Headlines Thursday 8th May

Liberal Party pays tribute to Howard
Dr Brendan Nelson has delivered a heartfelt tribute to John Howard at a dinner in his honour in Sydney describing how the former Prime Minister transformed Australia. James Cregan is there.
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Bashing Struggle Street not the way to fight inflation
There are ways to combat inflation other than beating up on the battler, according to Alan Jones.
The problem with inflation is the collapse of competition. You're not going to solve that by belting up people on lower incomes. Alan Jones
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Mercedes Corby could have saved Schapelle: Friend
A Sydney court has heard Mercedes Corby could have saved her convicted drug smuggler sister.
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Dirty talkin' teacher reprimanded in Victoria
A Victorian teacher found to have been regularly swearing around students, buying beer for them and discussing her lesbian sex life with them has been allowed to keep her job.
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Libs want probe into broadband tenders
The federal government has rejected claims the tender process for a national broadband network is deeply flawed and lacks transparency, amid calls for the auditor-general to investigate.
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Costa dips into $490m of govt revenue
Rudd's IR reforms inflationary: Liberals
eBay sellers find porn loophole
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'Burn in hell, you grub': Orkopoulos victim lashes out
A victim of Milton Orkopoulos has attacked the Labor party, for protecting the former Aboriginal Affairs minister. Emily Smith is attending the trial.
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Spinning techniques exposed
Andrew Bolt
Christian Kerr on Kevin Rudd’s aversion to questioning by the media
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Hot air costs plenty
Andrew Bolt
First New Zealanders discover global warming hysterics have cost $1 billion so far. Now Britons learn the price of overheated promises
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Working as well as communism
Andrew Bolt
Social engineering is working as well as it never does
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Spin, spin, bash-the-rich spin
Andrew Bolt
A bit of bash-the-rich is always irresistable to Labor and its friends come Budget time
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A power of nonsense
Andrew Bolt
The Brumby Government’s latest green plan, to buy extra power generated by solar-powered homes, is as useless as it is pricey - but it could have been even worse
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Juntas kill more surely than global warming
Andrew Bolt
It’s not global warming but dicatatorship that is killing so many Burmese
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Rudd’s populism harpooned
Andrew Bolt
Humiliating end to a stupid stunt