Rear Window

  • Taking it on the chin . . . again

    Kristina Keneally has had to pop in the mouthguard again this week. The NSW Premier told a function that was her expression for dealing with the criticism that comes with the job.

  • Having a punt on gambling reform

    Tasmanian independent Andrew Wilkie has found changing the country's gambling habits will be hard work.

  • Forget who wins, it's the dollars that count

    AFL premiers Geelong are shading Collingwood for premiership favouritism as the finals series is about to get under way.

  • Election mates too close for comfort

    If you're a politician worried about a press conference, the preference seems to be to bring plenty of friends.

  • Women's business cheered

    There was no better sign that the blokes are finally getting their heads around the need for better gender balance than

  • Too close to call a victory party

    Most sensible people are thoroughly sick of the federal election, and the counting, and how many seats everyone has or hasn't got.

  • Too independent for terrorism

    Author Loretta Napoleoni knows she wasn't cut out to be a terrorist.

  • Williams weighs in with 23 cup nominations

    Students of the punt are sharpening their pencils since the weights were released yesterday for Victoria's major spring races, an announcement that underlined how serious Lloyd Williams is about winning his fourth Melbourne Cup.

  • Ken's fridge art sale a cool idea

    He's designed tea-towels, t-shirts, swimming costumes and magnets, and now, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the ASX Thomson Reuters Charity Foundation Financial Markets Charity Golf Day next year, Australian artist

  • Just pick 'all of the above'

    Rear Window normally abhors quizzes but of course there are exceptions.

  • Animal lovers bite Greens

    The Greens are finding themselves in the spotlight more all the time.

  • Rory, be warned: the bet's still on

    Rory Robertson has left Macquarie Group but his old sparring partner Steve Keen wants to let him know he's still out there.

  • F1 veteran fuels Holden launch

    Former champion racing driver Emerson Fittipaldi made the long haul from Brazil to South Melbourne to help launch Holden's new Commodore VE Series II, the first locally made car that runs on a mixture of up to 85 per cent ethanol.

  • Onward and upward . . . sort of

    Boeing has dashed the hopes of anyone wanting to fly in one of their planned 787 Dreamliner aircraft any time soon by recently announcing a delay.

  • Say goodbye to Sunday stubble

    It's the golden period for electric shavers

  • The moment KK went off the rails

    Perhaps it was the excitement of being back in the bear pit after nine weeks off that prompted NSW Premier Kristina Keneally's feisty performance during question time yesterday.

  • Hunt for the naked truth in rag trade

    American Apparel, a leading fashion house in the United States, is facing a string of troubles.

  • Ivy league faces up to terrorism

    A leading thinker on terrorism will be the keynote speaker at the annual forum for women and banking in Sydney.

  • Better the devil you know

    When there's devilry in the air it can take a north Queenslander to set things straight.

  • ICC playing a straight bat

    Pakistan is going to send some of its own investigators to look at the latest match-fixing controversy to hit cricket.

  • Footballer hangs out bank shingle

    The only new US bank to over this year is operating out a of a trailer.

  • Making Hay in the Nick of time

    Hay is a long way from Britain's House of Lords, but the western NSW town will have a peer on its streets this weekend.

  • Cheap might not mean cheerful

    The larger-than-life Hollywood film producer is an endangered species.

  • Kennett tees up for golf amateurs

    Jeff Kennett says it's not just the Australian Masters in November which should be capturing the attention of golf fans.

  • Wineries try new way to get tanked

    Australian business Flextank

  • Singo's lamb wins at Rosehill meet

    John Singleton loves his horses and he doesn't mind his lamb, either. The adman was at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday to watch his glamour mare More Joyous race at the Sydney Turf Club's major spring meeting.

  • Austrade's PIIG of a job

    Austrade chief economist Tim Harcourt reckons we've got the Europeans all wrong.

  • Magic evening for Taurus anniversary

    With the volatile markets, business leaders might be looking for a little magic to help them through.

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