not violence: Zimbabwean leader
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, currently visiting Australia, had a full round of appearances in Melbourne yesterday, including an interview with Tony Jones on Lateline and a public lecture in the evening at Melbourne University.
Tips and rumours
The end of the war. All the media nonsense about who won the store wars — Jennifer Hawkins for Myer or Megan Gale for DJs — is just a distraction. The war officially ended last week when DJs announced Q4 sales of 12.1% and a full year increase of 9%. I am a Myer supplier and was told that […]
Branson to apply double pincer movement on Virgin Blue, Qantas and Jetstar?
Is Richard Branson running a double pincer movement on Virgin Blue, Qantas and Jetstar?
An early election. Or not.
Watchers on the grassy knoll have been keeping an eye out for the next Tampa for the last six years or so. Have they spotted one in the PM’s Indigenous affairs intervention? The Man of Steel is back, some say. Will he rush to an 4 August election?
