Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Headlines Tuesday 6th May

Howard’s legacy deepens
Andrew Bolt
Thank heavens John Howard lasted long enough to give Labor ideas
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Trainspotting: RailCorp's sordid sex and drugs scandal deepens
RailCorp staff used illegal drugs while working, an ICAC inquiry into corruption at the NSW government corporation has been told.
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Working families, but what about the rest of us?
Jason Morrison looks at how the Rudd Government is being caught out by its own spin on the annoying phrase “working families”. Click on the audio link to hear Wayne Swan struggle with the definition of 'working families'
The glaring problem with “working families” is it’s a very exclusive club. Jason Morrison
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Meagher under fire after baby born in hospital toilet
The Health Minister is under pressure to explain how a pregnant woman was allowed to give birth in a public toilet at the troubled Royal North Shore Hospital
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Looming battle with banks will test PM's mettle
The banks are threatening to play hardball with the Rudd government and the PM and Treasurer need to make sure their up to the test, according to Alan Jones.
Why shouldn't bank shareholders feel the pain? Alan Jones
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Swan says rate stability shows need for budget cuts
The Reserve Bank has warned that interest rates could still go up if demand does not slow as expected.
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Parklea Prison contraband raid finds only phone, blunt objects
An inmate at Sydney’s Parklea Prison has been caught trying to flush a mobile-phone down the toilet, during a surprise contraband raid.
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Iemma claims victory in power struggle
NSW Premier Morris Iemma has emerged from a caucus meeting, insisting his party is happy to move ahead with the power sale. Heidi Tiltins is there.
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Miley thanks fans after photo scandal
Miley Cyrus has thanked her fans for their support over the Vanity Fair photo scandal.
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Toxic water wipes out wildlife in Blue Mountains
Life in the Gross River in the Blue Mountains is being wiped out, with millions of litres of contaminated water beinging leaked into the river daily.
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What Rudd soul-mate?
Andrew Bolt
Last week Michael Cooney, policy director of Left-wing “think tank” Per Capita, loved Kevin Rudd’s resemblence to Gordon Brown
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Buswell hangs on to his seat
Andrew Bolt
All the hapless WA Liberals achieved was to advertise that a chair-sniffer is the best they’ve got
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$20 billion dinosaurs
Andrew Bolt
Former Prime Minister Paul Keating wonders how union leaders fighting the privatisation of NSW’s power utilities can be so sure of their judgment when they’ve already lost $20 billion of other people’s money on their last big call
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Cold comfort for victims of warming faith
Andrew Bolt
Fran O’Sullivan says New Zealand might regret signing up to a carbon trading scheme like the one Kevin Rudd wants for Australia
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To wrong Wong gets necks wrung
Andrew Bolt
Jack the Insider discovers that the media style of this government isn’t much different from what Kerry-Anne Walsh first noticed:

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