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Garnaut's target so low, the sea level will rise above it in a year

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In Garnaut's view Australia is too late to avoid “substantial impacts” which will, as he said in his dry economist’s tone, require “major adaptation", writes Bernard Keane.

NSW Premier Morris Iemma resigns

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

NSW Premier Morris Iemma has been dumped, Treasurer Michael Costa has been sacked and Deputy Premier and Transport Minister John Watkins has resigned, writes Alex Mitchell.

Rundle08: John McCain and mashed potatoes for all

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

And then at last, the star turn of the RNC. Guy Rundle watches John McCain.

Finding $39million a month: the pips squeak at PBL

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

There is a very easy to understand equation at PBL Media, 75% owned by CVC and 25% by the James Packer-controlled Consolidated Media Holdings, writes Glenn Dyer.

First Dog on the Moon

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Can someone let Sarah Palin know that the Republican Party has been running the USA for the past eight years...

Tips and rumours

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Flannery: Garnaut has made a good first step

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Speaking exclusively to Crikey, Tim Flannery has solid praise for the emissions targets set today by Ross Garnaut, but says the game could change drastically in as little as five years from now.

Hamilton: Garnaut's report barely conceals his despair

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In the end, Garnaut invests his hopes in the public, writes Clive Hamilton.

Milne: Garnaut stuffs up his own prisoner’s dilemma

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Greens Senator Christine Milne says, the ball is now in the Government’s court. Will it take the easy way out that Garnaut has given it? Or will it step up to the plate and deliver the 40% emissions cuts on 1990 levels?

Sarah Palin: I have seen the future of the Republican revolution

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Palin isn’t from round those parts. She’s from small-town America, a white America where they work hard for a living even if they’re middle-class, where they call it “Eye-rack", writes Bernard Keane.

News Ltd love Sarah Palin's scaly bits

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Ms Barracuda thinks that God Himself endorsed the invasion, just as, from His great Halliburton office in the sky, He gave the thumbs-up to $30 billion natural gas pipeline in Alaska, writes Jeff Sparrow.

Comitatus: McCain gets Impalined

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The big question regarding Sarah Palin is -- remaining is "Did it make a difference?" -- And that’s a question we can probably answer, yet the answer is one we may not be expecting, writes Possum Comitatus.

TAC and MAC might be car crashes in the making

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Victoria and SA are the only states or territories still running monopolies in both workers compensation and compulsory motor insurance, writes John Jones.

WA election 1: Carpenter makes Barnett look like a fairy godmother

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Premier Carpenter is not liked, however apparently no one has bothered to tell the Labor Party who have run a presidential style campaign based entirely upon Carpenter, writes Noel Crichton-Browne.

WA election 2: Crunching the one-vote one-value seat by seat

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

On paper Labor has a handy buffer, but a lot of its seats are tougher than the notional margins make them appear, writes Poll Bludger.

Richard Farmer's political bite-sized meaty chunks

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Meaty snippets from the home of government, Richard Farmer writes.

WA and Tas call for continued ban on GM foods

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The debate over GM foods continues, with the Western Australian and Tasmania maintaining their opposition to GM food crops, writes freelance journalist Katherine Wilson.

Kevin’s Gate. Part II – Ponderings on Putin ...

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Over the road, Malcolm Turnbull buys a feral abacus while Julie Bishop hunts and kills a moose, recalls Walter Slurry on behalf of our glorious leader.

The Robing Room: the late Philip Opas QC on the absurdity of wigs

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Philip Opas said wigs were simply ‘dandruff bags’ which should be consigned to the rubbish bin ‘alongside the thumbscrew and the rack' writes Greg Barns.

Lowbottom High Diaries: Re-educating Rita

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

While we wait for the Mao suits to be delivered and stocks of the Little Red Schoolbook disinterred for distribution in the Education Revolution, staff members have been exhorted to discard Old Customs, Old Culture, Old Habits, and Old Ideas, writes Trevor Diogenes.

Blogwatch: The fabulous Friday trashwrap

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

From Beyonce to Britney and of course Lilly versus Elton - welcome to the trash wrap.

State of the Planet: Lawnmovers and other nasty emitters

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

We dish up the most interesting stories about the environment, climate and the natural world.

Stuff we like: Why conservatives embrace Sarah Palin's family choices

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

We round up links to the best reads of the day.

Wheels come off the Phillip Island motorcycle GP

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The motorcycle grand prix at the world famous Phillip Island circuit is just a month away, yet it has no major sponsor, writes Our man in the pit lane at Phillip Island.

And the Wankley Award goes to ... disgruntled Daily Tele worker

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Disgruntled faceless worker -- for standing up to, and swearing at, the man, we salute you.

Media briefs: Age fakes Afghanistan, strip kicks it Gold Coast style, Palin beats Obama ratings

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Age's dodgy Afghanistan image ... Strip kicks it Gold Coast style... Palin gives Obama's ratings a run for his money... Thai information police shut down 400 websites... Why pageview journalism can't save newspapers

Crikey’s AFL & NRL Hot Form Charts

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The final, must-have piece of footy tipping intelligence, Crikey's Hot Form Charts, are here to help you complete your tipping for the weekend.

Last night's TV ratings

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Winners ... the Losers ... News & CA ... the Stats ... Glenn Dyer's comments.

Macquarie didn't "game" the ECB after all

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Macquarie Bank claims it didn't try to "game the European Central Bank" as Crikey stated in stories published earlier this week. By Glenn Dyer.

Cap-and-trade chaos

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

One of the unique features of cap-and-trade emission reduction schemes is the regulatory and legal exposures they bring with them, writes Giles Parkinson.

Wall Street drags globe down the gurgler

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

There are no hiding places for investors looking for protection against the global slowdown that the Bush Republican administration and Wall Street has gifted the world, writes Glenn Dyer.

Morning Market Report

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The highs and lows from today's sharemarket.

Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The media coverage of Afghanistan ... Sarah Palin and US election 08 ... water politics ... junk food advertising ...

Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The media coverage of Afghanistan ... Sarah Palin and US election 08 ... water politics ... junk food advertising ...

Crikey says

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Today Ross Garnaut has reduced expectations of Australian climate change action to a point below which anyone other than Andrew Bolt and a handful of suddenly sweating penguins could object.