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Thornley under pressure to explain his "better place"

The speculation that Victorian ALP Evan Thornley is planning to join Israeli spruiker Shai Agassi's ambitious 'Better Place' electric car project is looking like the Christmas gift for the opposition, reports Andrew Crook.

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The Gaza Strip: A Crikey wrap

While we were tucking into leftover Turkey sandwiches, a world away, Israel began to bomb the Gaza strip, claiming retaliation for rocket attacks launched by Hamas.

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Radioactive waste for Christmas

The findings of a Committee Report in to radioactive waste legislation have been misreported in the media, writes Bob Gosford.

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Media briefs: NT News editor a "bloody idiot"... Music industry to abandon law suits...

NT News editor "bloody idiot"... Music industry to abandon law suits... UK Virgin launches ultrafast broadband while Australian broadband still at snail's pace...

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The great innovation black hole

Labor's bold infrastructure plans are now hardly worth the paper they're written on, writes Phillip O'Neill.

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Life before surfing: history of the internet

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Rudd's 'speak' to 'the troops' was patronizing. They've seen, read and heard enough of his speeches in three years to have some inkling of his persona. He should present as a statesman, whether it's QT, in the UN, on the TV, at the retiree village up the road or at an army base.
Fay on Rudd unleashes inner bogan in Afghanistan
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Nice try Connor, but work filters are different. People at work do not have administrator access to their computers, which means they don't have peer to peer file sharing nor can they install programs like Tor. There's no comparison with home computers.
Mark G on The lies of the internet censors: Your. Filter. Won't. Work. (22 comments)

Childwise and Bravehearts both have a seat of the government's Cyber Safety Working Group which has not one single member without a vested interest in censorship except the IIA. Even the public servants are building their empires. These people are providing the government with policy advice on these issues in secret and with no evidence at all for their position.
Gail on The lies of the internet censors: Your. Filter. Won't. Work. (22 comments)

Classic Crikey

Budget night: a triumph of rite over truth

9/05/2007 12:00:00 AM
Guy Rundle writes:

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.


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