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Iemma’s diversion: ban political donations

Caught in a pincer between the unpopularity of his government’s plans to sell parts of the NSW power industry and toxic seepage from the Wollongong City Council corruption inquiry, Premier Morris Iemma launched a circuit-breaking offensive, writes Alex Mitchell.

Scott delivers Aunty’s medicine

ABC Managing Director Mark Scott is trying to do more and more with no more resources – while limbering up to ask for a bigger share of the public purse, writes Margaret Simons.