Following the Queensland election result and yet another downturn for federal Labor in the polls, there has been talk lately about the likely make-up of the Senate should the Coalition win next year’s election in a landslide.
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What Wilkie’s pokies reform didn’t bet on: the internet
The commotion surrounding Labor’s delay of Andrew Wilkie’s pokies reform takes on different meaning when viewed through the context of the inevitable, which is that the future of gambling resides on the internet, writes Alan Kohler.
Jetstar stuff-up raises concerns over air safety diligence
Cockpit resource management failures kill people when they go wrong. They are a major cause of air disasters.
Sex, lies and nothing proved: Xenophon v the Church
Sex, lies and now the Catholic Church has released the findings of a protracted investigation into a r-pe allegation, writes Des Ryan of InDaily.
Super Thursday for AGMs with Gunns and Woolies in firing line
The AGM season formally finishes next Wednesday, November 30, and the final days will feature the traditional avalanche of penny dreadful gatherings, most of which will be missed by the media.
Media briefs: SMH turns Japanese … WaPo’s Scalia stuff-up … Daily Mail invented account …
In today’s Media Briefs: SMH sports go Japanese … NewsBeast retracts false quote … Wilkie and Xenophon tackle Nine on pokie remarks and more …
The Xenophon disclosure and a brief history of parliamentary privilege
History provides many reasons why Nick Xenophon’s decision to use parliamentary privilege to name an alleged rapist should not be applauded, writes Helen Pringle.
In naming a priest accused, Xenophon has gone too far
Nick Xenophon’s underlying compassion for the downtrodden and the abused has never seriously been questioned. But in naming a priest accused — without proof — of rape he has gone too far, writes Des Ryan of InDaily.
Political snippets: Impact of a profits tax on mining
There’s the spin and then there’s the reality.
120 more Pac Brands jobs to go … good for the shareholders
Some times you have to wonder about the thinking of company boards, and the way many in the media just lay down on the job and don’t get upset or astonished any more at some of the corporate greed and self-enriching going on.
Qantas: Katter says buy it back, Xenophon wants audit of losses
The political dimension of the Qantas restructuring had a high-noon blast-off in Canberra today when members of all parties held a press conference with key Qantas unions officials.
Expect the unexpected from a Greener Senate
It has taken the best part of a year, but the full consequences of last August’s election have now played out. History tells us to expect the unexpected.
Senate inquiry takes tougher approach on pilot training, safety
In lay language, the Senate inquiry into pilot training and airline safety has made a set of recommendations that would put Australia on the same page as American lawmakers in resisting the dangerous things desperate airlines have been doing to cut corners.
Wilkie slams internal QHA pokies “talking points”
Queensland publicans are being urged to aggressively counter Tasmanian MP Andrew Wilkie’s poker machine reforms through a series of media “talking points” circulated by industry lobbyist the Queensland Hotels Association.
Jetstar pilot contracts slammed as ‘home detention’
Independent South Australia Senator Nick Xenophon has ridiculed the new Jetstar contract for pilots as ‘treating them like Lindsay Lohan under home detention,’ reports Ben Sandilands.
A strange absence in the palm oil labelling controversy
While Malaysian industrialists and local food manufacturers were railing against food labelling, there was a convenient omission from their story.
Stacking the shelves: the home brand backlash, from pollies to rivals
As the pricing war between Coles and Woolworths heats up, there are concerns the push toward home brand products could see consumers left with less choice in their trolley. In part two of an ongoing series, Crikey examines the rise of generics — and market power.
Xenophon: Queensland’s no-insurance policy costs us all
Queensland is not “self-insured”. If it was, it wouldn’t need $5.8 billion from Commonwealth taxpayers, writes Senator Nick Xenophon.
Political snippets: Time right to call Xenophon’s bluff
Nick Xenophon clearly is enjoying his last few months of fame as he milks for all it’s worth the “will-he won’t-he” suspense about the planned Queensland flood tax.
The idiocy that is the retail billionaire tax champions
The recent $200,000 PR blitz by retailers has fallen as flat as their pre-Christmas sales.
Clash of the senatorial egos spells trouble for Telstra’s shareholders
The spat over the NBN business plan will harm Telstra shareholders more than anyone else.
Mungo MacCallum: For Gillard, banks a perfect opportunity to get on with it
Julia Gillard is there to govern and must be seen to be doing so. To be — how should one put it? — moving forward. Banks may be providing her a perfect opportunity to do so.
