Yesterday, Sports Minister Kate Ellis arm-wrestled with pro-wrestler Hulk Hogan. No really; it was for charity. And the undercard bout between Nick ”the Refrigerator” Minchin and Malcolm “the Merchant Banker” Turnbull was just as vicious, reports Annabel Crabb.
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Sport funding torn between going for gold and going for guts
The long-awaited Crawford Review of Australian sport has called the bluff of successive Australian governments and proposed a re-weighting of sports funding away from elite Olympic sports toward grassroots participation.
Youth still to be seen but not heard
Joshua Smith explains how much youth “consultation” is really occurring in Parliament, thanks to his experiences at last week’s body image launch. Were students being used as a nice crowd backdrop for the media, rather than listening to any of their ideas?
Australia’s real body image problem: pretending we’re not fat
42% of all Australian women over 18 are overweight or obese; 4% are underweight. Before worrying about Photoshopped images of super-skinny models, there is — literally — a much bigger problem to tackle, says Virginia Haussegger.
Mia Freedman: My surreal day in parliament with supermodels and Kevin
Mia Freedman reflects on the day she went to Canberra, hung out with ‘Kevin’ in the PM office, gave a speech to a press conference and then presented a report on body image to Kate Ellis in front of 60 waiting media. Just another day at the office? Not quite.
Why won’t Kate Ellis have a chat with the yoof of today?
If there’s one part of public policy that needs attention, it is youth policy, since they will be affected by the society stuff ups we’ve created. Too bad that Kate Ellis, Minister for Youth, seems to be all talk, no action, writes Ben Eltham>.
Kate Ellis and the youth roundtable that wasn’t
On Wednesday, leading youngsters were flown to Canberra for a “roundtable” discussion with youth minister Kate Ellis. But the Minister failed to show, nothing was launched and the delegates were shuffled around the corridors of power before being banished from the premises.
Parliamentary fashion — the Midwinter Ball
Who was the fairest of them all? Annette Sharp assesses the competition between Kate Ellis and Therese Rein.
Sporting administrators must look beyond male, white and straight
The news this week that the AFL is to incorporate ongoing training to boot homophobia out of the code has had an enthusiastic response not only locally but overseas as well, writes Rob Mitchell.
Australia’s Kate Ellis wins Oscar for her portrayal of a Cabinet minister
Today, Sports Minister in the Rudd Government Kate Ellis won an Oscar for her portrayal of a Cabinet minister. Walter Slurry. was there to see history in the making.
Stephen Smith & Kate Ellis: 2008’s sexiest politicians
And don’t they look swell together?
Liberal Students get decisive on student unionism
Liberals have this hang up about voluntary student unionism. The your ones especially so, writes Bernard Keane.
Rudd the shock jock — whatever happened to Bonhoeffer?
If the concern were really about safety and sexual abuse, Ellis and Rudd and Brumby and rest of them would point out that most abuse actually takes place in ordinary suburban homes, writes Jeff Sparrow.
Barns: Forget Henson, a bigger menace plagues the playground
Every day of the week our political leaders allow children to be abused at schools right around Australia, because they sanction the sophisticated and relentless efforts of fast food and soft drink companies to market to children through the education system and sport, writes Greg Barns.
Kevin’s Gate Part One: The Leader muses…
Government insider Walter Slurry has forwarded several extracts from the secret pillow diaries of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. A fascinating insight into the subconscious of power.
Nelson and Costello sitting in a tree
Nelson and Costello sat apart from their Labor colleagues, exchanging discreet jokes and smiles, a touching scene. They look good together, writes Bernard Keane
The murky world of elite sports funding
Why, in a small country do we have three levels of sport funding, and worse, competition and duplication between levels – particularly the State institutes/academies? Writes Dr James Connor.
H.G.’s Golden Nuggets: goodbye to all this
Eighteen hours of Olympic television coverage reinforces the idea that sitting on the lounge doing bugger all, while stuffing your face with take away food, is in fact good for you, writes H. G. Nelson.
Kate Ellis, the Claytons Minister for Binge Drinking?
Why wasn’t Kate Ellis, the relevent Minister central to the Government’s binge drinking crackdown, consulted about the development of the package? asks Bernard Keane.
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