Turnbull tells BCA chiefs they're Labor-loving wimps, Lenore Taylor, Australian
"MP (Anna Burke) pans Rudd's faction fiction", Misha Schubert, Age
Rudd's "Monthly" essay gets scathing review after translation into Chinese, Rowan Callick, Australian
"Heat on Rudd over help for car dealer mate", Steve Lewis, Courier-Mail
Paper trail revealed on Rudd, Ford, car dealer links, Steve Lewis, Telegraph
"Rudd's links to OZ Car scheme in Senate hearing", Steve Lewis, Courier-Mail
"Old boys' network a headache for PM Kevin Rudd" over OzCar, Natasha Bita, Australian
Kevin & Malcolm "like a no-speakies couple in a swanky restaurant", Annabel Crabb SMH
Turnbull thinks Rudd's best chance of winning again is before May, Michelle Grattan, Age
Turnbull really doesn't want a double dissolution, Michelle Grattan, Age
"Costello knows he can't beat Rudd", Paul Murray, West Australian
Turnbull easy either way on Higgins by-election, Phillip Coorey SMH
Unemployment rife in Melbourne's ritzy inner suburbs, Peter Martin, Age
"Abbott on first now Costello's struck out", Sue Dunlevy, Telegraph
"Libs call women to the party", Patricia Karvelas, Australian
Turnbull wants to draw women into the political debate... Misha Schubert, Age
"There's often a real lack of awareness of the situation of women", Emma Chalmers, Courier-Mail
Advisor to Opposition women's affairs spokesperson bounced for groping, Katharine Murphy, Age
Lib staffer allegedly grabbed two women's breasts, leaving one in tears, Alison Rehn, Telegraph
Turnbull's office got six post-ball complaints over frontbencher's groping staffer, Philip Dorling CT
Parliamentary Midwinter Ball - picture gallery, Telegraph
Clinton will have surgery on elbow - Gillard talks off, Brendan Nicholson, Age
Gillard "metamorphosis into the Aussie Margaret Thatcher", Andrew Bolt, Herald-Sun
"Our legacy starts now", Penny Wong SMH
Little chance ETS will be voted on next week... Phillip Coorey SMH
Although I tip the Coalition will vote the ETS down, Dennis Atkins, Courier-Mail
"Hot air mars emissions trading debate", Laura Tingle AFR
Wong won't (or can't) answer Fielding's basic climate questions, Bob Carter et al, Australian
Coalition delaying tactics on renewables bill a big problem for solar industry, Lenore Taylor, Australian
Litigation floodgates could be opened by Fed, Vic court rule changes, Chris Merritt, Australian
Did Senator Hogg make a pig of himself over Senator Hanson-Young's child? Julian Drape & Cathy Alexander SMH
"Screaming child" taken from senator's arms as ejection order triggers tears, Malcolm Farr, Telegraph
Schools infra rollout is like exam cramming, Michael Stutchbury, Australian
Fed threat over schools money leads NSW to lift league table ban, Anna Patty SMH
Macklin urges Barnett to act quickly on coroner's report, AAP/West Australian
Race-hate txting may be made illegal, Cynthia Banham SMH
RBA "backs big banks over interest rates", George Lekakis, Courier-Mail
"RBA backs Rudd in rates row", Geoff Winestock AFR
"Coalition forces (bond) investor register", Matthew Franklin, Australian
Govt urged to slash super tax breaks, Tim Colebatch, Age
Feds move to ban pill press imports, Matthew Fynes-Clinton, Courier-Mail
About Photon Group, which owns CPR, Tim Boreham, Australian
First big Defence test for Faulkner & Combet comes next week, Patrick Walters, Australian
World Bank lifts China growth forecast, Michael Sainsbury, Australian
"How (ex-Billabong) Matthew Perrin lost the lot in China", Karen Maley & Michelle Singer AFR
"Students slaughtered in Tehran university attack", John Lyons, Australian
Today is Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday, Gordon Brown SMH
"Terrorism laws have strangled cherished US rights to freedom", Richard Ackland SMH
"The strange new (NSW) bikie legislation", Mark Le Grand, Australian
Rees Govt shoots itself in the foot with protectionist lurch, Michael Costa, Australian
Petty Nathan a no-show in O'Farrell's budget reply speech, Simon Benson, Telegraph
O'Farrell isn't making the Opposition an issue, Andrew Clennell SMH
Now head office pushes judicial review for Stewart, Andrew Clennell & Alexandra Smith SMH
SA Lib leader says he won't give up without a fight, Greg Kelton & Russell Emmerson, Advertiser
ACT Auditor-General says ambulance response times too slow, David Stockman CT
"Ten (Vic) Labor MPs fighting for survival in ALP shakeup", Stephen McMahon, Herald-Sun
Melbourne "can't afford sprawl", Brian Buckley, Age
Justin Madden: "Am I ambitious? I'm ambitious", David Rood, Age
Move over golf - basketball is the new alpha bonding sport in Washington, Sam de Brito SMH
John Buchanan sacked after his IPL team comes last, AP/West Australian
Fake Indigenous art made by a fake Aboriginal - in Indonesia, Yuko Narushima & Joel Gibson SMH
This year's crop of architecture awards... Elizabeth Farrelly SMH
Nick Murcutt + Rachel Neeson win Wilkinson Award, Catharine Munro SMH
Winton wins Miles Franklin Literary Award... Blanche Clark, Herald-Sun
For the fourth time, Rosemary Sorensen, Australian
Canberra weather: 14, fine, mostly cloudy, BoM
International:
Why is Russia behaving so cooly to the Iranian opposition forces? Julia Ioffe, New Republic
Leave Iran's problems to Iran, China Daily
Ellen DeGeneres: "She radiates, well, contentment." Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
Sacha Baron Cohen's "Brüno": Beyond the pale but pretty funny, Steve Rose, Guardian
Friday freebie: The NYT online marathon training tracker (including for beginners), NYT
Oh god, I love polenta... Tara Parker-Pope NYT