Wondering what you've been missing out on over at Crikey? Here's a taste of today's email, including Bernard Keane on the Coalition's leadership crisis, Bob Gosford on the whirlwind 24 hours in Northern Territory politics and Paddy Manning on why Joe Hockey is counting on the banks to do his bidding. Want to know about the creeping return of WorkChoices, or read Guy Rundle on where the Labor Party needs to go? Click here to subscribe to Crikey.
Keane: this is a leadership crisis on speed. NT spill: from crazy-brave to just plain crazy. A whiff of panic in the RBA’s rate cut. Rundle: Labor needs some serious soul-searching. Have we found the secret to Scott Ludlam’s amazing hair (yeah yeah)? Melbourne’s political royalty. How the govt is sneakily trying to bring back WorkChoices. Why Hizb-ut Tahrir should not be banned. And meanwhile, in Queensland …
Keane: what we learned about the PM yesterday (it’s not good). The mysterious Chinese property developer giving big bucks to the ALP. CLP in chaos as Giles refuses to step down. Essential: Libs want Bishop; “someone else” more popular than Abbott. Rundle: voters never liked Abbott, so what’s new? Teething issues with QandA’s new set (calm down, Twitter). The annual David Williamson Whine. And Tony’s old foes have champagne on ice.
Keane: Liberal leadership spill a matter of timing. Could Newman really lose his seat but stay premier? We ask the experts. AirAsia pilots cut off computers before crash. Rundle: for the love of Greece. How close is the Qld election, really? Our resident pollster explains. Blood spilled in South Australian public service cleanout. Triguboff to trump Rinehart as richest Australian? Democracy is dead in Thailand. And the Grauniad’s crippling neurosis.
Keane: how the Abbott govt became a subsidiary of the Murdoch empire. Remember fax machines? Our metadata overlords are big fans. Keating’s top secret book. The PM’s adviser who was sacked on Murdoch’s advice? Love, Campbell: Newman’s letter to voters. Razer on the poetry in Rupert’s tweets. Richo’s war on ICAC. Tony Abbott, butt of the world’s jokes. And the day the Oz letters page turned on a conservative PM.
Keane: why we only know half the story about political donations. Je suis Charlie? The politicians who sue media for big bucks. Essential: more bad news for Abbott. Greece’s new finance minister specialises in virtual economies. The Oz never gets tired of reds under the bed. Will Andrews scrap Melbourne’s white elephant? TV ad revenues hit record low. Preferencing shenanigans in Qld. And Alan Jones cuts through.
Keane: Bishop earns a News Corp seal of approval. Rundle takes to the streets of Athens. How to farewell a bloodthirsty thug. Marcia Langton, media mogul? Explained: why we cry on planes. SBS Dateline returns ... sort of. Campbell Newman’s top PR stuff-ups. Triple J’s women problem. What Alan Jones and Germaine Greer have in common. Abbott’s knight-mare coverage. And Young Libs heart Taylor Swift.
Keane: what the Attorney-General’s Department doesn’t get about its own surveillance scheme. Rundle: Australia should consider blood money for the Bali Nine. Abbott’s talkback caller has form. Why businesses must put up or shut up on IR reform. Barrett Brown’s tireless piss-taking and grim sentence. What if all ministers were health ministers? Meet Pakistan’s burqa-wearing free speech defenders. And Christopher Pyne the sharpest pencil in the box.
By coincidence, on the day that The Guardian revealed that Australian journalists’ reports on asylum seeker issues had been referred to the Australian Federal Police so their sources could be pursued, the submission by the Attorney-General’s Department on data retention has been made public. As Crikey has reported previously, the AFP is on the record […]
We're back! Wondering what you're missing out on over at Crikey? Here's a taste of today's edition, including Bernard Keane on why we should all encrypt our internet activities, and the ABC's response to The Australian's claims about its ratings. Want to know more about the forces shaping the outcome of the Queensland election or how the situation on Manus Island came to be? Click here to subscribe.
