… or something like that. A little amazing to see the total suspension of disbelief in the Australian press, with even the crusty ideo-warriors at the Oz grounding arms to applaud seemingly quite rapt. This truly does seem to be a moment, one that gives a new and suddenly hopeful context to our own slightly [...]
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Mr Crikey rant earlier today. Harumph
It’s the biggest story of the day. Huge. Filling talkback, leading the news bulletins, dominating the public conversation. Kevin Rudd’s muted attempt to forge an Australian response to cataclysmic climate change? No. The future of troubled AFL star Ben Cousins. And there in a bad-hair nutshell is the Rudd Government’s real failure in this national discussion of [...]
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A little something to be watching, contemplating even, on this strange, sobre afternoon of the Rudd climate White paper.
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The editorial from the Crikey email today. Just coz I kind of liked this one. Had Kevin Rudd not had the good fortune to make an advantageous marriage, then we can probably assume that the considerable wealth of his would-be nemesis Malcolm Turnbull could be more of an issue in public discussion than it is. As [...]
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