News doesn’t stop just cause journos are on holidayMany world events have happened in late December, like Israel invading Gaza in ‘08 and the Asian tsunami of ‘04. Yet the media make fools of themselves every year with their early December end-of-year summaries, writes Charles Richardson.
Summer holidays
Gittins: Take a holiday, get a life
It seems that our average lazy beach holiday isn’t enough of an overt example of conspicuous consumption these days and people aren’t taking their annual leave, but instead cash it out. Stop being stupid, says Ross Gittins.
Business regulation: what a difference being in government makes
When are political parties anti-business? When are they the batters’ friend? It appears that being in government may make a crucial difference, writes Christian Kerr.
