Keane: Brandis shamelessly co-opts Paris murders to spy on Australians. ABC management lashes the Oz. Rundle: will UKIP sink the Tories? Wind turbine syndrome strikes again. Razer on Triple J’s greatest failure. The Qld Treasurer’s bizarre blockade. Fox News apologises. New data suggests AirAsia could be to blame for deadly crash. Jacqui Lambie’s YouTube scandal. And get your hands on a piece of Victorian political history in Crikey’s preference whisperer auction.
We need checks and balances on immigration detention -- and the best way to ensure that happens is to process asylum seekers here in Australia.
Keane: it’s not just scuttlebutt -- the PM is in trouble. Abbott’s vision problem, or: how the Coalition rewards its cronies. Fairfax frozen out of Baird’s office? How poor people could save Hockey’s hide. Press Council rules on that cartoon. Are MH370 investigators undermining the search? Qld’s puntastic candidate. Another suitor for Ten. The richest man in US media (hint: it's not Rupert). And Jacqui Lambie’s below-the-belt blow.
Rundle: how I won the election for Andrew Peacock (yes, he did win). Newman prepares to pawn state assets. The Oz dismisses hate-campaign claims. The mad mob running Qld's minor parties. Fairfax shareholders kept in the dark. Why the Charlie Hebdo attacks were not an assault on free speech. Foxtel unleashes its Netflix killer. Aunty embraces conservative commentators. Vic Premier's office denies stacking staff shortlist. And Crikey to move into dating after Hot Seat humiliation.
Rundle: Europe wakes up to post-Hebdo hangover. SBS stars slam ad-averaging proposal. Christian democrats fight for relevance after Sydney siege slur. Razer: the declining standards of our media. Death-defying popes dodge bullets. Why public transport won't save the planet (and why that's okay). And the battle of the beheaders as Saudi Arabia takes on North Korea.
Rundle’s war on everyone. Glencore's latest gaffe. Indigenous paper shut down by legal bills. Sydney siege shooting rumours debunked. Senior staff flee Immigration. Why the West can't wash its hands of Paris shootings. Newman needs to auction assets to get Qld back in the black. NSW Labor's return to the spin cycle. Does America have a 'war on police'? Dear conspiracy theorists: water fluoridation works. And Abbott spotted in his natural habitat.
Rundle: the unanswered questions about Sydney siege. Sri Lankan President's plot to kill James Packer? Forget 18C, let's scrap defamation laws. Essential: voters reject penalty rate cuts. Hacktivists take on terrorists. David Cameron dumps on Snapchat. The fatal cost of stripping construction regulations. Beer blamed for dart-lovers’ destruction. The Oz gets smart with wearable tech. And Warnie 'very single', now stop asking, ladies.
Rundle on Charlie Hebdo's bizarre new fan club. Fairfax spends millions to buy back property revenue. AirAsia: why black boxes don’t work. Abbott’s soccer boos. A doctor’s view from the SA fires. Some of Murdoch’s best friends are Muslim. Why China won’t be celebrating Sri Lanka’s change of guard. Newman's gamble pays off. And Michael Danby’s wistful holiday missives.
The trouble with Qld health: why Campbell Newman’s waiting lists are not what they seem. Murdoch calls in security. Razer: I’m not Charlie -- and neither are you. Why the Australian media published controversial French cartoons. Villawood detention centre gets four stars. Money for nothing: big infrastructure projects that went nowhere. Lessons from Europe on the far-right. And read the last installment in Watchdog or Lapdog? -- our five-part investigation into business journalism.
Yesterday, young Australian man Myuran Sukumaran received news that he will almost certainly be shot dead by an Indonesian firing squad. The Bali Nine member was sentenced to death in 2005 for attempting to smuggle heroin out of Indonesia. He has exhausted all appeals and his life is now in the hands of Tony Abbott […]
