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Wilkie backs watered-down pokies bill

STATEMENT BY ANDREW WILKIE REGARDING GOVERNMENT POKER MACHINE REFORM I’ve decided to vote in support of the Government’s National Gambling Reform Bill...

The Craig Thomson statement

• Keep up-to-date with the range of breaking stories and opinions on today’s statement to Parliament by embattled MP Craig Thomson by...

The Yellow Silt Road … oops Waterfall

The story so far … Lara and Greg’Le had headed down the Yellow Brick Road towards the Emerald City under the vista...

Chronicle 66: That naughty Michael West

Donald Knowler continues his series on the glory days of newspapers and the characters who inhabited newsrooms of the past. Knowler, through...

Jurisprudence and Julian Assange

According to Geoffrey Robertson QC, human rights lawyer and adviser to Julian Assange, the British Supreme Court is likely to rule on...

Occupied Economy

Image, Cassandra’s Curse: http://www.clubofrome.org/?p=1893 This morning I was pulling poison ivy. It looked like I was up against the withering prospect of...

Dear Minister Wightman

A letter to Minister Wightman in the response to the following State Government media release: Support for Responsible Cat Ownership Today’s State...

Coffee revs for life

May 17 (Bloomberg) — Coffee, caffeinated or decaffeinated, may help extend the lives of people who drink it daily, a U.S. study...

Nine problems stopping The Global Mail from getting an audience

While it’s a shame The Global Mail has failed to make an impact on the media landscape, the signs have been there...