Kevin Rudd missed his party’s party, as Bernard Keane pens in today’s Crikey (for subscribing people). But we didn’t miss the program — excerpts below — complete with ads from the likes of Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association.
The menu — organic eggs and truffle oil (happily not sponsored by the APPEA) — looks delightful.
Monthly Archives: November 2008
Rudd’s first anniversary bash — sans Rudd
November 30, 2008 – 1:03 pm
The Congo explained
November 28, 2008 – 4:03 pm
Is there anything spiffier (apologies Possum) than the Economist’s videographic mapping? Not much.
Let me wobble board loose, Bruce
November 28, 2008 – 2:45 pm
Good old Rolf Harris. Pleading “the times” for the questionable race politics of Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport, while accusing abos (as he might have had it way back) of being innately disposed to turning their immediate surrounds into a tip. So, we get this:
Rolf Harris regrets the racist verse on Aborigines in Tie Me Kangaroo [...]
Thursday nite is Walkley night …
November 27, 2008 – 2:28 pm
… and even though none of us are in the running for anything, we’ll be going. We might even live blog bits. Maybe.
Who was John Howard again?
November 25, 2008 – 10:40 am
Polling yesterday from Emc’s Essential Research paints a rosy picture of public perception of the John Howard experiment:
Overall, how would you rate John Howard’s record as Prime Minister? Would you say he was?
One of Australia’s best Prime Ministers
20%
A better than average Prime Minister
27%
An average Prime Minister
21%
A below average Prime Minister
12%
One of Australia’s worst Prime Ministers
12%
No [...]
Modern times
November 25, 2008 – 8:29 am
There’s a bloke I’ve known for a few years who works for ANZ. He was my branch manager for a while and then moved on into head office. I saw him every now and then when I caught the train to work. He was always on the 7.25, regular as. Always caught it from the [...]
The Trig perplex
November 24, 2008 – 4:02 pm
There are moments as an editor – I’ve had a few – when you realise you’ve made a bad, bad call. This happens as often through the things you miss, or stumble over, or fail to give appropriate attention to, as it does thanks to the things you do resolutely, but wrongly, on purpose.
Crikey – [...]
First Fish
November 24, 2008 – 3:37 pm
I’m tremendously fond of Mr Fish, the Harper’s cartoonist. I say this, in part because it’s true and in part to tease the absurdly fragile ego of First Dog On The Moon.
Do you want the bad news or the tabloid pap?
November 19, 2008 – 8:22 am
The economy is in a dire place, the RBA is feeling compelled to act as best it can to apply CPR to the twitching patient. Every cut in rates is just another clue to the depth of despair around the RBA board table. Of course, that’s not how they see it in tabloid newspaper land. [...]
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