As a handy reference point for today’s Environment portfolio smackdown which is now airing on Sky News, Crikey thought it appropriate to publish the Climate Institute’s latest polling on how important the environment issue is to voters in the all important marginals.
Sky News
When is a news site not a news site?
When is a news site not a news site, and when is it propaganda? In these days of blurry lines, journalists need to be careful, writes Margaret Simons.
Campaign lite
Rudd’s a sneaky bunny. Quote of the Day. Small man syndrome. The “spasm”. Out of the ears of babes.
The poll that matters: rating the great debate
Just under 3 million people watched the leaders’ debate last night, with 60 Minutes and the worm scoring the biggest audience, writes Glenn Dyer.
Right To Know puts its money where its mouth is
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.
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.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Crikey got it wrong on Sky News voting … Big Brother finale voting above board … Nicola Roxon, Emily’s List and junk food … Haneef : Where do we draw the line? … a sharper political antennae …
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 […]
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.
