ABC2 Breakfast co-presenter Virginia Trioli was in whiplash mode while exploring the unfolding Gaza tragedy, writes Alex Mitchell.
January, 2009
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications and c*ckups
Summer: Will Grant writes: Because I’m back at work and our air conditioner is broken, I wrote a poem to commemorate the occasion. I don’t know if Crikey wants a poetry section, but summer brings it out in me. Every time I sit and turn to type a sentence That fly returns to bugging me, […]
How Windschuttle swallowed a hoax to publish a fake story in Quadrant
Keith Windschuttle, the editor of the conservative magazine Quadrant, has been taken in by a hoax intended to show that he will print outrageous propositions, providing they flatter his ideological preconceptions, reports Margaret Simons.
Behind the story: how the Windschuttle hoax unfolded
How the Windschuttle hoax story found its way to Margaret Simons.
Crashing plates as Wedgwood calls in the receivers
In an age where price-point mass consumerism favours cheap imports, the eccentric tradition of Josiah Wedgwood has no place, writes Michael Feller.
UN on Downer’s Cyprus appointment: get him “out of our hair”
It seems our Alexander was active in the dying days of the Howard regime in securing for himself a tax-free sinecure from the UN, writes Barry Everingham.
Australia’s own Ponzi scheme: the property market
Across the world, onlookers have looked with a glowing sense of schadenfreude and bemusement at the Ponzi scheme run by former Nasdaq chairman, Bernie Madoff. But they shouldn’t be too smug, explains Adam Schwab.
Who interviewed Utzon first?
Why does Eric Ellis persist with the boast that he was the first member of the Australian media to interview Utzon following the architect’s sad 1966 exit from Sydney? asks Ava Hubble.
Now showing on the Crikey website…
The daily clickthroughs: STATE OF THE PLANET: The carbon footprint of nuclear war STUFF WE LIKE: Buckstar Coffee and biking for Obama What’s new on the Crikey blogs: CROAKEY: Is the media a health hazard? ROOTED: Pulp mill now a 2010 election issue THE CONTENT MAKERS: ABC opens its archives — slowly CORPORATE ENGAGEMENT: Weddings are expensive, so what […]
The Gaza Strip: A Crikey analysis wrap
Practically every political pundit in the world is weighing in on the debate this week…
Everyone loves Ambulances!
Ambulances are fun!
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government by Richard Farmer.
Refuted economic doctrines: privatisation
John Quiggin sounds the death knell for the economic orthodoxy that has dominant debate for the past few decades.
Business briefs: Steve Jobs’ pancreas and Obama’s stimulus
Madoff packs up the heirlooms as US auto sales crumble.
Problems with the bishoprics
In at least two Anglican dioceses in Australia, growing numbers of clergy and laity are in open revolt against their local Bishop, writes Jeff Wall.
Gaza bloggers report from the ground
On the ground in Gaza, a handful of bloggers have continued to transmit compelling stories, writes Antony Loewenstein.
Media briefs: Twitter hacked… US media starts to literally crumble…
Twitter hacked… US media crumbling… Newspapers worth $64B less in ‘08…
Thornley could breach Victoria’s conduct code — if it had one
Another day, another 24 hours of silence from the south of France where dot.com hotshot, turned Victorian Legislative Councilor, turned electric car aficionado Evan Thornley is holed up avoiding questions from the media over his post-politics career. Andrew Crook explains.
Crikey Says: Crikey says
It’s not as sexy as last year’s Sorry day kick off and Obama’s promises of hope and change, but if nothing else, the news this year is going to make for interesting reading.
Tips and rumours
I was just reading the April/May 2008 issue of Wild Magazine. I hadn’t read it in many years and was curious about the very strong bent against native forestry in Victoria. What caught my eye was the Pg 50 articles strong stance against the logging of 1939 regrowth forest in Victoria’s easte Gippsland. So I […]
Mayne Report’s 2008 year ender and last minute sell-down
Whilst Obama was huge, the biggest story of the year was undoubtedly the global financial crisis, writes Stephen Mayne.
Radioactive waste for Christmas
The findings of a Committee Report in to radioactive waste legislation have been misreported in the media, writes Bob Gosford.
Now showing on the Crikey website…
The daily clickthroughs: STATE OF THE PLANET: Generation E and starving polar bears STUFF WE LIKE: Writing standing up, style guides and dating other journalists What’s new on the Crikey blogs: THE CONTENT MAKERS: Fairfax/Rural Press — caught out again ANDREW BARTLETT: Rights, refugees and migration POLLYTICS: Howard vs. Rudd — polling deathmatch THE NORTHERN MYTH: Bird of the week — Red Backed […]
Ghana shows democracy can work in Africa
Enlightened despotism can work, provided your despot is genuinely enlightened, writes Charles Richardson.
