It is a good question what Al Gore thinks about the Rudd government’s White Paper’s 5/15 percent emission cut by 2020, writes Andrew Glikson.
January, 2009
Weight loss shakes do a fat lot of good
Australian pharmacists are now feeding people a substance that will make them heavier, give them heart disease and encourage diabetes, writes David Gillespie.
Time to put pharmacists under the microscope
Pharmacists require much more scrutiny, writes Dr David Monash.
Cocaine correction: don’t point the finger at Colombia
The drug war in Colombia is, like similar drug wars in other locations, a wonderful example of one group funding both sides of the battle. writes Lonely Planet founder Tony Wheeler.
Now showing on the Crikey website…
The daily clickthroughs: STATE OF THE PLANET: Tracking carbon emissions from space STUFF WE LIKE: US Air Force deploys to Internet flame wars What’s new on the Crikey blogs: FIRST BLOG ON THE MOON: Keith Windschuttle: my part in his downfall CORPORATE ENGAGEMENT: Who really won the 2007 election? POLLYTICS: What variables work for electorate […]
Outing ‘Sharon Gould’: the hoaxer’s identity revealed
This morning I was released from my obligations of confidentiality. I can now report for the first time that the speculation has it right, writes Margaret Simons.
Tasers – sexy, futuristic and lethal
At present, police everywhere else in Australia are either using or trialing tasers, and the Police Association is campaigning for its members to be allowed to do the same. Jeff Sparrow asks why?
The Gaza Strip: A Crikey ceasefire wrap
With the only ceasefire in two weeks lasting just three hours yesterday, there as yet appears to be no end to Israel’s bombing in Gaza.
Welcome to the fire season
At times like this, you rely on the kindness of neighbours and strangers — and the attentions of the media, writes Melissa Sweet.
The Media Monitors’ Top 20
Plenty of big movers for the first list of 2009, writes Patrick Baume.
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government by Richard Farmer.
Europe at the mercy of energy politics
Europe is again at the mercy of energy politics, writes Binoy Kampmark.
Business briefs: Satyam scandal… Obama notes budget deficit…
Satyam scandal… Obama notes budget deficit… Hoenig: US economy ‘grim’… Russia-Ukraine gas crisis intensifies…
Eco vandals bound for Botany Bay
While Sydney’s Rockdale Council is defacing the western foreshore of Botany Bay, environmental vandals are working feverishly to destroy the bay’s northern shores, writes ALex Mitchell.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Gould and Windschuttle … Evan Thornley … the Gaza conflict … a mixed economy …
Mr Market’s stimulus addiction
The market foolishly believed a proposed trillion dollar fiscal stimulus would have a miraculous healing effect on battered stocks, writes Adam Schwab.
Indian IT fraudster turns to Shakespeare
India now has a corporate scandal to compare to Enron, after the chairman of one of the world’s largest IT companies poetically admitted to a multi-billion dollar fraud, reports Michael Feller.
Tips and rumours
ABC Shops sale back on. Its GM was made redundant yesterday. ABC Books sold too. ABC Enterprises falling apart. A CSIRO technology that has been 15 years in development is being commercialised by Phoslock Water Solutions. The product, Phoslock, reduces the concentration of orthophosphate in water and can give long term control over algae including blue-green algae. It can clean […]
Crikey Says: Crikey says
Here follows just some of the Swiftian headlines produced in the last few days by the kindergarten of the air.
Funny man Franken set for the Senate at last
There’s no serious doubt that Al Franken will be the new junior senator from Minnesota, writes Charles Richardson.
Comments, clarifications, corrections and c*ckups
Politics has failed climate change … Horse whipping … Army Reserve Training Salaries … ETS
The press must be allowed into Gaza
It’s rather difficult to check the facts when you are not allowed close to the events, writes Christopher Warren.
