Lunch box - 16/12 (updated 4.45pm)

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How are the Christmas preparations coming along? Panicking? Don’t worry – you’re not the only one. Perhaps something in today’s Lunch Box will inspire you...

Channel news

It’s all filtering and censorship in the industry today. First up is the big news that Senator Conroy gave the thumbs up to the filter.
In following up, IDC analysts then claimed the Australian filter could spark a global initiative
Finally, according to a local developer, the lack of an R18+ rating for videogames is costing the industry dearly.

State of the market

The markets opened lower on mixed overseas leads and then fought back. It then slipped in the afternoon. At 4pm, the S&P/ASX200 was down 11.6 points at 4661.9.
The Aussie dollar was down 1.16 per cent at $US0.9060. Gold prices dropped marginally by $US1.10 to sit at $US1122.7 an ounce while oil prices bounced back gaining $US1.18 to reach US70.7 a barrel.

General news

Lift-off: Jumbo rate rises not justified, says Reserve Bank
Lift-off: Two years late, Boeing Dreamliner makes maiden flight (with video)
Stuck on the ground: Check-in meltdown strands 4000 Virgin Blue passengers
Driver's nightmare: On the freeway, stuck in cruise control at 80km/h
Copenhagen climate talks: Rudd flies into deadlock over carbon emissions deal
Copenhagen climate talks (2): Australia an ayatollah, says India
Urban planning: Second Sydney Airport ditched for jobs growth
Giant prawns for Christmas: Three times normal size, same price
Dig this: Fossil find ages Europeans by 200,000 years
Tiger saga: Poll shows Woods taking a record tumble in popularity
Abbott: Daring speech invokes Churchill
Opinion: We really shouldn't be crying poor
Facebook: To review content on Berlusconi after attack

Sport

3rd Test: Spinner Smith on a Test bolt from Blues
3rd Test (2): McKay's AFL dalliance proves a plus for cricket
3rd Test (3): It's all happening in Perth ... and the match hasn't even started
3rd Test: Spinner Smith on a Test bolt from Blues
NRL: Newcastle Knights star Danny Wicks charged by police
Rugby union: Another Wallaby falls foul of the law
Football: United keep pressure on Chelsea with win against Wolves
Cycling: Evans set for return to Giro d'Italia
Ultimate fighting: Brutal sport set to shock Sydney (video)
Sydney to Hobart lead-up: Oats comes home second with wet spinnaker
Surfing: Parkinson wins triple crown
Swimming: Stoelwinder suggests top swimmers take year's break to beat burnout

Entertainment

Golden Globes: Not so gold for Aussie Oscar hopes
Top of the pops: Susan Boyle - the nanna market strikes again
Oscars: Open season
Shankar: Resented guru tag and stoned, angry bands
Flushed out: Relics of an effluent society
Film: Away We Go review
Film (2): Almodovar's superb Broken Embraces reviewed
Motoring: Door-less Mini resurrects the Moke

For the evening:

Sam Mendes has produced some of the best American cinema in this generation. Away We Go is his new one, and it’s poised to be a highly underrated hit.

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