Sydney Morning Herald columnist Paul Sheehan had many things to say on Monday about the challenge of migration. But the last paragraph stole the show, writes Jane Nethercote.

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The payout was big, but bigger was what the Lewincamp judgment said about the conduct of The Bulletin's journalism, writes Jane Nethercote.

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Emissions trading and global warming ... Morris Iemma ... NT intervention funding ... closing the "gender gap" ...

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Sometimes it's important to give encouragement. So this week we'd like to give a supersized unWankley Award, writes Jane Nethercote

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Jon Faine, 774 ABC presenter, is an intrepid interviewer, able to spot a conflict of interest at 20 paces. But his travel blogging raises interesting questions, writes Jane Nethercote.

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In a World-Youth-Day themed week, why would the Wankley Award veer from the flock?

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Nicole Kidman had a baby. How nice. That was all there was to the story really. Unfortuntaely, newspapers still had to find something to say, writes Jane Nethercote.

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Trading bullshit credits ... the economy ... libraries are important ... the Democrats ... laptops in schools ... G8 ...

We're not sure what a Chaud-froid is, but we do know that the G8 climate change agreement has been met with pretty underwhelmed sighs, writes Sophie Black and Jane Nethercote.

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Overheard at the Daily Tele online art department this week.

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