A unique fundraising event on the weekend for an embattled former public servant has highlighted the softer side of the Right To Know coalition, writes Andrew Dodd.
Sky News
Howard stands firm, Costello festers
It’s Politics 101. Practical Politics. The PM hasn’t taken the hints from last week. So some senior Liberal figures have gone and talked to journalists to ratchet up the pressure, writes Christian Kerr.
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Tips and rumours
A PEP talk? As well as TPG still circling Coles, Pacific Equity Partners have had several meetings with Wesfarmers regarding Kmart. The word is that PEP are trying to merge the Warehouse Group from NZ with Kmart.
Defence contractors and racial discrimination exemptions. A friend of mine who had been working at Tidbinbilla lost his job […]
The transcripts the PM rejects
Transcripts missing from the PM’s website:
Costello still good for a private equiteer laugh amidst the gloom
With 10-year bond yields dipping back under 5% last night, Wesfarmers might prove lucky with its timing in taking over Coles just when the private equiteers found money a little harder to come by
Nine’s passing parade: Where are they now?
In the interests of reminding readers what a classy bunch of people have gone, one way or another, from Nine since 2000-2001, here’s a rough list of people ”boned”, one way or another, by the changed management from 2001 onwards.
Fear and loathing in the Northern Territory
On a road trip through the top end from Alice Springs to Darwin, Crikey passed through a number of Aboriginal townships that were hesitant and wary about the PM’s plan, writes Bob Gosford.
