For those who have decided to forgo sleep to watch the historic swearing-in of Barack Obama, we’ve compiled a guide to the best ways to watch and interact with the coverage from around the world.
January, 2009
Stimulus needed: Tax cuts get personal
A group of leading economists give their take on whether personal or business tax cuts are the best way to stimulate spending.
Tips and rumours
When the PM returned to work yesterday, he found a Prime Minister’s Office full of unhappy staffers. After the election, half of Rudd’s staff left for greener fields. A year later, the staff has halved again. He must have the highest turnover of staff of any pollie in the country. Talking to a few current […]
Last night’s TV ratings
The Winners … The Losers … News & CA … The Stats … Glenn Dyer’s comments.
Crikey Says: Crikey says
It will be Obama’s challenge to forge something even greater from circumstances than even he might now imagine. As did Lincoln, returning to Washington in 1865.
News Ltd takes campaign journalism to new heights
The Herald Sun’s relentless campaign to force Victorian Transport Minister Lynne Kosky from office must surely set a new standard for tabloid bullying, writes Andrew Crook.
The super rich tighten their Ferragamo belts
The credit crunch and economic slump is cutting a swathe through the assets of the rich and super-rich and their suppliers, writes Glenn Dyer.
Your ABC’s celebrity tarts
Either the ABC is independent — truly independent — or it’s not. And right now, you’d have to say, it’s not, writes an ABC insider.
The Robing Room: Mirko Bagaric and Patti Chong
Our first entrants into the Robing Room for 2009 are Melbourne lawyer Mirko Bagaric and Perth’s victims of crime advocate Patti Chong, writes Greg Barns.
Now showing on the Crikey website…
The daily clickthroughs: STATE OF THE PLANET: Special pre-inauguration all-American edition STUFF WE LIKE: Gaza’s underground economy and the real David Frost What’s new on the Crikey blogs: THE POLL BLUDGER: The Frome by-election live THE CONTENT MAKERS: Bloggers, journalists and fact-checking ANDREW BARTLETT: Time for Queensland to scrap its petrol subsidy CROAKEY: More on the […]
Global banks on the brink
The turmoil in the gloabal banking sector has continued with news of the first American banks to fail in 2009 after 25 were shut last year, writes Glenn Dyer.
Last night’s TV ratings
The Winners … The Losers … News & CA … The Stats … Glenn Dyer’s comments.
Business briefs: Inflation back in the box … the Bushed economy
UK bank bailout redux … the Bush economy … perfect Storm still blowing.
Rees is the NSW premier, whatever the press gallery thinks
A week is a long time in politics, especially if you are following the print media in NSW, writes Alex Mitchell.
Will the Fairfax broadsheets post a profit in 09?
The Fairfax broadsheet newspapers are bleeding so fast and so deep that it is now not inconceivable that some time this year they could stop making profits, writes Eric Beecher.
Gaza: Beating to the rhythms of the US electoral cycle
So the killing in Gaza ends as it began, to a timetable determined less by events in the region than the rhythms of the US electoral cycle, writes Jeff Sparrow.
Frome by-election: Can Brock close the gap?
Every so often, a by-election result signals a seismic shift in the electoral landscape, writes William Bowe.
Aged care investors brace for impact
Investors in a group of retirement village schemes face an exceedingly difficult choice this week with potentially devastating implications, writes Michael Feller.
Tips and rumours
The word around Foxtel corridors is that Kim Williams is trying to position himself as the next CEO of Telstra. Wasn’t he in Vegas last week too? You’ve noticed the sacking of editors in the metros, but you’ve not noticed the mass culling across News Ltd with so far 800 jobs gone. With BCG at […]
The Gaza Strip: A Crikey wrap
What the world has to say about the ceasefire on the Gaza Strip.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Paul Armstrong and The West Australian … job numbers … Gaza … Obama …
Deacons wrong on performance rights
According to a study by mid-tier law firm Deacons, almost three-quarters of employee share options plans issued since 2003 are worthless, writes Adam Schwab.
Media briefs: New York Post declares war on geese… Baghdad blogger back in town…
A summary of what’s making headlines among the headline-makers today.
