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Guardian review … Leveson latest … C-Mail police probe …

Crikey — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:25:34 +0000

In today's Media Briefs: typo of the day ... Front Page of the Day ... Jeremy Paxman says Piers Morgan told him how to hack a phone ... Police probe complaint against Courier-Mail and more ...

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‘Get that f-cking fat old c-nt off Channel 9′: traffic guy claims ageism

Andrew Crook — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:11:48 +0000

Australia's leading helicopter traffic report network has been accused of ageism in a swingeing statement of claim lodged in the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal.

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Aluminium, industry policy and losing our way on reform

Bernard Keane — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:11:47 +0000

The closure of the Kurri Kurri smelter lifts the lid not merely on a troubled industry but a troubled policy process.

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With $5b of intangibles, will new Fairfax director wield the axe?

Stephen Mayne — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:11:46 +0000

With its share price sliding to record lows, Fairfax Media is now in the invidious position of having the most wildly optimistic balance sheet of any ASX200 company.

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Will Gillard do a Downer?

Richard Farmer — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:11:45 +0000

Labor members will soon be imploring Julia Gillard to do what could best be described as an Alexander Downer.

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Shared understanding is what’s missing in productivity debate

Crikey — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:11:44 +0000

"Productivity" is starting to sound a little "gourmet" -- a word that means very different things to different people, writes Jo-anne Schofield, executive director of policy network Catalyst Australia.

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Paul Barry: up a billion, Packer’s casino bets pay off

Paul Barry — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:11:42 +0000

James Packer still isn’t as rich as he was when his father died, but he’s going in the right direction. According to the latest BRW Rich 200, he has boosted his wealth in the last year by about $1 billion — from $4.16...

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The Power Index: union heavies, Tony Sheldon at #4

Matthew Knott — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:11:41 +0000

You can accuse Tony Sheldon of many things — from indulging in overblown class war rhetoric to bleeding the national carrier to death. But you’ll never hear the Transport Workers Union boss bagged for being gutless. Over the past...

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What a toxic media environment Australia has

Crikey — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:11:40 +0000

Crikey readers have their say.

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Markets rally despite uncertainty

Marcus Padley — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:11:40 +0000

US markets saw a late rally after early falls mirroring European market fears of a Greek exit from the euro.

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The bottom line: retail’s doing it tough worldwide

Glenn Dyer — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:11:38 +0000

You name it, Australian retail is doing it tough at the moment.

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The green tape slugfest that is the EPBC Act

Crikey — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:11:37 +0000

Nothing gets interest groups more riled up than a proposal to reduce "green tape". Andrew Macintosh and Richard Denniss on how strangled businesses really are.

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They flew here, but the journey is still long for immigrants

Crikey — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:11:37 +0000

With national attention remaining on asylum seekers who arrive by boat, journalist Jack Davies asks who are the plane-people and what are the circumstances in which they can immigrate?

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Qantas’ future up in the air after the great divide

Ben Sandilands — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:11:36 +0000

There are some difficult questions left unanswered about the future of Qantas as an international Australian flag carrier.

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3.951 million nationally watch State of Origin 1

Glenn Dyer — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:11:35 +0000

As expected, a big win to Nine thanks to the first rugby league State of Origin game from Melbourne.

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Murdoch on the dance floor — the Leveson remix

Crikey — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:11:34 +0000

Put on your dancing shoes, folks, because it’s the Leveson inquiry as you’ve never seen it before, or will ever see it again: in musical remix form.

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Exclusive Crikey Expose: Why are drugs so delicious?

Firstdog — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:11:33 +0000

ABC insiders spill … Baillieu kills uni jobs … water wars cont …

Crikey — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:11:33 +0000

From the Crikey grapevine, the latest tips and rumours … Fears for ABC’s ‘churnalism sweatshop’. Yesterday’s story by Andrew Dodd on the ABC’s currently unreleased report on the News Gathering...

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World Championship Chess: it’s just not cricket

Crikey — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:11:32 +0000

About half a million viewers a day are tuning in to watch the World Chess Championship at Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery on the official website, writes Australia’s first Grandmaster Ian Rogers from Moscow.

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Should the Future Fund be ethical?

Crikey — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:11:31 +0000

Does it matter that the Future Fund has invested over $200 million in tobacco shares? Should taxpayers be asked to accept a poorer return on their investment for the sake of avoiding a controversial product?

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Campbell Newman’s ‘attack on gays’ could face legal test

Harley Dennett — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:11:31 +0000

Family and human rights lawyers are considering grounds to halt what they see as a pair of targeted attacks on the LGBTI community from the Queensland government.

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Rich List: Gina’s big leap, Paul Barry on Packer’s fortune, Fairfax’s woes; why smelter claims stinks; Newman’s ‘attack on gays’; Sandilands on Qantas’ future

Crikey — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:08:20 +0000

Two months, $10b: Gina Rinehart’s big leap

James Thomson — Thu, 24 May 2012 00:31:32 +0000

We got our prediction for the top end of the BRW Rich List wrong. It wasn't Gina Rinehart on top with daylight second -- it was daylight, twilight, moonlight and everything in between.

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Competition regulator ticks off Catalano-Fairfax tie-up

Andrew Crook — Wed, 23 May 2012 23:22:09 +0000

The ACCC has approved Fairfax Media's 50% merger with Antony Catalano’s Metro Media Publishing business, publisher of Melbourne real estate advertising glossy The Weekly Review.

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Eat, pray, loveless: man takes out front page personal ad seeking Bali date

Crikey — Wed, 23 May 2012 04:19:46 +0000

Interested in moving somewhere exotic? Keen to make friends and perhaps meet someone special? Lovebirds take note of the work of American teacher Dan Feltenberger, who took out a personal ad on the front page of The Bali Times.

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