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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Rundle: PNG a perfect storm for Carr to run amok
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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The battle over Yuendumu
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.
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The time has come — we must invade America to save its kids
Inspired by the Kony 2012 video, I’ve decided WE need to do something about an even greater children’s tragedy that’s unfolding right now. That’s the one not in Uganda, but in the US.
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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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Why it’s important to crunch the numbers on Mitt v Rick
Mitt Romney has turned in another underwhelming performance in the Republican primaries, somehow managing to come third in contests in both Alabama and Mississippi.
How much do Americans understand about the national debate?
Santorum downplays chance of success as Southern primaries loom
Why Santorum had a point about Obama’s call for college education 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.
No ‘shemozzle’, but Gonski post raises governance questions
Peter Costello calls the process that has led to the appointment of David Gonski as chair of the Future Fund board of guardians “a shemozzle”. Whether or not it was good practice is a matter for judgment, says Stephen Bartos.
Future of climate policy, part 2: time to move beyond treaties
Despite the failures in Copenhagen and beyond, the government’s Clean Energy Future policy continues to be based largely on an outdated model, writes Fergus Green at Inside Story.
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.
91% oppose treating dumping dredge spoil in Great Barrier Reef
It is the Queensland and federal governments that are proposing to allow the dredging and dumping of 125 million cubic metres of potentially toxic sediment in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and World Heritage area, writes Crikey naturalist Lionel Elmore.
Rundle: PNG a perfect storm for Carr to run amok
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.
The time has come — we must invade America to save its kids
Inspired by the Kony 2012 video, I’ve decided WE need to do something about an even greater children’s tragedy that’s unfolding right now. That’s the one not in Uganda, but in the US.
The battle over Yuendumu
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.
The luck of the Irish meets the lucky country
Ireland is broke and depressed. Two percent of the population has left since 2008, with Australia the number one destination for those emigrating. Eric Ellis interviews those about to flee.
Serco manual ‘outdated’, but Bowen won’t talk about new training docs
Immigration Minister Chris Bowen called the 2009 and 2010 Serco training manual published this week by Crikey “out-dated” and “no-longer in use”, yet Bowen, the Immigration Department and Serco have refused to detail how it has been changed.
Relentless fiscal confusion reigns in Canberra
Everyone’s confused about the corporate tax cut associated with the mining tax package.
Gonski’s a great appointment … try telling that to the leakers
Governance is always difficult, and no more so than in relation to major public organisations. The government announced yesterday that David Gonski would become the new chair of the Board of Guardians of the Future Fund. That was no surprise — his name had been speculated about for a while. What was unusual was the extent of that […]
The day the Coalition didn’t like some competition
The Coalition appears to dislike competition for superannuation products that perform poorly for ordinary workers.
Maley: red lights flare for US shares
With the US sharemarket trading overnight at its highest level since May 2008, funds manager John Hussman argues that investors should be asking themselves one simple question: “Do I feel lucky?”
Big fight brewing inside Katter’s Australian Party
The Katter Australian Party anti-same s-x marriage ad has topped the charts as the most viewed and most discussed political advertisement of the Queensland election, write Mark Bahnisch and Pandora Karavan.
Clean Energy Finance Corp: how to spend $10 million
There is no doubt the Clean Energy Finance Corp will be one of the lightning rods in the political and business debate about the deployment of clean technology and emission abatements this year.
Kohler: economic reality is all budget bets are off
So the question for both Wayne Swan and the alternative treasurer, Joe Hockey, is: how, exactly, will you produce a surplus in 2012-13 if economic growth is below previous forecasts and tax revenue is $40 billion short?
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Behind alarming headlines about sleeping pills and red meat
For those troubled by recent alarming headlines about sleeping pills and red meat, Crikey’s health blog Croakey presents a collection of further reading.
David Gonski: a man for all seasons
David Gonski’s job as Future Fund chairman will be to bring peace to the warring factions on the board, a task that was deemed to be beyond former Treasurer Peter Costello. And we doubt anyone could do it better.
A (big, blue) sign of the times for NT Intervention
On Tuesday night the Darwin City Council considered a letter from Dave Chalmers, state manager of the federal Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs’ NT state office, with the seemingly innocuous subject of “highway and community signs”.
Actually, manufacturing is employing more workers
Employment in manufacturing rose in the three months to February, the first rise since mid-2010. There hasn’t been as big a rise in manufacturing in trend terms since early 2008.
Queensland election: t-minus nine days
With the finishing line in sight, William Bowe rounds up the latest Queensland election news including polls, commentary and campaign ads.
Why it’s important to crunch the numbers on Mitt v Rick
Mitt Romney has turned in another underwhelming performance in the Republican primaries, somehow managing to come third in contests in both Alabama and Mississippi.
WTO case quid pro quo to Big Tobacco by Ukraine
So why is Ukraine, of all countries, taking Australia to the World Trade Organisation over our plain packaging laws?
Rundle: the Brooks go to jail, and Murdoch’s problems get worse
Six people, including former News International head Rebekah Brooks, have now been arrested in Britain.
