While high roller Chia Teck sits in jail for embezzlement, is the next target the casinos, including Melbourne’s Crown Casino, which pocketed his pots of cash? Crikey gambling correspondent Andrew W Scott investigates.
Largesse
There’s more than one way to fill a super account
Contrary to the opinion of his opponents, John Howard has not robbed from the poor to give to the rich, says Nicholas Gruen.
John Howard — still the Captain
The tacticians of the Liberal Party might be stressing the importance of the Government team but Prime Minister John Howard is leaving no one in any doubt about who is the captain, writes Richard Farmer.
Filling the pork trough with a little Laura Norder
My thanks today to Barbara and Mick for drawing my attention to the front page of this week’s Blue Mountains Gazette where the Liberal Member for Macquarie Kerry Barlett is reported as announcing a $60,000 Commonwealth grant for CTV camera’s and street lighting for Katoomba’s main streets.
Howard spins the gravy like Herr Warne
The pre-election gravy train keeps chugging along with six recent promises by the Prime Minister adding $1,292,026,700 to the list of projects announced by the Prime Minister on is campaign jaunts around the country, writes Richard Farmer.
