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Tips and rumours
CrikeySep 1, 20176 Comments
War crimes, anyone? ... Tony Abbott to address global warming 'sceptic' forum ... bankers fight back ...
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Reserve Bank frets about wages and Australia's five minutes in the economic sun
Bernard KeaneSep 1, 20175 Comments
All signs are that the economy is building strength, but workers don't feel like it because of stagnant wages. And that's a crimp on the government's communication plans, Bernard Keane and Glenn Dyer write.
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Understanding news jargon: what reporters really mean by phrases like 'senior party sources'
Emily WatkinsSep 1, 20179 Comments
Do you know what reporters really mean when they describe a public figure as "notorious"?
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Drug testing welfare recipients a 'tick a box' exercise that can never work
Sally WhyteSep 1, 20171 Comment
There are between 200,000 and 500,000 people who want to access drug and alcohol services who are unable to because there are not enough doctors and clinics. What will be accomplished by forcing drug-addicted welfare recipients to join the queue?
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Australia's construction sector is not just in decline. It's the worst it has ever been.
Alan AustinSep 1, 20172 Comments
Australia's construction industry has declined for three years in a row. This has never, ever happened before.
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Nuclear depression: brother, can you spare US$25.7 billion?
Bernard KeaneSep 1, 201712 Comments
Nuclear power is affordable, says the Minerals Council. But the market (and power companies) beg to differ.
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The Donald is wrong -- talking is the only way to deal with North Korea
Professor Damien KingsburySep 1, 20179 Comments
Wars are always ended by some form of negotiated settlement. That means that, at some point, talking must be the answer.
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When a problem comes along, you must WAxit: a history of WA's attempts to secede
Charlie LewisSep 1, 20176 Comments
The motion put forward by the Brand division of the WA Liberal Party to examine the possibility of WA pursuing secession is just the latest example in a long history.
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Farewell to Michael Cockerill ... Conversation expands ... rub and thug ...
Emily WatkinsSep 1, 2017
Soccer journalist Michael Cockerill has died of cancer.
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Crikey Worm: Turnbull's travel rort, 'neo-socialists' under the bed
Max ChalmersSep 1, 20171 Comment
Malcolm Turnbull has been caught out rorting entitlements, and the Coalition renews its energy-based attacks on "Red" Bill Shorten. It's the news you need to know, by Max Chalmers.
Politics
The Poll Bludger
BludgerTrack: 53.6-47.4 to Labor
William Bowe Sep 2, 2017 51 comments
Plane Talking
The perils of reporting Ryanair's activities and ambitions
Ben Sandilands Sep 1, 2017 6 comments
The Urbanist
Weekend reading
Alan Davies Sep 1, 2017 0 comments
Plane Talking
Air Canada to fly three Dreamliner 787s to Australia daily
Ben Sandilands Sep 1, 2017 4 comments
