Independent SA senator Nick Xenophon’s motion for a Senate inquiry into pilot training and standards was carried yesterday and has generated strong expressions of support from Australian pilots, writes Ben Sandilands.
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From the doors: Fielding shoots, scores!
Clichés are an important part of sporting life, giving 110%, full credit to the opposition etc — and three senators decided to celebrate with a few of their own today, reports Crikey doorsman Tiernan Kelly.
Heart Foundation tick and Coles tick go against the grain
The Heart Foundation is getting its undies in a twist about Coles using a tick on its branding. But consumers might be healthier if they let the Coles tick guide their purchases.
The ‘three imbeciles’ call a Woolies EGM to remove chairman
Woolworths CEO Roger Corbett may be regretting getting into bed with pokies billionaire Bruce Mathieson, after his comments on ABC radio have landed both men in hot water.
SA election: Upper house a sort of democratic lottery
The new SA Legislative Council should be eight Labor, seven Liberal, two Greens, two Family First, two Xenophonites… and one seat for whoever is having a good day.
Senate inquiries: sport yes, abuse no
The Senate normally conducts inquiries into pretty much anything that takes its fancy. But it was different when the issue was Scientology.
Facebook jerks should be ignored, not legislated against
The offensive defacement last week of two Facebook pages became a minor flap in the media. Talk of an “online ombudsman” to deal with the issue is reactionary and unnecessary, says Colin Jacobs.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Mike Rann et al (and a new cagematch in the making…)
Crikey readers weigh in on Mike Rann, Queensland’s antiquated abortion laws and the My School website. Plus, Senator Nick Xenophon gives his take on an anonymous tip.
Failure to restore Racial Discrimination Act means double jeopardy for Aboriginal people
The Government should withdraw the proposed paternalistic social security legislation, pass the Greens’ Bill to reinstate the RDA and start a wider discussion on how to achieve real welfare reform.
Bill to bring new pressure to online predators
Independent South Australian senator Nick Xenophon intends to introduce a bill which would make it an offence for an adult to misrepresent their age online for the purpose of meeting minors, writes Stubborn Mule.
Mungo MacCallum: Greens and climate change … welcome back to the real world
So with a great (self-trumpeted) fanfare, the Greens have returned to the climate change debate — and about bloody time.
Woolworths reeling, when will they fold on pokies?
Never before have Woolworths chairman James Strong and CEO Michael Luscombe been forced to engage in such detail about their iniquitous 12,000-strong pokies operation.
The Week In Faith – with Abigail and Jasper
Including the Xenuphon-Hamilton Scale of Theologiclimatery-Denialistology
Bottles off to you, Nick Xzennophone!
Nick Xzennophone may come across as a bit of a mug, but at least he’s switched on enough to see a conspiracy when he sees one, writes Fake Stephen Fielding.
Xenophon didn’t go far enough: no religion should be tax free
Nick Xenophon’s attack on the tax free status Church of Scientology last night was laudable, and long overdue, but did not go nearly far enough, writes Jane Shaw.
Read the Church of Scientology’s response
Read the Church of Scientology’s response to Nick Xenophon’s attacks.
Xenophon: Scientology is a criminal
organisation
Independent Senator Nick Xenophon hit out against the Church of Scientology in a speech to Parliament yesterday, accusing the organisation of widespread abuse and criminal conduct. Read his full speech here.
Crikey Clarifier: Scientology. WTF?
Who exactly are the Scientologists and why have they suddenly come up in the news? Crikey intern Michelle Loh waded into the morass…
Swan’s Frontier moment shows just what Turnbull is up against
Nothing is left to chance with the Rudd government. No detail is too small that it can’t be deployed in the remorseless bombardment of the Opposition. Like Wayne Swan picking holes in their CPRS proposal.
Coles folds on pokies, will Woolies be next?
Those nice men from Wesfarmers, sitting in pokies-free Perth, have wilted in the face of a strong campaign over kids in venues and committed to spend millions cleaning up their gambling venues, writes Stephen Mayne.
CPRS bills succumb to a quiet defeat
The Government’s CPRS bills slipped to a quiet and deserved defeat this morning in the Senate, to much excitement here in Parliament House but, one suspects, yawning non-interest from voters.
Make the world pay: Turnbull’s carbon plan
Malcolm Turnbull today announced details of a lower-cost emissions trading scheme, which would significantly increase Australia’s reliance on overseas permits. But there’s no free lunch in reducing carbon emissions: someone has to pay.
Political snippets: The national poker machine party, organic food no healthier
The ALP and their pokie loving ways, and is organic food no healthier?
