Thursday, 21 August 2008
The story of Queensland's Cubbie Station is an incestuous saga of arrogance and influence, writes Bernard Keane.
It is now time for the managers and publicists to take over from the coaches and shrinks, writes H.G Nelson.
I am in Goroka, deep in the mountains of Papua New Guinea’s Eastern Highlands. I’m here to find a small baby named after the new Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, writes Ilya Gridnef.
The Obama campaign is leaking VP announcement details, and McCain will announce his VP on his 72nd birthday.
Changes to Victoria's laws to decriminalise abortion have got the blogosphere talking.
Crikey rounds up news about the environment, climate and the natural world.
The Crikey team recommends their favourite reads each day.
No feed for The Age night shift ... American people don't know much ... iTunes blocked in China ... Ad men are sad ... Ingredients for a successful news site ... Spinners and Losers ...Spam subject header of the day
Qantas landed its record before tax profit of $1.408 billion amidst the damage maintenance issues have done to the carrier’s reputation, writes Ben Sandilands.
The Beijing Olympics ... the Crikey poll and the Liberal leadership ... Haneef ... Christmas Island ... the banks ...
Owners of the Kevin Rudd action figure will be delighted to learn that a new outfit modelled by the Prime Minister at yesterday’s Pacific Islands Forum in Niue will be available at toy shops in time for Christmas.
The best gymnastics video of the Olympics
Crikey's daily political podcast
Finding baby Kevin Rudd in PNG
A suitable use for this "facility"? I cannot think of anything more appropriate than Australia offering it (complete with us covering the operational costs) to the International Court of Justice (in The Hague) as an appropriate home for convicted genocide perpetrators and war criminals.Mervyn Langford on Inside the Christmas Island detention centre (14 comments)
The Magic Pudding. Hang on, wasn't that the little bloke who ran around for the last 10 years giving everyone a never ending piece of pie? Peter Ormond on Crikey's "if not Costello then what?" poll (4 comments)
Everything I read and see in the news about the election is making me worried that it may be slipping towards the Reps. Obama clearly gave the more considered answers, which would be great in a president but not so much in a presidential candidate, especially one that needs to win states like Colorado.Phil on Rundle08: Hokey inquisition fails to draw revelations (4 comments)
ANTI-GEEK: NWAT wasn't what Telstra had in mindKEANE: Bracks report: $2bn handout to the car industrySCHWAB: Telstra: where talk is cheap, execs are not
A Crikey series of articles looking at whether the ABC is fulfilling its charter as a public broadcaster, what it should be doing and how to move forward.The ABC: Outsourcings "R" usWhat does the ABC's Charter actually mean?ABC and SBS look to the future (and hope it's cashed up)
20 August: Will the Republican VP be a former Democrat?19 August: Musharraf, Georgia, dominate the campaign18 August: McCain & Obama's evangelical Q&A15 August: Flunking "3 am phonecall" test on Georgia
Crikey's US correspondent Guy Rundle is covering the 2008 presidential race right down to the wire.
Russia moves, America gets the leaders it deserves Any untutored observer, watching this idiot man-child cheering in the bleachers and passing up a little grab-ass with the beach volleyball team, would have assumed that he occupied a purely ceremonial office, like the Warden of the Cinque Ports. The Dems' need for catharsis? Oh god... Never underestimate the Democrats' ability to remove the as yet undigested remains of defeat from the sifted faeces of victory. WANT MORE? VISIT THE CAMPAIGN ARCHIVE HERE
New to Crikey: Video reports from the US campaign trail!
The Southeast Homeschool Expo - Exclusive video coverage Netroots Nation - Interview with Elise from Daily KOS Netroots Nation - Interview with Jim Hightower from Hightower Lowdown
21 Aug 2008
Mitchell: Secret ALP polling reveals ... nothing
Stockmarket gives Fairfax a gentle kicking
Mayne: Gunns investor confidence in crisis
Olympics: Seven's coverage uncovered
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So it is that every year, our shaman gather in Canberra. Like priests before a ritual they are sealed off from the profane world in a special retreat (‘the lock-up’) and bonded together in a sacred pact, which sets them off as a distinct group against the rest of their people.
