The Coalition’s rewriting of economic history continues apace as part of its obsession with the Howard years.
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Tips and rumours
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Say goodbye to coal power stations
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Arts life after money: has the Australia Council ‘lost the plot’?
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Rio Tinto, BHP results cloud mining tax bottom line
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Nostalgianomics and the ongoing rewriting of economic history
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Today’s First Dog on the Moon
TOP STORIES
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All roads lead to Queensland
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Moving to one person rule
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Will constitutional recognition advance Australia fair?
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Power Shots: Murdoch chairs Ten … rich Kiwi eyes Tassie … gallery finds head …
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How the ‘resource curse’ eats at the heart of Bougainville
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Scottish independence: Salmond still swimming upstream
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Guilty confessions of an Australian republican
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Mills at Leveson … Textor’s tawdry tweet …
Crikey Says
POLITICS, THE UNIVERSE, ETC
MEDIA/ARTS/SPORT
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My Kitchen Rules rules
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Arts editor shits on theatre blogging, flame war ensues
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Latest circulation figures: read all about it … or not
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Euro progress boosts markets
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Statistics and damn lies: online job ads
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Maley: prepare for a US house price washout
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Play the ball instead of the woman or man
BUSINESS
COMMENTS, CORRECTIONS, CLARIFICATIONS, AND C*CKUPS
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How the ‘resource curse’ eats at the heart of Bougainville
Bougainvilleans may have won the war but the peace has left years of inertia, and a province desperately needing rehabilitation.
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Crikey Says: All roads lead to Queensland
Brace yourselves as Queensland becomes the centre of the political universe …
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The pomp of Slippery Pete
New Speaker of the House Peter Slipper has been mocked donning a gown and bow-tie and demanding the ye olde grand Speaker entry. He’s just embracing traditions, a rarity in Australian politics, notes Mike Seccombe.
The spin doctor who’ll go where others refuse-
My Cup Of Tea: Arts editor shits on theatre blogging, flame war ensues
The Global Mail opened its coverage of Australian arts on Monday with a curious piece from Stephen Crittenden about theatre blogging. Online writers haven’t stopped talking about it since.
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Lachlan Murdoch appointed new Ten chairman
In a surprise move, the Ten Network announced that Lachlan Murdoch has been elected chairman, with Brian Long, Ten’s existing chairman, becoming deputy chairman and lead independent director.
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Media briefs: Mills at Leveson … Textor’s tawdry tweet …
In a surprise, the Ten Network announced this morning that Lachlan Murdoch has been elected chairman. Plus other media news of the day from around the globe.
Drugs, sex and deception from Mr Apple
What’s in a name? Lots of money…-
theatre reviews
A Chorus Line — Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne
Almost four decades after it began its 15 year run, A Chorus Line is still a strikingly ambitious work. Glee has bred familiarity (and perhaps contempt) of this show, a master template for crafting contemporary musical theatre, writes Jason Whittaker.
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album reviews
The critical backlash against Lana Del Rey began even before her debut album Born To Die arrived, writes Neil Walker, and while her rapping is awful it is a perfectly passable pop album.
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Arts life after money: has the Australia Council ‘lost the plot’?
What happens when an arts organisation suddenly loses funding? For two small arts organisations that have recently lost their cash, after the crisis comes resilience.
It’s Australian for coffee-
Maley: prepare for a US house price washout
US investors heaved a sigh of relief overnight, as the Obama administration unveiled a $25 billion settlement with five major home lenders over foreclosure abuses.
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Weak prices, outlook pressure Alcoa — not the dollar
Blaming the value of the Australian dollar for all the problems and ills in manufacturing has become the easy option, write Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane.
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Our banks are too big to fail, too few to be competitive
Mark Bouris and Christopher Joye of Property Observer say policymaking around Australia’s banking system has been predicated on a flawed and risky paradigm.
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An official fighting fund for climate scientists battling freedom of information requests from well-funded climate denier think tanks has been established in the United States, writes Amber Jamieson.
Why we need a big green bank for low carbon transition-
AFL
Why does the average fantasy football fan spend more time on their phones checking scores than they do calling their mums? This online hobby has become an obsession to many fans. So what makes it so addictive, asks Leigh Josey?
European football’s rise of the collectivist spirit
