Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has failed in an attempt to sell a block of Fairfax Media shares after the company reported a record annual loss.

It emerged after the market closed that Mrs Rinehart was trying to sell about one third of her 15 per cent stake in the struggling media company.

The Opposition says Prime Minister Julia Gillard still needs to answer questions about her time as a lawyer in the 1990s - but will not say what those questions are.

from Crikey ….

Once the religious, the hunted and weary

Chasing the promise of freedom and hope

Came to this country to build a new vision

We have spent our careers as filmmakers making the case that the news media in the United States often fail to inform Americans about the uglier actions of our own government. We therefore have been deeply grateful for the accomplishments of WikiLeaks, and applaud Ecuador’s decision to grant diplomatic asylum to its founder, Julian Assange, who is now living in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.

The investigation into the HSU by Fair Work Australia was at best completely shallow and at worse incompetent... That is more or less the advice given by the investigation of the investigation....  

franjulie

Quite funny really... This morning (22 august 2012) Fran Kelly "interviewed" Julie Bishop... And not a peep of a challenge on any issues... Pathetic really...

Chief climate commissioner Tim Flannery says Australians have been misled by 'lies' about global efforts to tackle climate change, but they're increasingly less fearful of Labor's pollution price.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been attacked for breaking her promise not to introduce a carbon tax, but Professor Flannery says on the flip-side people have been repeatedly told the world isn't acting, when it is.

from the 7:30 report ….

Eight former executives from companies owned by the Reserve Bank of Australia are facing committal for trial over charges of bribing foreign officials and questions of connection to the central bank are being asked.

In human history, we have waddled for more than a century in the availability of "democratically" generated images. Image for the people by the people...