Senior bureaucrat Greg Andrews won't be showing up for his Senate Estimates grilling after all. The official line from the department this morning came in the form of a sick note.
Lateline's anonymous youth worker, senior public servant Greg Andrews, has agreed to appear before the Senate Estimates committee tomorrow - so will he answer questions about his claims concerning Mutitjulu?
To follow is the next instalment in the Crikey list of concerned climate CEOs, thanks to the generous help of our very concerned readers.
Internal documents from the Business Council of Australia leaked to Crikey offer an interesting snapshot of just how action on climate change has been stalled and derailed for over a decade in the name of the economy.
John Howard told Four Corners recently "we have a lot of reservations about carbon taxes because carbon taxes are going to impose huge costs on the Australian economy." But Crikey has managed to put together a rather long list of business leaders who seem to disagree with the PM.
The media is working itself into a frenzy over Today Tonight’s teenage assault DVD scoop. But should the minors who filmed themselves degrading and abusing a teenage girl be identified?
Crikey understands that the reason for the withdrawal of Martin Chulov’s book Australian Jihad is nothing as conspiratorial as sedition, instead, it comes down to good old-fashioned contempt of court.
This morning the Treasurer trumpeted economically viable, technological solutions to the climate change problem -- but is he full of hot air?
Publishers Pan Macmillan have told Crikey that Martin Chulov's new book Australian Jihad: The battle against terrorism from within and without has been withdraw from sale for the period of "ongoing terrorism trials.” Only problem is, they can’t tell us which trials.
The flood of breast cancer publicity that followed in the wake of Kylie Minogue’s diagnosis last year came to be known as “the Kylie effect” -- so will Janette Howard’s announcement do the same for the cervical cancer cause?
