For Bob Carr, PNG is the perfect storm. It’s a chance to start a fight about national sovereignty, modernity and cultural relativism. He may well have license to run amok.
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Rundle: PNG a perfect storm for Carr to run amok
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Charlie Brooker on Kony
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Journalism education honour roll: why teaching media matters
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91% oppose treating dumping dredge spoil in Great Barrier Reef
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The comeback of arts criticism: new spaces for new ideas
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No ‘shemozzle’, but Gonski post raises governance questions
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Today’s First Dog on the Moon
TOP STORIES
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Costello’s claims are again thin
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The time has come — we must invade America to save its kids
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Shameless reporting plays to egos on Future Fund
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Behind the seams: will CSG provide an essential bridge to a cleaner future?
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Future of climate policy, part 2: time to move beyond treaties
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What did abolition of petrol excise indexation cost us?
Crikey Says
POLITICS, THE UNIVERSE, ETC
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Schembri gone … Munro leaves Sunday Night … MTV the new MySpace
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Seven wins, The Footy Shows struggle to get a kick
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The .xxx domain is here to stay, but Conroy could still block it
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Goldman Sachs exec’s public resignation and other classic dummy spits
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Follow the Power: Qantas spinners fly … Turnbull’s everywhere … who’s Glasenberg? ….
MEDIA/ARTS/SPORT
BUSINESS
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The .xxx domain is here to stay, but Conroy could still block it
There was a legitimate reason for my attendance at the launch party for S-xpo, the “s-xuality lifestyle expo”, in Sydney Wednesday night: the sponsor of this bacchanalia was the company behind the new .xxx internet domain for adult sites.
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Assad’s secret emails show a life of luxury and lies
Thousands of emails to and from Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad’s private email account have been revealed showing Assad took advice from Iran on the recent uprising and his wife spent more than $15,000 on chandeliers and candlesticks from Paris.
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Melbourne Demons footballer Liam Jurrah remains embroiled in an clan dispute that ended up in an Alice Springs court room last week. Jurrah’s biographer Bruce Hearn Mackinnon explains some of the challenges for footballers coming from remote indigenous communities.
How much do Americans understand about the national debate?-
Media briefs: Schembri gone … Munro leaves Sunday Night … MTV the new MySpace
Crikey broke the news that Schembri was exiting his Age duties a week ago, after a series of previous reports detailing repeated instances where the buff had dobbed on his Twitter critics to their employers and hinted at taking legal action with the backing of Fairfax Media.
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Newspaper site paywalls: dribbles of gold, not rivers
The grand experiment on erecting paywalls for news content online took another step yesterday, with News Limited releasing figures — sort of — for how many people have signed up for digital subscriptions to The Australian.
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Rebekah Brooks arrested in NotW crackdown
Crikey media wrap: Former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks was arrested overnight with five other people on allegations of suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice in the phone hacking scandal.
Pinterest: a guide for small businesses
The one stop digital media resource shop-
The kitsch charm (and crappiness) of Coney Island
As the Big Apple itself rotted in the 1970s and 80s, so too did Coney Island. Once the global synonym for fun, for decades it mouldered through slow decline, a byword for urban decay, writes Jim Forbes.
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Johnny Depp stars as an alcoholic journalist working in San Juan in director Bruce Robinson’s adaptation of Hunter S Thompson’s novel The Rum Diary, which is guilty of favouring the myth over the man, writes Luke Buckmaster.
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10 words for relationships that don’t translate into English
How do you describe the euphoria in early love or the feeling of running your hands through someone’s hair? It sounds cheesy, but Pamela Haag shows just where English fails when it comes to describing relationships.
Second life for Death of a Salesman-
Goldman Sachs exec’s public resignation and other classic dummy spits
Goldman Sachs executive Greg Smith’s resignation letter can be seen as a growing trend, particularly in the United States, for departing employees to attack the culture of the company they are leaving. Let’s have a look at five high-profile examples.
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Why I quit Goldman Sachs
It’s the NY Times article that everyone is talking about — Goldman Sachs executive director Greg Smith resigned from the investment bank today, revealing that staff there call their clients “muppets” and ignore their best interests to make GS more money.
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Qantas arcs up at Virgin’s restructure plan
Qantas has lodged an objection against Virgin Australia’s plan to restructure its operations to take on board new stakeholders.
Dick Smith: the archetypal rich crusader
Debunking myths about global corporations and government regulation-
CSG and the land: straight from the farmers’ mouths
Many farmers believe the market is telling them they are not getting a fair deal, writes FAQ Research’s Brian Bahnisch.
What happened to the consensus on climate change?-
AFL
Why does the average fantasy football fan spend more time on their phones checking scores than they do calling their mums? This online hobby has become an obsession to many fans. So what makes it so addictive, asks Leigh Josey?
