Sports fans are bracing for the worst as sports and justice chiefs dropped a bombshell today: allegations of the widespread and systematic use of performance-enhancing drugs in Australian sport.
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KATE LUNDY
The case for more women in sport — on and off the field
Senator Kate Lundy says the real challenge for the Australian Sports Commission is not how much funding it’s handing out, but how it can spend it effectively.
READ MOREWhere arts and policy meet in the digital sphere
The Gillard government is embarking on a “digital culture public sphere” consultation as a part of its national cultural policy development. Kate Lundy talks to Crikey about what it is and why we should care.
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Politicians should be fit, and by god we should know it
After Tony Abbott’s 14 hour ironman triumph on Sunday, Nicola Roxon had the nerve to suggest that Abbott’s fitness regime was eroding his time for policy formation. Not true. Abbott’s continuing Australia’s fine tradition of sporty politicians, writes Kim Crow.
READ MORETips and rumours: The funny side of oligarchic duopolies
Why aren’t Wooworths being open about the fact that the locally owned Thomas Dux ‘corner stores’ are actually a Woolies company? Plus, it is a civil liberty to fly around the country anonymously?
READ MORETaking on China, Google also warms to Australian filter fight
Google will challenge communications minister Stephen Conroy on the effectiveness of the planned filter and his claims that it won’t impact web browsing speed.
READ MORELabor Senator Kate Lundy speaks out against mandatory internet censorship
At least one member of the federal government stands opposed to mandatory internet censorship — and she’s prepared to fight for it.
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