Australia:
First Day: The pioneering surgeon who came to Australia on a leaky boat - If you only read one thing this week, make it this one.
Briggs admits sharing photo of public servant
Samantha Maiden: Jamie Briggs booted for being fool
Entire Canberra suburb to be dedicated to Australian’s music legends
NYE Above the Harbour organisers apologise for $500-a-head party flop
"That was in if you want to challenge it."
Jamie Briggs affairs opens factional wounds in Liberal Party
Turnbull’s hard truth on Briggs
WA's rooftop solar so popular power privatisation not an option, says expert
Peter Dutton left red-faced after texting mishap
On witches, sexism, and Peter Dutton's misdirected text
'Deluded Neanderthal view': a victim caught up in the black arts of Canberra leaking
Taking out the trash is a job half done for Malcolm Turnbull - "gropers, leakers, fibbers, fools, frauds, dickheads and dopes."
Jamie Briggs affair shows need for high standards: CEOs
Shaming And Blaming The Victim: Why The Jamie Briggs Controversy Continues To Escalate
Well, Jamie, shit happens
Labor moves into election-winning position in Western Australia
Opinion: Queensland alcohol management laws in no way similar to Bjelke-Petersen regime - "You had to live through the 1980s to know how dark the Sunshine State really was."
Thanks for your words about respecting women, Mr Turnbull. Now show us your deeds
Men behaving badly
Cricket Star Fined for Propositioning TV Reporter During Live Interview
Chris Gayle, Mel McLaughlin and why we fight
'I'm ready to lead': Barnaby Joyce set to become deputy PM but not everyone's happy - yeah, um, nah.
FitzSimons gives passionate rant to Gayle backers
Not in my name: On racist white knight rubbish
Why was Tony Abbott so unpopular? - Partly correct, but it sure wasn't for his honesty.
Being free from sexual harassment is a basic human right
Memo to drunk male MPs: You can't get away with it any more
Spin doctors and marketing gurus clean up with taxpayer-funded advertising
Monika Radulovic's Weekend Sunrise hug from Hamish McLachlan sparks sexism debate
US:
Political blogger with 'guts to say what others wouldn't say' C.B. Forgotston dead at age 70
Trump helped draft will that excluded his brother's children
John McCain’s cold-blooded revenge on Ted Cruz
Blunt Political Assessments in Bill Clinton Transcripts
Leaked Wiretaps Reveal Netanyahu Bribed Republicans To Sabotage Obama’s Iran Peace Deal
Success of US anti-tobacco campaign has lessons on how to fight illegal drugs
The EPA Finally Admitted That the World’s Most Popular Pesticide Kills Bees—20 Years Too Late
The real owners of North American soil condemn ‘clown’ militia men for demanding the land be returned to them
No, Obama is not violating the second amendment
Canadian Born Ted Cruz Gets Taste Of His Own Birther Medicine And The Law
Tulane University bans hoverboards on campus - I remember when there was freedom
Ted Cruz Rehashes Debunked Lie to Exploit the Graves of Dead Soldiers
Why the Feds Punk Out When Confronting White Rightwing Insurgents
Traffic camera captures images of snowy owl in flight
UK:
Away from the reshuffle, Corbyn quietly dismantles Cameron at PMQs
I'm 92 and I've lived through 16 prime ministers – here are five things David Cameron must do in 2016
Saudi arms sales are in breach of international law, Britain is told
Keep Calm and Carry On – the sinister message behind the slogan that seduced the nation
World:
Vatican Officially Recognises Palestine as a State
Saudi Arabia's mounting security challenges
'That's not how things are done here': How Frankfurt stopped Uber
Here's North Korea's official hydrogen bomb statement. It's a doozy.
Why We Can’t Stay Silent on Germany’s Mass Sex Assaults
How to deal with the New Year's Eve sexual assaults in Cologne and Hamburg
Music:
Weird Al Yankovic, Palais Theatre, Jan 3, 2016
Robert Stigwood, mentor to the Bee Gees, Eric Clapton and Cream, dies at 81
Boulez in his own words
Bowie back in the spotlight, still refusing to play along
Jeff Lynne's ELO On World Cafe
Jean-Michel Jarre & Laurie Anderson in conversation
Society:
A Plea For Women To Sit Down on Public Toilets
What does it actually mean when somebody complains about political correctness?
Parking Is Hell: A New Freakonomics Radio Podcast
When Teamwork Doesn’t Work for Women
Media:
ABC reminds staff 'only actual words' to be used on air
The 2015 Crikeys: Andrew Bolt sook of the year - He really should be disqualified just to give someone else a go.
John Cleese returns as Basil Fawlty in Specsavers ad
Tech:
Australia 'may do dumb things' with crypto in 2016: EFF
Science:
Discovery and Assignment of Elements with Atomic Numbers 113, 115, 117 and 118
History:
John Menadue. High Court judges.
180,000 items in Digital Collections are in the public domain
Epicure:
Chef Jake Kellie joins new Pakenham restaurant the Lakeside Mill
Humour and satire:
Peter Dutton Accidentally Texts His IQ To Journalist
Draconian New Gun Laws Require Americans To Count To 10 Before Buying Firearms
Statesman, Scholar, Bowl Of Porridge: A Very Serious History Of The Life And Times Of Peter Dutton
Clickbait of the week:
This Faux-Inspirational Ad About The “Struggles” Of A Sydney Uni Law Student Is Way Too Real
This Twitter spat between Emo Kylo Ren and Very Lonely Luke is what the Internet was made for
Which Marauding Barbarian Horde are you?
I got stupid on me and now I'm wiping it off on you:
Barnaby Joyce: I hope we don't become too politically correct after Briggs, Dutton affairs ...says the bloke who had a hissy fit over two dogs.
10 Songs To Skip Now That The Beatles Are Streaming - This is some high-grade multi-purpose stupid!
The least boring photo on my camera roll:
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