Are kids today lazy brats or innocent bulging dupes?
January, 2009
Ellis to Hubble: Get over it
Sorry, Ava, but your ‘interviews’ with Utzon while running the SOH publicity office don’t qualify in my journalistic handbook as “the Australian media”, writes Eric Ellis.
Reward: Plum jobs for wrecking bureaucratic disaster
Three NSW government asylum seekers have fled the scene of the crime and been rewarded with salary packages worth more than $300,000 in Canberra, writes Alex Mitchell.
Crikey Says: Crikey says
When the media shuts down over summer, the reliance on PR outlets to fill spaces becomes even more unapologetic.
How much is your house worth? Who knows?
For many Australians, the vast majority of their assets consist of their primary residence or investment properties, but very little is known about their true value, writes Adam Schwab.
The world smirks at Conroy’s censorship plan
The rest of the world has been smirking at Stephen Conroy’s ill-conceived plan to censor Australia’s internet for a while now, but a new study published by Brooklyn Law School is a serious embarrassment, writes Colin Jacobs.
Malcolm’s strange new spin doctor
The appointment of Chris Kenny as Malcolm Turnbull’s Chief of Staff is a curious one. It is also fundamentally disappointing, writes Greg Barns.
Generating charitable returns
When Australia’s largest manager of charitable trusts, Perpetual, last opened its doors to applications for grants it noticed a somewhat worrying trend amidst the submissions from 800 different charities, writes Tony Boyd.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
The Quadrant hoax … conflict in Gaza … tasers … energy politics … the USA …
The Gaza Strip: A Crikey wrap
Has Israel lost the PR war?
Lawrence Springborg’s kooky rebranding exercise
Queensland LNP leader Lawrence Springborg has started talking up the possibility of former Minister Mal Brough running for a Labor held state seat. This is quite bizarre, writes Mark Bahnisch.
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government by Richard Farmer.
Tiger uppercuts its customers with fine print bastardry
Tiger Airways has been in hiding this morning over continued service failures and has not answered serious questions about its capacity or willingness to fulfil its Australian timetable, writes Ben Sandiland.
The murky “truth” behind Satyam
The implications of the Satyam accounting fraud scandal have not been fully appreciated, writes Michael Feller.
Adding salt to the wound as the Lower Murray chokes
We have been sailing far to close to the wind for far too long with the lack of water in SA’s Coorong and Lower Lakes, writes Peter Gell.
And the Wankley goes to …Happy little Vegemites
PR hacks take note: no one does spin better than Phillip Morris and the owners of Kraft have just pulled off the perfect case study on How to Fill the Summer News Vacuum with Publicity Money Can’t Buy.
Now showing on the Crikey website…
The daily clickthroughs: STATE OF THE PLANET: Aviation biofuels: hope or hype? FRIDAY TRASH WRAP: Brad Pitt is old and Gwyneth Paltrow is a twit What’s new on the Crikey blogs: CRIKEY SPORTS: AFL: Gold Coast release club song submission, Freo fans rejoice CROAKEY: Unintended consequences and the baby bonus PLANE TALKING: Being seen as […]
Did Thornley just get sick of the ALP’s petty squabbling?
A picture is now emerging of a restless Evan Thornley unable or unwilling to detach himself from his intellectual idealism and fully embrace the internecine squabbling that constitutes the nasty innards of the ALP, writes Andrew Crook.
Business briefs: Britain slashes rates… Americans start saving
What’s making business headlines today.
Tips and rumours
Malcolm Turnbull’s office is not a happy place to work. There have been many recent staff movements out of the office. More are coming. Turnbull is a serial offender — he regularly implodes and abuses people. Credlin will return to the number two spot in the office. She stays on as that is part of the Liberal Party deal, […]
Macklin gives Aboriginal communities two flawed housing options
One of the most contentious policies of the Howard Government’s blundering intrusions into Aboriginal affairs in the NT will be given a renewed push by Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin this year, writes Bob Gosford.
Media briefs: Media briefs: The West selling cheap… Obama teams up with Spiderman…
The West selling cheap… Obama teams up with Spiderman… Outspoken Sri Lankan editor murdered… Reporters dropped the ball on GFC reporting…
Media briefs: Apple love at SMH… Connex’s wacky marketing…
Apple love at SMH… Connex’s wacky marketing… Wiki leader almost out of a job… China search engines apologise for vulgar content…
