Scientists fear it is too late to save The Age
THE political commentary in Melbourne is as changeable as the city’s weather.
Cutandpaste
Forget the tofu!
MARK Latham cuts to the chase about the reasons behind the Greens leader’s media bashing.
Psst! Here’s the great Guthrie conspiracy
A former editor indulges in a little paranoia on behalf of Bob Brown and the Gillard government.
Judge the book by the colour of the money
IN recognition of his services to the art of fiction, let us sing: Fraser’s a jolly good fellow.
Just $35bn here and another $11bn there
THE Broadband Minister admits to a teensy-weensy error in the price tag of the NBN.
South of $40, in the carbon tax debate
THE price of carbon sails below Tasmania but pulls up short of Antarctica
Any advance on $100 a tonne for emissions?
THE bid is with the young lady on the far Left.
Bad news, Tony, you’re in trouble.
The Abbott factor. Barrie Cassidy on ABC online’s The Drum last Friday:
Pay attention, Peter and Fran
THE Australian has been waging warfare on handouts for the well-to-do for decades.
You’re a progressive ’til you join The Oz
NOT even the co-author of A Little History of the ALP is safe from the enforcers of the Left.
Put a set-top box in every home?
THE information super highway is rolling out but we still haven’t duplicated the Pacific Highway.
Spending hardly cut but Herald rejoices
EVEN better, the Sydney newspaper cheers an attack on the well-off.
She says illegal, and he says informal
SHE says exploited and he says normal. But oh, if they call the whole thing off, then detention centres will burn and the boats return.
Cry freedom!
ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope on announcing his resignation yesterday:
PM might rule in what she ruled out
AS a former Labor leader put it in plain English, the party’s policy is baloney.
Osama time, and the grieving is queasy – or at least in one small corner of your ABC
ABC Online’s religion and ethics portal editor Scott Stephens on 612 ABC on Thursday:
One man’s death is another man’s punchline
THE death of Osama bin Laden cheered most people but not everybody saw the funny side.
Fairfax and the ABC work through grief
SO much that the US won’t tell us. But Geoffrey Robertson knows one thing for sure
Flags fly at half-mast at ABC headquarters
THE national broadcaster’s pundits deplore a fundamental abuse of human rights.
What a difference a decade makes
PERHAPS Keating’s removal, Rudd-style, would have saved Labor in 1996.
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