Keane: Abbott's call for mature debate is sheer hypocrisy. The mysterious ABC News Intern reveals Mark Scott’s nickname (plus some other more worthy stuff). Rundle goes West. Is Pope Francis really a radical? ABC press gallery numbers revealed (sorry, Sharri). Echoes of the mining tax in higher ed reforms. New whispers about the preference whisperer. Palmer tanking in Queensland. And G20 police fight terrorists … with sticky tape.
Crikey readers have their say on the TPP, terrorism and the ABC debate.
Rupert Murdoch wants a crackdown on tax dodgers (ahem). State 7.30 more popular than Sales. Switzer in talks with ABC. Rundle finds out how long it takes to buy a gun in trigger-happy America (not long). What Barnaby Joyce and Pauline Hanson have in common. Razer: Russell Brand is not the messiah. The uni VCs selling students short. What we don’t know about the big four banks. And four legs good, two legs baaad: Peppa Pig’s bloody rise to power?
Mark Scott weighs in on Crikey’s ABC debate. The Coalition is on track to double Labor’s debt -- so where’s the media fear campaign? Keane on a great unspoken terror threat. The federal staffer who stiffed a cabbie. Rundle visits the world oldest video store. The Courier-Mail says sorry -- for real this time. Voters forgive Labor’s spivs and deal-makers, for Gough’s sake. So you think your data is anonymous? Think again. And the great onion mystery of 2014.
Keane: US could draft Australian legislation under TPP. The made-up 2UE rumour that sparked a burqa ban? Rundle gets (legally) baked in Baker, Colorado. The back story to those sweary princesses. News Corp and the ABC clean up at the Walkleys. We fact-check Sheridan and Co on Whitlam’s economic cred. Ludlam goes full Gandalf. A three-way manjam in Prahran. Peter Farnan in defence of U2. Pyne’s Bishop gaffe. And who needs the ABC when we’ve got BuzzFeed?
Keane: Bishop bows to Ebola pressure. Suck it up Labor, today’s Gough would be Green. New Matilda in landmark privacy case. More ads for SBS. Rundle in America: curtains for the Dems' Senate majority. Gillard’s goldfish (sort of) explained. The preference whisperer heads to Spring St. Pyne’s curriculum review shambolic compared to Howard’s. Mayne: name and shame secretive councils. Whitlam’s mining legacy. And Razer reckons baby, you weren’t born this way.
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Rundle: how Gough changed Australia. Keane: Whitlam, where modern politics started. Gina Rinehart’s sackable offence. Tinkler’s stud goes to auction. Faulkner’s false humility. Potty-mouthed mandarins. Dan Moss: why Brandis wants to send me to jail. Airstrike! The musical. Voters back Abbott’s Ebola apathy. The Beeb heads Down Under. And a response to Eric Beecher: why Crikey fears the ABC.
Keane: why you should be alarmed about this week’s secretive TPP talks. Abbott in Jakarta. Vic Greens spotted wooing micro-party. The PM’s “wonderfully awkward” radio pep talk. When life imitates art: Matthias “girlie man” Cormann watches Mad As Hell. Why Fairfax won’t be buying Ten. A NSW political cleanout. Greste: neutrality not possible in War on Terror. Is Rinehart leaving a large media organisation (no, not that one)? Craggy-faced women on TV. And why does the ABC exist? We kick off a debate Australia has to have.
Keane: Brandis faces roadblock in national security overhaul. Vic Labor MP protests too much over porn. Matthew Rimmer on the latest WikiLeaks drop. Rundle: Colorado’s chilling war on women. Leunig fan club takes on Fairfax. Easy as 1-2-3: a tax dodging guide for multinationals. Rob Oakeshott’s letter to a dead Ebola victim. Libs face uphill battle for chair-sniffer Buswell’s seat. HSU election controversy. And ABC FOI-gate: Kenny apology ruled top secret.
