Putting debt through the spin cycleIn 18 months Kevin Rudd and co have managed to get our national debt to a whopping one fifth of a trillion dollars. Prepare to watch Wayne Swan spin out of control with this budget, writes John Izzard.
Ross Greenwood
Mayne: Paid journalists’ session improves NAB AGM
The National Australia Bank went into uncharted waters at yesterday’s AGM in Brisbane, by paying journalists to conduct a 50-minute pre-meeting discussion with chairman Michael Chaney and CEO Cameron Clyne.
Tips and rumours: The media’s RBA interest rate bloopers
The Today Show … lazy firefighters … Gunns …
Ray Martin: Gun for hire
Anyone reading the Friday morning papers might think it was big news: Ray Martin had left Nine. In reality, he’s just helped Nine management and the owners, CVC and James Packer, make a $1.2 million cost saving, writes Glenn Dyer.
