It’s not a hand out, Julia Gillard said today about her, well, handout — and those of the Baillieu and Weatherill governments — to US multinational General Motors to keep making cars here until 2022.
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Tips and rumours
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Servers in the sky
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Rundle: UK Coalition’s world view is through a fun-house mirror
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New disclosure standards for commercial radio
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ALP eyes Obama’s tech bandwagon to beat Abbott
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Gillard’s $215m ‘strategic
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Today’s First Dog on the Moon
TOP STORIES
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Qld election one for numbers nerds
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Labor’s mining tax super con
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The Urbanist: is suburban living a neurotic condition?
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Behind the Seams: going underground to examine CSG risk to aquifers
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Have your say on the Queensland mining industry …
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Crikey Clarifier: how will the mining tax be fought in the High Court?
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And then there were two: Timor-Leste’s presidential run-off
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The nature reserves proving to be a thorn in Palmer’s side
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Terrorism upends France’s election
Crikey Says
POLITICS, THE UNIVERSE, ETC
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Two days to go: Poll Bludger’s Qld seat snapshots
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2SM tasteless …. WIN weatherman’s war … Sunrise f-bomb …
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My Kitchen Rules rules supreme
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The Power Index: arts and culture, young theatre turks at #8
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Markets up, S&P 500 up 11.6% this quarter
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Follow the Power: new ACMA rules … bankers in economy … Rob v Ray …
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DJs is making big changes: is this Paul Zahra’s last chance?
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Mayne: PaperlinX board coup goes down to the wire
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Murder is murder. No more or less.
MEDIA/ARTS/SPORT
BUSINESS
COMMENTS, CORRECTIONS, CLARIFICATIONS, AND C*CKUPS
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Behind the Seams: going underground to examine CSG risk to aquifers
FAQ Research writer Brian Bahnisch looks at the issues thrown up in relation to underground aquifers and cola seam gas.
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New disclosure standards for commercial radio
Thirteen years after the cash-for-comment exposé, ACMA has finally managed to close a key loophole in the Broadcasting Services Act, writes David Salter, a veteran journalist and broadcaster.
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Crikey Says: Qld election one for numbers nerds
There are only two days left until the Queensland election and given Premier Bligh’s latest run of ads have taken claiming underdog status to new heights.
Stability in a changing world: the Queen more popular than ever
Obama the miser, Reagan the spendthrift-
Media briefs: 2SM tasteless …. WIN weatherman’s war … Sunrise f-bomb …
Waking up to a tasteless Taser at 2SM on the morning a 21-year-old was killed by a police taser, WIN TV weatherman hits out at “unprofessional claptrap” from breakfast TV, and other media news of the day.
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How did James Murdoch miss the phone hacking smoking guns?
What did James Murdoch know – or not know – about phone hacking during his time at News of the World? Paul Barry investigates.
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Come in Spinner: PR and the loss of civility
Are the PR industry and the media to blame for the loss of civility in public life? PR industry critics argue that it is inherent in the nature of the industry and the interests it serves.
What the MSM can learn from digital publishers
What happens when journos don’t fall into line with Big Media
How to fake a celebrity endorsement
Facebook: the home of the narcissist-
Rise of the ‘starchitect’: is good architecture all about marketing?
The proposed Gehry-designed Dr Chau Chak Wing building at UTS looks like a microwaved chocolate castle. It’s disappointing that UTS felt it necessary to commission a “starchitect,” writes Alan Davies.
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film reviews
Writer/director John Winter’s strange and seductive vaudevillian one setting power play between a sex worker and a male interviewee is an edgy and explorative Australian film featuring superb performances, writes Luke Buckmaster.
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In the second session of the Wheeler Centre’s ‘Australian Literature 101′ series, acclaimed author Rodney Hall gave a fascinating talk on Henry Handel Richardson’s The Getting of Wisdom. Culture Mulcher’s W H Chong was there.
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Mayne: PaperlinX board coup goes down to the wire
A piece of corporate history could be made tomorrow in Melbourne when successful paper industry entrepreneur Andrew Price attempts to replace establishment figure Harry Boon as chairman of the teetering Paperlinx.
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A first look at the promotional fares for sale on Scoot, the new low cost body brand for Singapore Airlines, shows that it has gone straight for the throat of its parent full service airline, writes Ben Sandilands.
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Official: Australia the best place for miners in the world (again)
Despite what Tony Abbott might like you to believe, a leading US mining consultancy has, for third year in a row, listed Australia as the best place to be a miner.
Business sales on the up while consumers remain easily spooked
How an AA meeting sparked an insider trading debacle
Why I quit Goldman Sachs-
Recent research casts doubt on the assumption that coal seam gas is a clean fossil fuel that will serve as a transition to renewable energy sources, writes Robert Merkel.
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?
Lyon: my mate Jimma
