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Where was the protest over the Forgotten Generation Apology?

Crikey — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:01:00 +0000

Why was there no protest over the Apology to the Forgotten Generation, as there was over last year’s Apology to the Stolen Generation?

Friday book review: Reclaiming Patriotism

Guy Rundle — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000

Tim Soutphommasane continues his reign of error with this new book, Reclaiming Patriotism: nation building for Australian progressives, writes Guy Rundle.

Mirvac slammed over surge in directors fees

Glenn Dyer — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000

Small securityholders threw the kitchen sink at Mirvac yesterday over the poor performance, and the move to boost directors' fees for a second time in as many years.

You can’t moralise on climate change unless you’re a monk

Crikey — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000

Hamilton and the rest of the Australian Greens are political opportunists of the first order, but pretend to be above all that by cloaking themselves in the Colors of Giaa, writes Simon Mansfield.

Black hole sun not shining on housing, US recovery

Glenn Dyer — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000

The black hole that is the US housing crisis continues to widen, sucking in more and more American homeowners and making a mockery of the confident assertions of politicians, policymakers and the stockmarket that the worst is over.

CEDA still thinks climate science is up for debate

Crikey — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000

Why is one of Australia’s premier economic policy bodies, the Committee for Economic Development of Australia, giving a platform to climate denialist William Kininmonth?

Bloomin’ heck … Rupert’s rich people

Crikey — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000

Peter Cundall arrested (again), rich people read the WSJ, Oprah quits, Demi Moore loses a hip, and more media news.

Australians prefer pretty cars to green ones

Richard Farmer — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000

The ABS finds that environmental impact is the least considered factor by Aussies when purchasing a car, why criminals should wait until after an election to apply for parole, Rudds spinners spin out of control, and more from Richard Farmer.

Leaked: The Lonely Planet website? We’re dubious

Crikey — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000

An internal Lonely Planet email reveals a rather amusing little prank from the publishing house's Czech & Slovak Republics guidebook that clearly slipped past the subs.

Obama in danger of Hoovering the economy

Crikey — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000

The ringmasters of Obama’s economic policy must go. Obama is becoming another Hoover, incapable of turning from the advice of the money masters, writes David Hirst.

Scotch, schoolies and condom

Crikey — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000

The following document was found in the bedroom of teenage boy. It would appear to be a diary. Trevor Diogenes takes up the tale.

The NSW Right strikes back, Stalin recalled

Andrew Crook — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000

The ALP national executive's decision yesterday to include Macquarie in its regime of central preselection impositions has sparked a wave of dissent from waring factions in the premier state.

Turnbull’s climate crunch is coming

Bernard Keane — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000

Malcolm Turnbull's only real option is to reject Rudd's CPRS and hand victory to Minchin and his colleagues.

Wall St takes a big fall

Marcus Padley — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000

Wall St was down 94 overnight, its biggest fall in a month, while the local market is down 66.

The Week In Faith – with Abigail and Jasper

Firstdog — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000

Including the Xenuphon-Hamilton Scale of Theologiclimatery-Denialistology

ABC ends its addiction to money

Crikey — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000

Addicted To Money finished up on the ABC last night, pulling in a paltry 616,000 viewers.

To those who say “beaudy nuke”: why should taxpayers suffer?

Bernard Keane — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000

Why should taxpayers fund the most expensive and slowest energy option when so many alternatives are significantly cheaper and pose less financial risk?

Fagan’s Courier Mail perfects the art of rumour-based reporting

Crikey — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000

Brisbane's Courier Mail has perfected the art of rumour-based reporting, a formula that consists of stringing together anonymous claims by sources whose own motives are never explored and whose identity is never revealed, writes Terry Towelling.

The Battle of the Kims: Williams v Dalton

Margaret Simons — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000

In one corner, Foxtel chief Kim Williams arguing for de-regulation of the TV industry. In the other corner, ABC's Kim Dalton. The umpire? Stephen Conroy.

The divine properties of Weet-Bix and milk

Crikey — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000

Crikey readers continue to debate the tax-free status of religions (and their businesses), Olympic funding, the Melbourne model and more.

CASA must act now to prosecute over Pel-Air crash

Ben Sandilands — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000

The pilot of the Pel-Air Westwind that crashed off Norfolk Island on Wednesday apparently took off with inadequate fuel supplies. He, and his airline, must be prosecuted.

Liveblogging Trishna and Krishna’s post-op presser

Sophie Black — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000

This week's Wankley Award goes to Paul "Colgo" Colgan of The Punch for liveblogging the marathon surgery that was performed on conjoined twins Trishna and Krishna at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital this week.

International wetlands body investigates PNG pollution

Crikey — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000

An international body is investigating acute toxic pollution and a PNG government-approved plan for a $15.6 billion mining project at Lake Kutubu -– a world listed site, reports Calliste Weitenberg.

Trade unions, AFR, out of the loop on jobs

Glenn Dyer — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000

Two stories in The Australian Financial Review and other papers this morning illustrate just how out of touch both the paper and the Australian trade union movement are with the economy.

Rudd’s divorced from reality when it comes to gay marriage

Crikey — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000

The Religious Right are gathering in Canberra this weekend and Kevin Rudd is the guest speaker. There is only one thing this audience want to hear from him: that he will strike down the ACT’s recently amended Civil Partnerships Act, writes Brian Greig.