Read the email Victorian Public Transport Minister Lynne Kosky sent to caucus colleagues at 11am today, announcing she had quit politics.
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What’s in the Google phone?
Hackers have infiltrated Google’s uber-hyped new phone, Nexus One, to find out exactly what the gadget will have to offer. So far, they’ve turned up a light sensor, an accelerometer, a WiFi/Bluetooth/FM radio, a magnetic compass and a 5MP camera with autofocus and flash.
Copenhagen will lead to 3C rise
A confidential UN document obtained by the Guardian says the emissions cuts offered in Copenhagen so far will lead to a 3C rise in global temperatures. Despite a $100b pledge by the US last night, talks are still at a standstill.
Iran has its finger on the nuclear trigger
Secret documents obtained by the Times reveal Iran is working on a “a neutron initiator” — the final key component of a nuclear bomb that triggers an explosion.
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The Google phone
It’s official: Google is making its own smart phone. It’s called “Nexus One”. It will be out in January. It looks like this. It’s pretty awesome.
Copenhagen in disarray over leaked document
Already the scandals are hitting the Copenhagen conference, with a document leaked to The Guardian outlining a draft climate change agreement by rich countries including UK, US and Denmark. And developing countries are pissed.
Detainee 063: Follow a Guantanamo interrogation in real-time
Detainee 063 is the shocking, real interrogation log of Guantanamo Bay prisoner Mohammed al-Qahtani. The entries are being blogged and tweeted in real-time, seven years after they took place.
A grand history of White House gatecrashers
Last week, a pair of DC socialites managed to gatecrash a White House state dinner. But according to leaked documents, the Secret Service has a long history of security breaches, with many previously unknown cock-ups revealed.
The Republican guide to blocking progress
Republican Senator Judd Gregg has penned a how-to manual for holding up health care reform in the US, and HuffPo has the full document. Someone please CC to Tony Abbott.
Turnbull vs. Bishop: the email flame war
Malcolm Turnbull and Julie Bishop have had a bitter falling out, with Turnbull accusing her of voting against him in the leadership ballot. The ABC has the leaked emails in which he also accuses her of making “scathing attacks” on Abbott behind his back.
The EU plan to split Jerusalem
Hareetz has got its hands on a document drafted by the European Union calling for the division of Jerusalem between Israel and a future Palestinian state, indicating it would support a unilateral Palestinian declaration of statehood.
VCA accidentally leaks its own website attacking critics
The Victorian College of the Arts has thrown an independent review on the institution’s future into chaos by inadvertently publishing an attack on its critics on a leaked website.
Wikileaks releases 500,000 9/11 pager
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Wikileaks has half-a-million intercepted pager messages sent on 9/11 — including Pentagon and New York Police Department exchanges — and it’s releasing them here now, synchronised with the actual time each message was sent.
The real cost of Afghanistan
Documents leaked to the LA Times show the Pentagon calculate the 40,000-troop surge in Afghanistan being pushed for by military commanders would cost $30-35 billion — at least $750,000 a person.
How to catch a taxi: the News Ltd way
News Limited headquarters in Sydney has struck a “preferred deal” with Legion Cabs, which has locked out other cab providers, meaning staff often wait 30 minutes for a Legion cab to arrive because they are not allowed to get into other cabs.
Twas the month before Christmas and all through the ABC…
Silly season stories, they’re the seaonal bane of every newsroom. At the ABC, they even have an elaborate mythology about it, as this internal memo explains.
How the AP got the scoop on Sarah Palin’s new book
An internal memo from the Associated Press reveals how its intrepid reporters scored and scoured a copy of Sarah Palin’s bio five days early. The reporters responsible earned themselves a cool $500 reward for securing the news agency’s “Beat of the Week”.
Documents reveal Blair’s Iraq cover-up
Documents leaked to the Telegraph have revealed Tony Blair mislead British MPs in 2002 by claiming that his goal in invading Iraq was “disarmament, not regime change” and that the military action was unplanned.
Leaked: The Lonely Planet website? We’re dubious
An internal Lonely Planet email reveals a rather amusing little prank from the publishing house’s Czech & Slovak Republics guidebook that clearly slipped past the subs.
UK plans to create Internet Piracy General with power to appoint militias, create laws
A UK government source claims a new Bill will give the Secretary of State unprecedented powers to pass laws on online piracy without debate and confer investigative and enforcement powers to record labels and movie studios, giving them access to personal information and files.
SBS: Your chance to come up with ideas for us for free!
An internal email from SBS management announces an exciting opportunity for SBS staffers: come up with some TV show ideas, which may or may not be used, and you almost certainly won’t get paid for. Where do we sign up?
More revelations from Sarah Palin’s book
The contents of Sarah Palin’s new book, Going Rogue, are beginning to leak out. Amongst the revelations, Palin claims she was hushed-up from speaking on election night and the McCain campaign slugged her with a $500k legal bill.
The axe is about to fall at Newsweek
Politico has its hands on an internal memo from Newsweek editor, Jon Meacham, informing staff that about a dozen job are about to be cut.
Crikey Says: The ATO’s business needs: lest we forget
The ATO has asked tax office managers to balance their “business needs” against a minute of silence for Remembrance Day next week.
The lost Sarah Palin speeches
Read the concession speech the Republican Party wouldn’t let Sarah Palin make after the 2008 US Presidential election, plus the victory speech she never got to make.
