Spotlight the Spin
A weekly look at stories various PR people tried to bury in the tail end of the news cycle before this last weekend. Also, what stories are the headpieces stuffed with straw spinning for us first thing this week, and what particular advantage do they hope to gain thereby?
Lazy Sunday!
Since we don’t live by politics alone (I sincerely hope), what did people get up to this weekend? Join in, share some tales, regulars and lurkers all!
Saturday Salon
An open thread, where at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
RSPT debate rolls on
One aspect of the calls to sort the RSPT out in order to give the government ‘clear air’ (which I think emanate more from the journosphere than from Labor MPs, with the probable exception of Gary Gray) is that there’s [...]
Parliamentary approval for war
The Greens have picked up on comments by former chief of the Australian army, Peter Leahy, for parliamentary approval to be required for Australian troops to go to war: Former Australian army chief Lieutenant General Peter Leahy has backed calls [...]
Life imitates art on the Korean peninsula
This from the ABC: Toy balloons released by kindergarten children have sparked a security alert in South Korea amid growing military tensions with North Korea, the defence ministry said. A similar incident is believed to have occurred in Eastern Europe [...]
Belated FIFA World Cup thread
Brought to you by the vuvuzela (whom you can follow on Twitter) and this adorably adventurous kitten.
Quick link: Why dumping Rudd would be stupid
While I’m doing the quick links thing, here’s an excellent article in Inside Story by Peter Brent of Mumble on why dumping Kevin Rudd for Julia Gillard would be the easiest way for Labor to lose this year’s federal election.
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