James Button’s account of his time working in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet is set to further strain the public service’s rigid insistence on complete confidentiality. He talks to Crikey.
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Virgin says no … Global Mail redesign … ABC totalitarianism …
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‘Our love exists’ — Pratt’s marriage plea
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The Power Index: religion, Catholic Health’s Martin Laverty at #7
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Animals splashed as Chairman Murdoch tours Bad News outpost
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Rundle: how Romney blew off 47% of the US (and the election)
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James Button and APS
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Was the NT election the dirtiest on record?
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Was the 2012 NT election the dirtiest ever?
There is now a very real question as to whether last month’s NT general election — and in the bush mobile polling booths in the fortnight prior — was the dirtiest election we’ve seen, writes Bob Gosford.
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Guy Rundle: Kate scandalette all nork and no action? Think again …
Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, was last seen being borne through the streets of Honiara, capital of the Solomon Islands, in a vehicle decked out to look like a ceremonial canoe.
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Parliament reports on indigenous tongues: can they be saved?
The release of the Our Land, Our Languages report could be the start of a new era for Australia’s rich and remarkable indigenous languages. Greg Dickson of Crikey blog Fully (sic) reports.
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Rundle: Newsweek agitates over Obama criticism
The world’s longest job application had its second instalment today, with Niall Ferguson’s latest piece for Newsweek bagging President Obama.
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Animals splashed as Chairman Murdoch tours Bad News outpost
Media octogenarian Rupert Murdoch has commenced his three week tour of his Australian backwater and Holt Street Kremlinologists have been busy piecing together his likely agenda.
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ABC’s Eric Campbell to Greg Sheridan: put up or shut up
ABC reporter Eric Campbell took offence at The Australian’s Greg Sheridan and his suggestion that “many in the ABC support totalitarianism”. Here’s his letter in response …
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Flynt: I’ll pay a million bucks for Romney’s tax records
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Imagine you’re an aspiring actor. You respond to a generic casting call for a “historical desert drama” and, a year and a bit later, discover you were duped into participating in incendiary ideological propaganda. Luke Buckmaster writes about the infamous trailer for Innocence of Muslims.
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Most people generally think of a major new building in terms of whether they like the look of it. The Urbanist’s Alan Davies explains the complex set of trade-offs new constructions face.
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Latest cinema & DVDs: Beasts of the Southern Wild, Ruby Sparks & more
Is Beasts of the Southern Wild a rousing drama or…poverty porn? Is Ruby Sparks the best film Woody Allen never directed? Luke Buckmaster and Rich Haridy discuss the latest cinema releases plus two Jason Segel films now on DVD.
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Gillard mustn’t bruise a budget surplus
In light of favourable polls, Labor may be tempted to soften its budget stance. This would be a mistake, says Stephen Koukoulas of Business Spectator, not least because of the flow-on effect of higher interest rates.
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Kohler: miners dig their own profit pit
Mining costs are blowing out and market share being lost because of a labour shortage that is only going to get worse. What are the companies doing?
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Will Bauer rein in ACP’s at-times cowgirl approach?
Are we about to get a highly principled magazine publisher and owner in the German group, Bauer, which is about to take control of ACP Magazines?
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How crippling the RET could cost you
Slashing the RET could actually increase overall costs to consumers. And it appears TRUenergy — which is now pushing for RET dilution — agreed just a few months ago, writes Tristan Edis of Climate Spectator.
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AFL beats rugby league in TV head-to-head
Thanks to the co-broadcast deal with Seven and Foxtel/Fox Sports, the AFL was the big winner from the first weekend of finals football.
