Keane: why data retention is just the beginning. Adrian Bayley suppression order “went too far”. Ben Sandilands on the likely fallout from the Germanwings crash. A desperate Luke Foley plays the race card. The oddballs vying for your vote in NSW. Latham turns libertarian? Mayne: Fairfax finds a successor. And Grumpy Cat for the Greens.
Malcom Fraser’s vision for Australia: we reveal the manifesto he was working on up until his death. Oakeshott: why Baird won't be able to deliver poles and wires. Mayne: how Gerry Harvey got rich(er) while small investors missed out. The Lib colleague who covets Turnbull’s looks. Scott Morrison tries to prove he’s not just a heartless border cop. And the Wet Whistleblower: The Guardian schmoozes Sydney’s media establishment.
Ed "Two Kitchens" Miliband has an inexplicable lead over David Cameron. But neither of them can deliver workable government.
Keane: how the metadata war was won, or: the seven steps to mass surveillance. Should you stop flying Airbus after Germanwings and AirAsia? Rundle: Ed Miliband is not the Messiah. Bolt's strange new security threat. What really happened at that controversial Israel lecture. Why Labor and the Greens should break up. And shut up, your honour! Judith Sloan’s bizarre outburst.
Keane: Hockey’s real budget strategy? Survive it. ABC cleared over that shirt-front skit. Confused by data retention? Read our layperson’s guide to protecting your privacy. Rundle: why is Mia Freedman name-dropping Big Pharma? How to evade ticket inspectors. And Queanbeyan takes on Detroit for rap-battle capital.
The great Moss review cover-up. RIP Malcolm Turnbull: The Grauniad buries the wrong Mal. A former AFP officer tells: that time I endangered Fraser’s life. Why you won’t be compensated if your plane crashes. Mayne’s advice for Macquarie shareholders. The Hoopa gets trampled. And all the goss from the Melbourne Quills.
Rundle on Malcolm Fraser: a lonely exile, enemy of both the Left and Right. Meet the property moguls behind the No Land Tax party. Keane: the deep-seated confusion at the heart of the Abbott govt. SBS chair dodges questions as Labor calls for his head. Inside Sydney’s Labor-Greens death match. And who's boinking whom? Crikey’s media couples list returns.
Data retention a done deal -- so what is a public interest advocate? SBS chair faces grilling on job credentials. Fortescue’s uncertain future after debt-raising fiasco. The story behind that bizarre full-age ad in the Oz. Keane: the case for electricity privatisation. How you’re giving away your data (for free) every day. Mayne: it’s time for Ten to end the soap opera. And why Obama never eats in public.
Brandis appears to be leaning towards the New South Wales and Victorian understanding of who is and isn't a journalist with respect to metadata provisions. Not that it matters much anyway.
Is Pyne’s education debacle the worst reform attempt ever? Keane’s definitive guide to data retention. Rundle: how to stuff up, Abbott-style. Campbell Newman’s new gig. Can Palmer really challenge Lazarus for his seat? A new head honcho for 7.30. Wesley Enoch urges artists to embrace corporate cash. And did Abbott buy Facebook likes? Nope, he’s just big in India.
