Inflation kicks on, but rates will hold

Australian interest rates will be on hold for a while longer after the headline Consumer Price Index rose 1.5% in the June quarter, writes Glenn Dyer.

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Peter Costello: empty vessels make the most sound

It's only natural that thoughts, in this long Canberra winter, should turn to leadership, writes Bernard Keane.

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Immobilised by Apple’s MobileMe, even without an iPhone

As the hype surrounding the god-like iPhone slowly face, a massive problem with Apple's subscription email service has emerged, writes Stilgherrian.

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Lib/Nat merger: Santoro rises from the ashes to be really annoying

Brough’s proposal that Shane Stone come in as a compromise president for the new Liberal National Party was rejected by the Nationals because Stone was unacceptable to Liberal factional chief Santo Santoro. Remember him? writes Bernard Keane.

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US08 Media Wrap

Get a taste of the best commentary from the US Media here.

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Blogwatch

Blogs on the latest news from Zimbabwe.

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State of the Planet

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Stuff we like

Crikey's picks of the best reads on the web.

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TV ad slump is just the beginning...

In comments yesterday Nine said it was confident of rebuilding its ad share to match its ratings share, while Seven said it would retain its share. But they might struggle, writes Glenn Dyer.

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Media briefs: Eddie tell-all boned, journalism by McDonald's

Reality TV has dirtiest carbon footprint ... Boned! ... Journalism, now brought to you by McDonald's.

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Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups

Tim Fischer goes to Rome ... the Murray Darling ... emissions trading ... World Youth Day ...

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Crikey Says

The Pope, in case you were too obsessed by the future fortunes of Peter Costello to notice, has recently spent a little time in Sydney.

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Politics, The Universe, Etc

Queensland Libs offer biggest compromise yet to Nationals: 22/07/2008 | 2
How Gardasil hype undermined the PBAC: 22/07/2008 | 1
WYD wash-up: NSW put on a great party (even if it snubbed most): 22/07/2008 | 5
US08 Media Wrap: 22/07/2008 | 0
Blogwatch: 22/07/2008 | 0
Stuff we like: 22/07/2008 | 0
State of the Planet: 22/07/2008 | 1
How to do a "murraydarling" i.e: absolutely nothing: 21/07/2008 | 8
CSIRO scientist's GM letter campaign 'backfires': 21/07/2008 | 14
Lobbyist Register throws more light on ALP in-breeding: 21/07/2008 | 2
US08 Media Wrap: 21/07/2008 | 0
Blogwatch: 21/07/2008 | 0
Stuff we like: 21/07/2008 | 0
State of the Planet: 21/07/2008 | 0
First Dog on the Moon: 18/07/2008 | 1
They just don't hand out Sainthoods like they used to: 18/07/2008 | 7
US08 Media Wrap: 18/07/2008 | 0
State of the Planet: 18/07/2008 | 1

Media/Arts/Sport

BB 08: the media didn't bite this year: 22/07/2008 | 0
Media briefs: Newsroom backstabbing, Top Gear loses stig: 22/07/2008 | 3
WYD is the best PR the Catholic Church could pray for: 21/07/2008 | 3
Media briefs: Seven wins the week ... the Great Global Warming Swindle swindle ... more paper cuts: 21/07/2008 | 0
And the Wankley Award goes to ... a cranky bishop: 18/07/2008 | 6
Media briefs: Fairfax phony war, sign of the devil: 18/07/2008 | 2
Is Germaine Greer getting ready to sue?: 17/07/2008 | 0
Media briefs: Daily Tele WYD spruik, Cadel sees yellow: 17/07/2008 | 3
Note to “old media” journalists: adapt, or stfu!: 16/07/2008 | 10
Media briefs: press release v newspaper, stipple ripple, bad cap watch: 16/07/2008 | 0

Business

Lowy, the RBA and tax: join the dates: 22/07/2008 | 3
Hegarty creates history as $10.7m payout overturned: 21/07/2008 | 1
Dead cat on Wall Street, not so bouncy: 18/07/2008 | 0
Qantas slashes lightly. A bit.: 18/07/2008 | 1
Is Qantas giving big tobacco the executive treatment?: 17/07/2008 | 3
Resource boom hits rock bottom for zinc and nickel miners: 16/07/2008 | 0

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Richard Farmer. I just shake my head. First, a few months back you admit to lobbying a Minister without disclosing your client. Now you happily brag about using your position as an advisor to gain consultancy work. Perhaps the next time you piously throw stones about others behaviour (as you so regularly do) you should look in the mirror first…
Matt on Lowy, the RBA and tax: Join the dates (4 comments)

Katherine Wilson's record of anti-GM campaigning will perhaps be so clear to any readers familiar with this topic that it needs no further disclosure. However she might care to clarify in future that the "Institute for Health and Environment Research" apparently consists of a 3-person posse of anti-GM campaigners and a broken website.
Spamburger on CSIRO scientist's GM letter campaign 'backfires' (11 comments)

A Wankley please, to the televised re-enactment of Jesus' crucifixion. A Sunday school production against a backdrop of breathtaking Sydney landmarks wasn’t awesome, just awful. The spectre of a stumbling, bullied 'Christ' dragging a cross through city streets, traversing the Harbour on a barge and eventually getting 'nailed' to his croix was somewhere between a Monty Python, Dave Allen and Boris Karloff blockbuster.
Cassie Johnson on And the Wankley Award goes to... a cranky Bishop (4 comments)

A Crikey series of articles looking at whether the ABC is fulfilling its charter as a public broadcaster, what it should be doing and how to move forward.

The ABC: Outsourcings "R" us
What does the ABC's Charter actually mean?
ABC and SBS look to the future (and hope it's cashed up)

The Crikey Health Forum

The Crikey Reader Forum

The Crikey Media Forum

Dr. AGNES VITRY: Gardasil hype undermined the PBAC
KEANE: The Oz needs to turn a brighter shade of green
STILGHERRIAN: Old media journos: Adapt or stfu!
GLENN DYER: The death of Big Brother

23 July: Is the US media pro-Obama or anti-substance?
22 July: NYT nixes McCain: Not Obama enough!
21 July: Obama's Iraqi endorsement
18 July: Race relations and "the N word"

Crikey's US correspondent Guy Rundle is covering the 2008 presidential race right down to the wire.

NEW TO CRIKEY: Video reportage from the US campaign trail!

Netroots Nation - Interview with Elise from Daily KOS

Netroots Nation - Interview with Jim Hightower from Hightower Lowdown

The old left collapses into the blogosphere:
The Netroots gathering -- with about 1000 attendees -- is a mirror of the blogosphere that generated it.
It's the economy stupid:
Beware of the obessseions of cable news, tune in to the mainstream.
Time for leaving Portland:
Out of the Pacific north west and into the unkown, Rundle trades Americas.

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23 July 2008

Alex Mitchell: How I broke the story of Lowy's first ATO punch-up

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Bone drug might cause, not prevent, fractures

The Tour de France turns the doping corner

Next Crikey Email 1300 hrs 24 July

Budget night: a triumph of rite over truth

9/05/2007 12:00:00 AM

Guy Rundle writes: