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In Penrith, Bob aside, who cares?

Crikey / Bernard Keane / 6

The marginal seat of Lindsay, in Sydney’s outer-west, is crucial to Labor’s chances of seeing off a resurgent Liberal Party. Yesterday local MP David Bradbury brought some back-up. Bernard Keane hit the hustings with Bob Hawke.

Gillard comes from a long line of Labor mental health failures

Crikey / 7

Gillard knows a lot about mental health but the policy announced on Tuesday is straight out of the top draw of Roxon and the bureaucrats at DOHA (Health and Ageing) responsible for this shambles, writes John Mendoza.

Reports of dead oil soaked animals have been greatly exaggerated

Time

The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was a terrible tragedy, but it wasn’t the worst environmental disaster of all time and it’s been blown completely out of proportion, says Michael Grunwald.

Leaks drown Gillard

Crikey / Amber Jamieson / 19

Daily Media Wrap: In the sewer of this week’s politics, much whispering continues over who is the rat in the Labor ranks. The leak has put Gillard in dog-paddle mode as she struggles to keep her head above water.

Knock knock, Greens’ calling: Door knocking in Melbourne

Crikey / Andrew Crook / 50

In the first of a two-part guide into the battle for left-wing supremacy in the federal seat of Melbourne, Andrew Crook looks inside Adam Bandt’s bid to dislodge Labor from its safe seat and goes door knocking with the Greens.

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Politics

  • Crikey Says: Labor’s love rats can’t save this campaign

    Crikey / 4

    Labor strategists apparently want Kevin Rudd — failed leader; potential rat — back on the campaign trail.

  • Iran inching towards party politics

    Le Monde diplomatique

    The role of factional politics is gradually diminishing in Iran, the nation moving towards an ideologically driven system and, eventually, the formation of disciplined political parties, writes Mahan Abedin.

Media

  • Media briefs: Staerk’s back … white-washing the media …

    Crikey / 0

    Surprise today as formally dropped columnist Graham Staerk reappeared in the Gold Coast Bulletin’s Thursday edition. Moving forward into fair dinkum territory, shocking PSA’s only work in Oz and other media news.

  • The story behind the Afghan War Diary story

    Columbia Journalism Review

    For the first time, WikiLeaks actually leaked its Afghan War Diary to major news sources — The Guardian, NY Times etc — in advance, so as to maximise media coverage. CJR explains how the deal was done.

  • Big brother, little phone

    The Age

    Mobile technology experts are warning consumers about free downloadable applications that record sensitive information such as text messages and search histories. Are smartphones becoming too smart?

Business

  • Will America implement an internet sales tax?

    Washington Post

    Given the lingering effects of the GFC and the continued proliferation of largely untaxed e-commerce, a renewed movement of internet sales tax advocates is growing in Washington. Unsurprisingly, online retailers such as Amazon aren’t part of the club.

  • A new cable brings the promise of more internet capacity

    Crikey / Stilgherrian / 0

    A new joint venture announced yesterday will double Australia’s international data capacity by 2013. Such a vast improvement to key national infrastructure is newsworthy in itself, writes Stilgherrian.

Environment

  • What would you ask a climate scientist?

    Crikey Blogs

    Suring the Copenhagen summit last year there was a very clever service available for journos, where 650 climate scientists offered up their brains for the picking on tricky science questions. The service is back. What questions would you want answered? asks Amber Jamieson.

  • Why are journalists believing BP’s rubbish?

    Mother Jones

    This talk that the oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill has “disappeared” is absolute bull, says Mac McClelland. BP is white-washing this story and the media are falling for it like fools.

  • PHOTO GALLERY: Mopping up the other oil spill

    Boston Globe

    The BP Gulf of Mexico spill isn’t the only environmental disaster of the last few months. A pipeline explosion in Dalian, China, resulted in an oil spill of 430 sq km, with workers attempting to stop the leakage.

Culture

  • Film review: The Red Chapel – hilarious political piss take

    Crikey Blogs

    Danish director Mads Brügger’s sharp political doco about a trio of supposed artists who put on a deliberately bad comedy show in North Korea raises a fascinatingly muddled consideration of ethics and conscience, says Luke Buckmaster.

Sport

  • The ethics of watching sport on holiday

    Crikey Blogs

    It’s not easy when sports addicts go on holidays and find it hard to get their sporting hit. But for football fan Kevin O’Faircheallaigh, there were many advantages to being on the road during the World Cup. The wrath of his partner wasn’t one of them.

  • So you can play ball, but how are you with numbers?

    New York Times

    It used to be the case that former players, scouts and coaches were selected for the plum management roles in the N.B.A. But things are a changin’ in the world of professional basketball as management specialists and lawyers become the new executives.

  • Coach Maradona no longer

    Financial Times

    Diego Maradona has been ousted as coach of the Argentinian national football team. With all the drama that follows the former star, the only surprise is that he lasted as long as he did, says Daniel Schweimler.

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