Who leaked to Laurie? Why we may never know. The inside word on Greg Moriarty. Plagiarism at Fairfax. Eurovision is just geopolitics dressed up in sequins. Is Mamamia up for sale? The great MH370 cover-up. The Saturday Paper says sorry. How Abbott can become the real infrastructure PM. And stop the hipsters: onesies banned by Immigration.
BOM climate scientists under attack. Keane: what does Abbott stand for? Regional newsrooms close. Rundle: how the right is eating itself. What the world’s media are saying about Tony “nope, nope, nope” Abbott. Bill Leak fires back at the RSL: “I won’t be backing down”. Labor’s new president. Our Eurovision drinking game. And Crikey’s Daily Review leaves the nest.
Keane: the great superannuation rort. Are criminals really funding terror groups? Not quite (NB: News Corp and Fairfax) … Rundle: how the latte-sippers and chardonnay-swillers made a comeback. Myanmar’s refugee crisis: the biggest exodus since Vietnam. Poll Bludger dissects that “budget bounce”. And young person discovers phone book, freaks out.
Why the govt’s small business write-off is not worth much at all. Rundle: you can now blame Brandis for every bad musical. The ABC blocks protesting climate scientists. Keane: what’s the game plan with Islamic State? Sacked SBS journo to test the limits of workplace law. Beecher: how Murdoch controls his minions. And the ‘Eastern bloc’ Greens bite back.
How Labor can get its mojo back: Rundle’s tips for Bill Shorten. Essential: turns out there was no budget bounce. Product placement on SBS? Ice is a bargain -- that’s what makes it dangerous. Did the Tele break the rules by interviewing a juror? Razer on last night’s Mad Men finale. Was MH370 hacked? And get real: why Mad Max is no feminist masterpiece.
Revealed: that time the Coalition encouraged double dipping. The rise of junket journalism (we’re looking at you, the Oz). Latham’s one-man culture war. How the papers pump up their sales figures. The Vic govt’s sham inquiry? Beecher on media power. Art as government propaganda (hat-tip George Brandis). And Labor’s own Crikey goes live.
Keane’s budget week in review. Are we really headed for a double dissolution? Turnbull staffer charged with indecency. Is SBS breaching its charter? Shock! Shorten favours policy over spin in budget reply. Has Cory Bernardi been given the heave-ho? Rundle: Labo(u)r’s coming nightmare. A new home for the consensus centre? And Kyle and Jackie O blow it.
Keane: who lives on Planet Tax? The Coalition, actually. Why Hockey’s bullish China fantasy won’t save us. Rundle: first they came for the halal eaters … Weak wages growth already undermining rosy budget narrative. The MP staffer who is no fan of Abbott’s budget. A mysterious job loss at the ABC. And Barnaby Joyce, dog killer?
Budget 2015, the aftermath: how international tax-dodgers became this budget’s big winner. We track the infrastructure PM’s track-record. Behold! HMAS Barnacle. Brandis’ big “up yours” to artists. Do we actually want to be a small business nation? Plus: David Speers wears polka dots, where the punters partied, and what the papers said.
Budget 2015: the Coalition embraces big government, Hockey’s happy -- but we’re not sure why, and more gloomy forecasts ahead. PLUS: inside the Treasurer’s budget fantasy land. What happens when the Australian media get locked up with no internet for a day. And budget quirks and oddballs: we read right to the end, and picked out the weirdest bits (prepare for quite the chicken levy hike).
