Asiavision!
The festival of kitsch is franchising: “Having brought the European version of the Eurovision Song Contest to the Middle East and North Africa, we are now delighted that viewers across Asia will enjoy one of the best established entertainment shows [...]
Secret police inquiry a whitewash
Here is the unsurprising conclusion of the investigation into badgeless APEC cops: Police commissioner Andrew Scipione ordered an internal inquiry by the Professional Standards Command, which found there were real concerns that pin-backed name tags could be used as weapons [...]
APEC ‘outcomes’
THE Sydney climate change declaration is a success for John Howard, a good outcome for APEC and an incremental step on the long journey to find global agreement on a post-2012 emissions policy. The leaders’ declaration is exactly what the [...]
CCTV-9 on the Sydney Declaration
Here in Beijing where I’m currently visiting, the propaganda posters were taken down long ago. There’s less government advertising in the ether than there is in Australia (not that that says much). But the propaganda machine of the Chinese government [...]
Sydney's snipers
APEC is over and signs on the roads this morning cosily reminded drivers that clearways will remain in place for the removal of the “APEC fence” (which is apparently on lease for another three years). Sydney’s Daily Telegraph, in a [...]
Give a man a gun and a badge……
…..and he thinks he’s the law. This one broke on the weekend but it really should have some legs today. The key phrase? “North Shore accountant”. Coppers putting the boot into a bunch of protesting Nimbin ferals and Resistance members [...]
A lurker reports from the APEC frontline
An LP reader writes about their day at the office: The sound of helicopters is ubiquitous this week in central Sydney – not just in the city, but they can be heard – and seen – from kilometres around. Their [...]
Adelaide traded to China for giant Pandas
The Panda round of talks at APEC has finished and a deal has been struck. Mr Downer said he played a pivotal role in securing the pandas so that they could breed in Australia as part of a global survival [...]
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