THE PICK OF THE MORNING’S STORIES
Indian anger boils over – Melbourne Age
POLITICS AND ECONOMICS
AUSTRALIA
Political life
Kevin Rudd has a ‘nasty’ streak but he is still king – The Sydney Daily Telegraph reports on a Galaxy Research poll showing Labor with a comfortable lead while Kevin Rudd continues to be perceived as the best leader although the poll suggests his recent behaviour may have removed some of the gloss
Poll result clears Kevin Rudd to call snap election – Adelaide Advertiser
Rees’s poll defiance: don’t write me off – Sydney Morning Herald
Economic policy
Rate unlikely to fall as recession becomes official – The Australian
Reserve won’t cut despite shrinkage of GDP – The Australian
On brink of recession, economists say: Pain won’t last long – The Australian
NSW burden drags nation deeper into strife – Sydney Morning Herald
Pay rise delay to save Rees budget – Sydney Morning Herald
Migration
Refugee to PM: Please help us – Melbourne Herald Sun
Australia may take Chinese detainees – a request by the US for Australia to take Chinese Uighurs being held at the Guantanamo Bay prison involves a smaller number of prisoners than in previous requests and is being considered by immigration and security officials, the Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith, ais reported in the Sydney Morning Herald as saying.
Property market
Strong sales spark hopes for housing rebound – The Australian
Industrial relations
Unions press for demands to be met – The Australian
Sectors queue for award protection – The Australian
Crean risks union ire with free-trade defence – The Australian
Unions launch campaign to slash executives’ salaries – Melbourne Age
A hint of strange things
Union chief attacks ‘tainted’ Brumby Government – Melbourne Age
Aboriginal affairs
Alternative anthem’s creator sings against bitter injustice – Sydney Morning Herald
Opinion
Left, right, now together – Katharine Murphy in the Melbourne Age looks at the modern Labor factionalism system
Seems it’s a recession, technically – says Michelle Grattan in the Melbourne Age
Libs should dust off Ergas’s review – Glenn Milne, The Australian
After the stimulus package, Rudd has no ammo left – writes David Uren in The Australian
Turnbull’s debt bluster is failing to pass muster – concludes Malcolm Farr in the Sydney Daily Telegraph
Rudd fights his way down the boulevard of broken dreams – writes Ross Gittins in the Sydney Morning Herald
Strike one for free trade but showdown looms – Phillip Coorey in the Sydney Morning Herald
ELSEWHERE
Racial hatred
Attacked student sounds Australia warning – The Telegraph, Calcutta reports thatAmitabh Bachchan has decided to turn down an honorary doctorate from a Brisbane university in the wake of attacks on Indian students in Australia, and has asked his fans to tell him if they agreed with his decision. The actor was to receive the honorary doctorate from Queensland University of Technology in July for his contribution to entertainment. A retrospective of his films was also scheduled to be screened in Brisbane on the occasion.
Kill claim in racism storm – Melbourne Herald Sun
US Politics
Ad called for Obama assassination – Sydney Daily Telegraph
Opinion
No privacy and no power – there’s no way I’d be an MP – Minette Marin in the London Sunday Times
BUSINESS
Bond vigilantes set for rebellion against the West’s wasteful ways – London Daily Telegraph
Super funds grab share bargains – The Australian
It’s the equity sale of all time – Adele Ferguson in The Australian
ENVIRONMENT
Leaders called to special climate talks – The Independent on Sunday, London
Weird snake pops up after a century – Northern Territory News
Seeing red over logging in land of rare parrot – Sydney Morning Herald
Turnbull tips carbon trading in January – Melbourne Age
MEDIA
Why are they trying to gag a top British science writer? – When chiropractors drag a top science writer into the libel courts, the country has lost its backbone writes Nick Cohen in the Sunday Observer, London.
Power shifts to papers in web war – The Australian
New current affairs site packs some punch – The Australian
LIFE
Literature
JD Salinger considers legal action to stop The Catcher in the Rye sequel – Agents for Jerome David “JD” Salinger, the famously reclusive and litigious author, are consulting lawyers about the publication in Britain next month of an unauthorised sequel to “The Catcher in the Rye” – London Daily Telegraph
Drugs
Heroin spike in Sydney puts medics on high alert – Sydney Daily Telegraph
Simpsons ‘may prompt’ smoking – Melbourne Age
Swine Flu
Swine flu tally passes 250 – Adelaide Advertiser
Swine flu fears for Sydney child – Sydney Daily Telegraph
Young swine flu victim in Cairns bullied – Brisbane Courier Mail
Alert level to rise – Melbourne Herald Sun
Swine flu strategy shifts into ‘sustain’ phase – Melbourne Age
Education
Our bullying shame – Bullying peaks in primary school, in year 5, but continues well into high school, according to Australia’s largest study of the problem – Melbourne Herald Sun
Transport
Crush and load: life on a peak-hour train – Sydney Morning Herald
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