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Australian Politics from Crikey.com Organising the Obamas: the crucifixion of their social secretaryThe Obama's social secretary is a long time friend of theirs, Desirée Rogers. Which makes it even sadder as the Washington political pool sucks her in and spits her out for her flashy clothes and love of the 'Obama brand'. Posted on 13 March 2010 | 5:38 pm Federal NT intervention will cause more harm than good: new reportThe Intervention into indigenous communities in the NT -- started by the Howard government and continued under Rudd’s watch -- is likely to cause more health problems than it fixes, says a damning health report, writes Melissa Sweet. Posted on 12 March 2010 | 1:27 pm Central Coast in a spin over rumours Obama will sink their battleshipThe sinking of the HMAS Adelaide has the local Central Coast community in a spin: local media is in conflict, the State Government is pushing hard, Peter Garrett faces another difficult decision -- and the US President might even show up. Posted on 12 March 2010 | 1:24 pm Senate inquiries: sport yes, abuse noThe Senate normally conducts inquiries into pretty much anything that takes its fancy. But it was different when the issue was Scientology. Posted on 12 March 2010 | 1:24 pm Play it again, Kev: the monotonous drone of Question TimeKevin Rudd bores. Government thugs Opposition. Question Time irrelevant. Stop me if you've heard this one before... Posted on 12 March 2010 | 1:20 pm Greece is rattling the plate: ‘can you spare some change, man’At least one Greek Australian woman has been caught up in the symbolism and announced to the Greek Australian media that she was committing some of her savings to the Greece solidarity fund, writes Alexandros Logothetis. Posted on 12 March 2010 | 1:20 pm Rundle’s UK: Adonis in name only, as the Labour train leaves the stationUK Labour finally announced a high-speed rail line from London to Birmingham. Construction will commence in 2017. Yep that's right, 2017. Not finish, commence. Posted on 12 March 2010 | 1:20 pm Possum: how we missed the boat with SBYSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono was here to talk about development co-operation, security and intelligence sharing and international economic partnership. What did we bang on about? Boat people. Let's look at the facts. Posted on 12 March 2010 | 1:20 pm Nepotism may come back to bite Brumby on the bumSometimes, as South Australian Premier Mike Rann is discovering to his great dismay, it’s the nasty little personal matters that create the biggest negative impact. Posted on 12 March 2010 | 1:20 pm Wars, rebels and child soldiers: why Africa is a continent of conflictAfrica's brutal wars seem to never end. And they don't, and won't, because there is nothing specific that they are fighting for. Heavily armed banditry has taken over the continent, writes Jeffrey Gettleman. Posted on 12 March 2010 | 1:03 pm The sex scandals destroying the VaticanNew sex scandals involving priests, abuse, cover-ups and gay prostitutions rings has struck the Catholic Church in Europe, and the culture of silence and suppression is causing the Church to crumble, writes James Carroll. Posted on 12 March 2010 | 12:20 pm Pilger: How Rupert runs AustraliaAustralia is a "Murdochracy", says John Pilger, where the media baron and his army of pundits control the national narrative and agenda. Posted on 12 March 2010 | 12:07 pm Time for Defence to come clean on the JSF debacleA new report on the JSF Joint Strike Fighter project was released in US Congress today, and it is a shocker: the cost has shot up 60-90% per jet, and they are running at least two-and-a-half years late. Time for our own government to admit it's a flop, says Ben Sandilands. Posted on 12 March 2010 | 11:07 am Betting Market Friday: Bookies go to sleep, Sportsbet goes berkoThere was no change to the Federal Election betting odds for either party from Centerbet, IASbet or Sportingbet this week -- but Sportsbet's odds on a Coalition victory suddenly jumped from .80 to a whopping .70, reports Possum Comitatus. Posted on 12 March 2010 | 10:40 am Undercover in Yemen’s radical mosquesFor four years, American writer Theo Padnos went deep undercover into the world of radical Islam in Yemen. But his cover was blown last year, and now he's speaking out about his experiences. Posted on 12 March 2010 | 10:25 am Drawing Abbott is an artist’s dreamFrom his pointy nose, big ears and lips that contort themselves around his latest ridiculous policy, it's so satisfying draw Tony Abbott. He's become a caricature of himself, says SMH artist Rocco Fazzari. Posted on 12 March 2010 | 10:12 am Sparrow: Why Tony’s sixpack is a TV starFrom quad bikes, to budgie smugglers, Abbott's worked the media to portray him as 'real' guy. But with many of his social policies indistinguishable from Rudd's, why is Abbott 'authentic' and Rudd not? asks Jeff Sparrow. Posted on 12 March 2010 | 9:36 am Grattan: Abbott performs a double backflipTony Abbott's paid parental leave plan popped up without the knowledge of his colleagues or business. Now he's juggling his credibility with his contradictions, writes Michelle Grattan. Posted on 12 March 2010 | 9:10 am Meet Kim Jong Il’s personal shopperA former North Korean Army Colonel spills the story of his years travelling the world with suitcases full of cash to buy up guns, airplanes, Ferraris, Belgian chocolate and vintage Bordeaux wine for Kim Jong Il and his sons. Posted on 12 March 2010 | 8:54 am Who’s behind the candid camera in the chamber?Queensland Liberal MP Peter Slipper was caught out sleeping through Indonesian President Yudhoyono's speech via a sneaky mobile phone photo from his own side of the House. So who is the sneaky snapper? Posted on 12 March 2010 | 8:42 am No love lost between Labor and GreensFor years the Greens have been regarded by the ALP as the "harmless fairies at the bottom of the garden". But the Greens' power is growing and the ALP -- particularly the Labor Left -- need to be on alert, writes Nick Dyrenfurth. Posted on 12 March 2010 | 8:32 am Plumbing new depths in the SenateDaily media wrap: With a back-up of 41 bills, does the Senate have a plumbing problem? Or is it time for the Rudd government to shit or get off the pot? Posted on 12 March 2010 | 8:29 am Friedman: It’s in the capable hands of the Iraqis nowThe recent election in Iraq is a big deal. Iraqis overcame major sectarian disputes and voted despite the violence and bombings. This is how peace will be achieved in the region: when the citizens are prepared to fight for it. Watch out, Ahmadinejad. Posted on 11 March 2010 | 4:21 pm Some perspective on boat peopleWe bang on about boat people, but how do our boat people numbers compare to world refugee figures? Possum Comitatus has the humbling data. Posted on 11 March 2010 | 1:46 pm Abbott’s parental leave scheme takes aim at … his own party baseIt's not the Liberal Party's big corporate donors that are the real target of Tony Abbott's paid parental leave proposal -- it's the party base membership. Posted on 11 March 2010 | 1:21 pm |