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The Stump

Italy does the job on refugees

While the asylum seeker debate continues here, it is worth looking at approaches taken to refugees in other ‘developed’ countries.  Italy continues to set the pace when it comes to rich continues blatantly breaching human rights laws and putting refugees lives at risk.  They have reached an agreement with Libya – a nation with an [...] Comments (0)

Pollytics

New Pollytrend Metric – Phone Pollster Trend

We all know about our Pollytrend chart – where we build a rolling average of the most recent poll from each pollster weighted by sample size, then run an aggressive locally weighted polynomial regression through the results to give us an adaptive trend line. While Pollytrend is good for picking up medium term shifts in [...] Comments (18)

The Poll Bludger

Nielsen: 56-44

The keenly awaited monthly Nielsen poll of 1400 respondents has Labor’s two-party lead down just slightly to 56-44 from 57-43 a month ago. Likewise, Labor’s primary vote is down a point to 45 per cent and the Coalition’s is up one to 38 per cent. Kevin Rudd’s approval rating is down three points to 68 [...] Comments (69)

The Content Makers

The Best Slide from Media 140

Worth a look. Thanks to @theburgerman for the link. Comments (0)

Culture Mulcher

The eyebrows have it

Quick, who are these six people? Comments (7)

Pure Poison

So You Think You Can Interpret Polls?

Last week’s Newspoll result – a 2PP of 52-48 – sent the media into a flurry of speculation about what caused the Narrowing [TM]. But it was a single, aberrant poll result – at the same time, Essential Research came out at 59-41 (unchanged from the previous week) and last Friday Morgan’s latest came out [...] Comments (10)

Rooted

Exposing polluter influence on climate policy

Stay tuned for the release tomorrow of an investigative piece by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Comments (2)

Croakey

Want to see a real food war? This is the stoush to watch

In case you missed it, there’s been a minor food spat going on at Crikey. When the nutritionist, Dr Rosemary Stanton, called for foods to be taxed according to their carbon footprint, this, predictably enough, got right up the noses of the Australian Food and Grocery Council, as well as their friends at the Institute [...] Comments (4)

Plane Talking

Incorrect if not fanciful reporting about Virgin Blue

It is now 72 hours since a wrong report about Virgin Blue getting Boeing 777-200LRs in Air Transport World sent sites like Airliners.net into a frenzy of learned discussion. Comments (0)

Cinetology

Johnny's in the Basement

LiteraryMinded

Snapshot

Number of items on to-do list: Nine. Not too bad. Comments (0)

Corporate Engagement

The Internet and the damage done (to story-telling)

We’re seeing more articles like this one in the Times: Comments (2)

The Northern Myth

How Canberra keeps the NT’s “rivers of grog” flowing

in ordinary circumstances under the previous regime, Ms Nudjulu would have been a prime candidate for a custodial sentence. She had previous convictions for possession of alcohol contrary to the Liquor Act - and was currently subject to a suspended sentence. Comments (2)

Rocky & Gawenda

Strangers on God’s beach

There was a baptism on the beach this morning. It was a morning of lovely sunshine and cloudless skies, windless and warm, gently so, a spring morning and we could feel it, Rocky and I, the warmth of it and the lightness of it, Rocky running along the water’s edge towards the pier, stopping for [...] Comments (4)

First Blog on the Moon

I’m on a panel! And in a book!

It is all true. Be there or be at home drunk on your couch loser, the choice is yours. Comments (21)

Jonathan Green

www.rupertmurdoch.twit

Does Rupert Murdoch get the internet thing? Some thoughts from Roy Greenslade. Comments (6)

Crikey Sports

Wallabies vs Poms preview

Matt is the editor of GreenandGoldRugby.com Comments (0)

Crikey Team

A tribute to GeoCities

Today is a sad day in internet land: Yahoo has finally pulled the plug on GeoCities. Comments (5)