Crikey readers on why Airbus hasn’t killed the fast train, the government’s Telstra swashbuckling, border protection (or lackthereof) and Rosemary Stanton gets into a food fight.
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Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The fast train to nowhere
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Kyle and Jackie O backlash continues
Crikey readers weigh-in on Kyle and Jackie O, the red meat health debate and the Tony Fitzgerald’s speech on corruption in Queensland.
Cake and Bindi Irwin? There are bigger gummi bears to fry
Icon of crocodile stuff, Bindi Irwin, is spruiking packet chocolate cake mix, and Rosemary Stanton isn’t happy. Nor is David Penberthy. But they’re both missing the point, writes David Gillespie.
Victoria gets ready to lift GM crop ban
Victoria’s ban on genetically modified food crops ends tomorrow with a curious briefing for journalists, writes Katherine Wilson.
Australia: #1 nanny state in the OECD
Dr Rosemary Stanton, while well-meaning, compared the consumption of trans fats to non-swimmers drowning in 1m of water, in her Crikey article Friday. An interesting analogy, however the more relevant analogy would be that Australians are currently drowning in nanny-state behaviour.
