It’s time for some unpalatable facts about petrol, writes Glenn Dyer.
Petrol prices
The AFL is quietly doing its homework on the NRL
If the AFL snaps up ANZ stadium, the financial situation of some NRL clubs might be able to get worse, writes Jeff Wall.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
When did we lose the capacity for serious and complex discussion of intricate and difficult issues?
Rudd and Nelson playing Chicken Little on petrol prices
Australians might be shocked at the price of petrol, but lowering the tax is like King Canute commanding the tides to turn, argues Steve Keen, Professor of Economics at the University of Western Sydney.
Parliament resumes: Time for the Opposition to shine
Estimates is also the one arena in which the Prime Minister’s control freakery can’t work. And that’s the the Opposition could have some fun, writes Bernard Keane.
Barns: Henson a victim of abuse of process
Bill Henson is the victim of vigilantism and a police force seeking to utilise the criminal law in a way that borders on abuse of process, writes Greg Barns.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
The Henson fracas … the politics of petrol … the Liberal Party … Mal Brough … inflation and children … tax and babies … Ted Kennedy …
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
The politics of the surging cost of oil … Tania Zaetta … Wollongong’s “table of knowledge” … rorting surgical billing … tax cheats and tax babies …
Milne: Oil price rising — how surprising!
As Einstein said, you cannot solve a problem with the same thinking that created it, and that’s a reasonable starting point for tackling peak oil, argues Greens Senator Christine Milne.
Fuel for thought: Airlines and car makers adapt to surging oil prices
It seems big business, especially the US car industry and the aviation industry, is rapidly getting the message that high oil and petrol prices are here to stay, writes Glenn Dyer
Oil surges as the US Federal Reserve prepares for recession
Another surge in world oil prices to beyond $US133 a barrel have strengthened the latest economic forecast by the Federal Reserve that the US is in recession, writes Glenn Dyer.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
Will we look back at 2008 and wonder whether this was the moment in time that people and politics woke to the possibility that something had to change?
Time for the price of fuel to rise above politics
Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan might have picked a seriously bad time to talk about keeping grocery and petrol prices down, writes Bernard Keane.
Are Jaspan and Walker triangulating against St Kilda?
Why is The Age so determined to run down a bayside Melbourne council, asks Peter Logan?
Woolies continues to ride the retail boom
A cautious first quarter sales report from the country’s biggest retailer, Woolworths but one that makes clear the retail boom we’ve been experiencing since the start of the year is alive and well and high petrol prices are no longer bugbear; while inflation seems to be easing for the retail giant, writes Glenn Dyer.
