With the lockdown of Sydney’s CBD on in earnest today, what a great time to hold a public hearing into an application by City Rail to lift fares by 20 cents, and weekly passes by up to $3.
Machiavellian
Geoffrey Cousins, all is forgiven
For a supposedly close mate of the Prime Minister, Telstra director Geoffrey Cousins appears to have joined his colleagues in going native although in his case the issue is Malcolm Turnbull’s approval of the Gunns pulp mill, writes Stephen Mayne.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Crikey Says – 21 August, 2007
Overnight Fairfax sacked their star, Walkley-winning blogger Jack Marx for suggesting that Kevin Rudd might be capable of maintaining an er-ction. Whether this assertion may have provided a long-awaited point of difference with John Howard is moot, the issue is rather one of editorial timidity.
Brough schedules Tiwi showdown on Show Day
Mal Brough’s decision to hold a meeting with Tiwi traditional owners to finalise the 99-year lease of Nguiu on Bathurst Island during the Darwin Show is a Machiavellian one.
