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Undermining Gillard continues
Richard FarmerJul 22, 20125 Comments
The dab hand of the Rudd supporters evident again this morning with these two stories in the Sydney Sundays:
UK Cabinet revolt at austerity cost cutting
Richard FarmerJul 21, 2012
Britain's Lord Chancellor Ken Clarke is leading a Cabinet revolt and calling for the return of free biscuits as snacks at Cabinet meetings. The Secretary of State for Justice broke Cabi
A new form of reporting political news - quote your own columnists
Richard FarmerJul 21, 20122 Comments
It gets a bit hard writing news stories about leadership challenges when the politicians involved don't want to talk ab out it. But never fear, there is another way of filling the front
Plug pulled on Bruce Springsteen
Richard FarmerJul 15, 20121 Comment
They pulled the sound plug on Bruce Springsteen to end the second day of the Hard Rock Calling
Attack on Gillard - out from the underground
Richard FarmerJul 15, 2012
No surprise really that The Australian has brought an attack on Julia Gillard out from the underground world of chain emails into the mainstream media.
The world fat index
Richard FarmerJul 13, 2012
The BBC website has developed a fat calculator to amuse and, in my case, humiliate. It is based on research data
Decline in bargaining power affects the workers' share of the Australian economic pie
Richard FarmerJul 10, 20126 Comments
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has pointed to a reduction in the bargaining power of workers to explain a change in labour's share of Australia's national inc
An easing of economic activity predicted by OECD
Richard FarmerJul 9, 2012
An easing of economic activity in most major OECD economies and a more marked slowdown in most major non- OECD economies is indicated by an OECD statistical survey released tonight. The
While the talking goes on the unemployment in Europe keeps rising
Richard FarmerJul 2, 20123 Comments
Figures published today by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, show European unemployment continuing to rise.