The Brisbane reader of The Courier-Mail woke this morning to a blank front page on the Murdoch media daily turdbloid. (main picture)
When contacted for comment, the paper’s editor Chris Jones said he wanted to apologise to the paper’s subscriber for the lack of a page-one news story.
“I admit it is unusual to print a paper without a front page lead,” he said. “That is if you don’t count the Harvey Norman ad which has tremendous news value in itself.
“I mean look at the low prices! It’s certainly not too late to snap up some Christmas bargains, and just you wait for the Boxing Day sales. Go Harvey! Go! ….. Sorry, force of habit.
“But I can explain that today, with Annastacia Palaszczuk pulling the pin as premier we had no big negative hit-job to splash blaming her and her government for… well, everything.
“But we’ll be back to normal in a few days. Once a new premier gets his or her feet under the desk, it’s open season again!” Mr Jones said.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has used an appearance at a military ceremony to end speculation about his political future.
At a medal presentation to soldiers held within the Kremlin in Moscow last week Mr Putin announced he had won the next presidential election due in March 2024.
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Israel’s leader Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected suggestions he is deliberately ignoring international voices calling for him to show restraint in his war with Hamas in Gaza and to stop the Israeli Defence Force killing innocent civilians.
Speaking to reporters in Tel Aviv, Mr Netanyahu conceded he had received personal phone calls from leaders from around the world seeking to discuss his tactics in Gaza.
“I’ve taken all their calls. I haven’t avoided any of them,” he said.
“But I couldn’t for the life of me hear what any of them was saying because of all the noise of exploding artillery shells in Gaza.
“I tried to tell all of those who called that if they want to send me an email or letter I’ll be happy to read it, but I don’t think they heard me over all that racket,” he said.
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