MINER'S-DIGEST

Treasurer's HOT Economic Note

Wayne Swan, like all good Treasurers, can be a little ... we'll say "reserved": it's more appropriate than "boring" but his Economic Notes are becoming essential reading. 

This Sunday's note makes great reading, a special from Washington, DC.  Read it all at

http://ministers.treasury.gov.au/DisplayDocs.aspx?doc=economicnotes/2010/032.htm&pageID=012&min=wms&Year=&DocType=4

(Just copy and paste the address in your browser)

NSW POLITICAL CATCH-UP [10/10/10]

The Digest thought it worthwhile, following the intense focuse on electoral matters at the Commonwealth level, to catch up on the state of play in NSW.

This is simply a list of Ministerial contacts at 10/10/10.  It seemed like a good date on which to take stock.

Download NSW MINISTRY 101010

The Miner's Advocate: bringing you the source documents at Miner's-Digest

Newspapers 2019?

The Guardian's Emily Bell put an optimistic but arguably realistic view of the future of newspapers at a recent presentation.

You can read a contemporaneous summary here.

UPDATE: Emily Bell's own commentary is now available here. It's a lecture at University College, Falmouth where she is a visiting professor.

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