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Cash-for-tweets celebrities get green light
Julian Lee CELEBRITIES and personalities who are paid to tweet do not necessarily need to disclose they are getting paid to do so, the competition watchdog says.
TV still favourite, but viewers using phones, laptops at same time
Julian Lee TELEVISION is getting the upper hand in the game of ''attention economics'' being played out in households, but it is increasingly having to vie for people's time with a panoply of technology, a survey has found.
Reith gets aboard for TV's roughest ride
Jacqueline Maley IF IT had been Big Brother, he would have said no.
Ex-premier fires up over Canberra's Gonski snub
JEWEL TOPSFIELD ONE of the most prominent members of the Gonski review into school funding has broken her silence over the government's failure to act on the panel's recommendations, admitting she is disappointed and mystified.
Patrick White's rare first novel revived for a new audience
DAVID MARR AFTER 70 years, Patrick White's first novel is to see the light of day again. Happy Valley established the young Australian as one of the coming talents of the literary world when it appeared in the late 1930s. Praise poured down from London and New York critics. But White never allowed its republication.
Gift of giving: children learn how to help those in need
Esther Han BULLYING and ridicule about her reading disabilities often drove Indigo Wallace-Knight to cry in her mother's arms during the first few years of primary school.
Funder shortlisted for PM's awards
Jason Steger ANNA FUNDER has just been in Greece for a week and is living in New York, but the chances are she would like to be back in Australia as her debut novel, All That I Am, continues to rake in the honours.
Growing numbers show women are at home on the range
Saffron Howden THE industry that was to define a colonised Australia, shape its literature and populate its rural towns for well over a century began humbly.
Henry honoured to join Reconciliation Australia board
DAN HARRISON THE former Treasury secretary Ken Henry has accepted a seat on the board of Reconciliation Australia. Dr Henry is a special adviser to the Prime Minister leading the development of a white paper on Australia in the Asian century. He is also a director of National Australia Bank and executive chair of the institute of public policy at the Australian National University.
Judges rarely meet young in parenting disputes, says study
ADELE HORIN AUSTRALIAN Family Court judges and magistrates rarely meet the children whose fate they are deciding and many are reluctant to do so, a new study shows.
Indigenous leader slams Amnesty
DAN HARRISON Bess Price attacks group for its criticisms of Gillard government proposals to extend intervention.
Review touted for 'risky' detainees
DANIEL FLITTON Immigration Minister defends as 'very difficult cases' refugees caught in indefinite detention.
Abbott 'bloodlust' breaches law, says Labor
Michelle Grattan Government accuses opposition of trying to hound Craig Thomson him out of Parliament.
All eyes on Energy Watch Mark II
LUCY BATTERSBY Investors pump millions of dollars into new business, leaving legal problems with the old one.
School reforms delayed too long, says Lawrence
Jewel Topsfield Former ALP national breaks her silence over failure to act on the Gonski review.
Govt tells its MPs to use social media
MICHAEL GORDON The Gillard government has a communications conundrum that transcends the media focus on Craig Thomson, or the travails of minority government, or even the Prime Minister's disapproval rating.
Schools stick with religious chaplains
BIANCA HALL Most Australian schools employing student welfare officers hired religious chaplains, figures released this week show.
Academic, woolgrower vying for literary prize
Gia Metherell Australian National University historian Bill Gammage's ground-breaking book on indigenous land management has been shortlisted for the 2012 Prime Minister's Literary Awards, the nation's richest.
ACCC warns celebrities over paid tweets
JULIAN LEE Celebrities and personalities who are paid to tweet do not necessarily need to disclose they are being paid, the competition watchdog says.
Corby tagged a 'terrorist'
Schapelle Corby, once dubbed in Indonesia a ''marijuana queen'', has now been described by a top judge as worse than a terrorist amid a growing backlash over her clemency.
Milat verse 'glorified' killing of teen victim
Margaret Scheikowski Poetry written by Matthew Milat after he murdered a teenager in the Belanglo State Forest glorified the crime and conveyed a sense of ''enjoyment'' in the killing, a psychiatrist says.
Turnbull queries Google tax bill
BIANCA HALL Internet giant Google has refused to explain why it paid just $74,176 in Australian tax last year, despite making an estimated $1 billion in revenue from the Australian market.
New Defence Bank opens its doors at Duntroon
David Ellery Chief of Defence Force, General David Hurley, has opened a new Defence Bank branch that sits right next to his ''regular ATM''.
White's rare debut returning to shelves
DAVID MARR After 70 years, Patrick White's first novel is to see the light of day again.
Girl sold for sex cried for help
Vincent Morello One of seven young girls lured into an alleged child prostitution ring cried out for help as she was sexually assaulted, court documents allege.
Sisters' say a High Court matter
The full bench of the High Court will decide if four sisters at the centre of an international custody dispute have the right to a voice in court.
The kitsch that saved the world
Henrietta Cook 12:00am Time for an extravaganza of synchronised dance moves and potentially injurious special effects.
Australia and South Africa to share world’s biggest telescope
Deborah Smith Australia and South Africa are to share the world’s biggest telescope – the Square Kilometre Array.
10 ways to keep warm
Alen Delic 5:44pm Yes, it's cold. Here's 10 ways to keep warm as temperatures creep to -5 degrees later this week.
Defence reform 'set to fail' due to Govt complacency
David Ellery 12:46pm There is little hope the Gillard Government will put in the time, effort and resources needed to make the 2013 Defence White Paper a success a former chief of army says.
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