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Anger at Aunty: staff say the ABC’s Big Ideas has been axed. We cruise local pick-up forums to find Australia’s own Julien Blanc. Keane: Business Council rent-seekers get an easy ride. Did Four Corners fall for a media beat-up? Voters reject data retention. The only agreement that matters at APEC. Razer: why you shouldn’t vote for Tex Perkins. Does Hockey have the guts to tackle tax avoidance? Rundle on the therapeutic Zen of dead malls. And don’t get screwed: the Greens can’t get enough of Grindr.
The Sercoisation of service delivery: why govts are increasingly going private. Our terrifying extradition talks with China. Palmer ditches firebrands for middle managers. Why Bob Carr really dumped Israel. O’Farrell calls bullshit on Canberra plans. Napthine’s Eye of the Tiger. Andrew Bolt short on material. What it takes to get your visa cancelled, Julien Blanc style. Labor and the Greens in preference scuffle. Sex sells papers, so lots of sex sells more papers? And the Oz turns on former staff.
Keane: why you’ll never read about toxic Tony. Rundle: Obama the happy-clapper is dead and buried. Look, big business doesn’t want to pay tax, OK? Stop hassling it. Packer counts his losses as China cracks down on crooked gamblers. Should you sign up to Stan? We ask the experts. Guess who takes dating tips from Julien Blanc. Mac users beware as malware jumps ship. Dirty deeds provide subeditorial field day. And where’s Margie?
Keane’s tips for fixing metadata. Rundle picks through the pieces of the Democrats’ bloodbath. Why Clive Palmer always wins in court. Razer: Sharri Markson’s Marcia Langton moment. Why did Mike Baird sneak out an election promise on Cup Day? The AFR’s divestment obsession: we crunch the numbers. Jobs figures not as grim as they seem. Could John Malone be Ten's white knight? Harvard runs anal sex 101. And Vic Libs’ Photoshop solution.
Keane: loose-lipped Hockey faces big bank dilemma. Rundle eyeballs Hillary Clinton, plus early midterm results. News Corp’s conflict of interest? LNP makes a mountain out of a Moggill. Why Abbott should shirt-front Xi Jinping. The morgues of outback NT. Not everyone happy with Whitlam’s giant memorial. Napthine rushes through tenders in govt's dying days. The bizarre reason for Admire Rakti’s death. And did Sharri really ruffle feathers in the Birdcage?
Bernard Keane hates the Melbourne Cup -- and he’s not afraid to tell you why. Warring Greens go public. Danby discovers LOLcats. Mayne: Packer’s political power goes way back. Why being “preferred PM” won’t get you the top job. 3AW gets done by another fake. Rundle meets Rand Paul. ABC defends its ad spend. Hunt’s clean coal bluster. And Razer yearns for a time when pop songs were about nuclear war.
Keane: the beginning of the end for Clive Palmer? Guess which 1980s film plot we’ve told entirely in metadata. Olle lecture shows up the great media split. If you reckon Mark Scott makes the big bucks, check out what the Murdochs take home. Why Napthine still has a chance in Vic. Indonesia’s cabinet puts ours to shame. An ICAC witchhunt? Gamers abandon data retention n00bs. And deep throats on the rise?
Five national security lies you were told yesterday. “The border is not a line on the map”: Immigration Department aces newspeak. Margaret Simons joins the ABC debate. Rundle: what the black middle class think of Obama. We ask whistleblowers: would you do it today? The truth about Jedi mind tricks. Keane: why data retention is really war on the internet. Vic Libs in identity crisis. Mayne: chairmen asleep at the wheel. And no, you can’t take coffee into Parliament -- but smack is A-OK.
Govt unveils fast-track plans for mass surveillance. Brandis to decide which journos get locked up. Shorten’s spineless national security protest. Napthine launches charm offensive; resembles drunk guy on tram. The word on the street from Hockey’s local pizza joint. Palmer deal leaves Australia playing catch-up on climate action. Katter can’t get enough of fuel price hikes. And the Greens are "not very rock’n’roll": why Gotye is launching a political party.
