Items still being posted. The author is having a Simon and Garfunkel inspired delayed start. The concert was great but recovery gets more difficult as the years advance.
POLITICS AND ECONOMICS
Australia
Ute gate
Rudd swerves on car scandal – Sydney Morning Herald
Rudd’s adviser ‘unable to sleep’ – The Australian
Car dealer grateful, even though he got no financial help – Melbourne Age
Heat turns on to Swan – Melbourne Age
Auditor to lean on OzCar witnesses – The Australian
Turnbull, Swan set for showdown over Utegate email – Brisbane Courier Mail
Public servant ‘an ill man’– The Australian
Swan denies doing any special deals over ute – Sydney Morning Herald
How Utegate began with my call to Ford Credit’s Greg Cohen – Steve Lewis gives some detail in the Sydney Daily Telegraph on how his story developed
Private man Godwin Grech at centre of Utegate storm – Sydney Daily Telegraph
Showdown on ute affair – The Australian
Interest rates
Official interest rate more likely to fall – Ross Gittins predicts in the Sydney Morning Herald
Strange things
AFP to launch full probe into banknote firm – part owned by the Reserve Bank – Melbourne Age
Education
School principals do the sums on wasteful system – Sydney Morning Herald
Schools are failing us, says Gillard – Sydney Morning Herald
Political life
Anger over grab for developer cash – Sydney Morning Herald
Logan Mayor Pam Parker ‘rules like the Queen’ – Brisbane Courier Mail
Anna Bligh rejects liar tag – Brisbane Courier Mail
Health
Minister ignoring advice – ambos – Melbourne Herald Sun
Opinion
There’s no such thing as a free ute; now someone will have to pay for it – Phillip Coorey in the Sydney Morning Herald
The bruiser, the boof and the bore – Paul Sheehan writes in the Sydney Morning Herald about Christopher Pyne – the member for Skirt
Vital time for Australia’s three most senior politicians – says the Sydney /daily Telegraph editorial
Why Swan’s explanation adds fuel to Utegate fire – says Peter van Onselen in the Brisbane Courier Mail
BUSINESS
Huge resource merger in the air – mining group Xstrata has approached rival Anglo American about a £41 billion ($84billion) merger that would create one of the world’s biggest resource companies. – Sydney Morning Herald
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