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John van Tiggelen has claimed Good Weekend rival Ben Naparstek pays female freelancers less than males. Is he?

Using political theory, Wayne Swan’s attack on mining magnates can reveal much about how politics functions in Australia.

Anne Summers’ profile of Andrew Bolt in the October edition of The Monthly looks set to become one of the most successful commissions in editor Ben Naparstek’s 30-month reign as editor.

If the makers of At Home With Julia are looking for a sequel, then the last few days would provide plenty of illuminating material for a comedy called At Home With The Bolts.

A little look inside the bulging contact book of departing AFR deputy ed Brett Clegg.Plus, Eric Ellis claims $20,000 from The Monthly, HuffPo names and shames the wrong man and other media news.

Our hero Guy Rundle attends the London Australian Film Festival, where he learns that Germaine Greer is considering suing Morry Schwartz, John Hillcoat would love to make a romcom with Nick Cave, and Londoners serve sausage rolls with Vegemite. Hilarity ensues.

In a bizarre piece, Mandy Sayer — wife of Louis Nowra, author of the controversial Germaine Greer piece in The Monthly — fights the criticism of her husband in the media. Yes, he’s a woman-hating jerk who does all the cooking, cleaning and shopping at home. Ahem.

Crikey readers weigh in on paid maternity leave — opportunistic by Abbott to the extreme, says onw commenter. Plus, The Monthly and fat families do not equal fat dogs!

Yesterday Crikey ran an expletive laden, bile imbued, highly articulate, poisonous piece of writing by Helen Razer. And boy, it felt good. But, The Monthly, we need you to be smart and clever too.

Forget what Louis Nowra and The Monthly say, writes Helen Razor: Germaine Greer is a bright and occasionally charming old ratbag who should be revered.

Australian journos have been dobbing in publishers to Crikey’s Content Makers blog over their freelance rates. The results are in — and many aren’t pretty.

What’s a “fair” rate for freelance journalism in Australia these days? Margaret Simons wants to know. If you’re writing for one of Australia’s mainstream publications, share your knowledge.

It’s a full-time job keeping up with Keith Windschuttle — or the several people writing under that name, and offering completely contradictory accounts of history.

A nasty stoush has erupted between The Monthly magazine and freelance correspondent Eric Ellis, with legal threats being thrown by both sides after a commissioned article was spiked.

The editorial board of The Monthly is standing by its editor Ben Naparstek, despite a growing row over his October cover story.