The Australian cricket team have brought disaster upon themselves by hanging around for too long, writes Mungo MacCallum.
January, 2009
What you missed on the Crikey blogs
While most Crikey employees had a well-earned seasonal break over the last two weeks, our prolific team of bloggers continued to rabbit away on the Crikey blogs. Here are some of the great posts you may have missed.
The Gaza strip: No more silicon renaissance
Of all the targets in Gaza, the Islamic University of Gaza was the worst place to attack, writes Michael Feller.
Conroy attacks BitTorrent: Ruins Australia online
With Australia’s broadband development already well behind the pace, we can’t afford to cripple an efficient distribution mechanism, writes Stilgherrian.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Lunching in the NT: Shane Stone writes: Re: “Doing lunch, Darwin style”. Not sure who Bob Gosford is from Yuendumu, but that’s a long way from Darwin. For the record the lunch I hosted is an annual event and had nothing to do with a mining venture; it has more to do with my sense of […]
Australian selectors need to get to work
Matthew Hayden has had a successful member of Australia’s all-conquering side — but his time has come, writes Adam Schwab.
The Gaza Strip: A Crikey wrap
While we were tucking into leftover Turkey sandwiches, a world away, Israel began to bomb the Gaza strip, claiming retaliation for rocket attacks launched by Hamas.
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government by Richard Farmer.
The Burchett debate: Korean War POWs
For the record: Wilfred Burchett did not report the Korean War but the Armistice Talks to end the war, writes his son George Burchett.
Media briefs: NT News editor a “bloody idiot”… Music industry to abandon law suits…
NT News editor “bloody idiot”… Music industry to abandon law suits… UK Virgin launches ultrafast broadband while Australian broadband still at snail’s pace…
Why Gillard and Brandis are wrong about Gitmo prisoners
Having supported the treatment of prisoners in clear defiance of Geneva Convention, Australia has a moral obligation to take some of these men, writes Greg Barns.
There is a rat in our compost bin…
I saw its tail.
Media Monitors’ top people of 2008
The hippest, most happening, most talked about in the Australian media in 2008.
Thornley under pressure to explain his “better place”
The speculation that Victorian ALP Evan Thornley is planning to join Israeli spruiker Shai Agassi’s ambitious ‘Better Place’ electric car project is looking like the Christmas gift for the opposition, reports Andrew Crook.
The Gaza Strip: Arabs don’t count
The conventional narrative about Gaza holds that Hamas provoked the crisis, flouting a ceasefire and increasing its rocket launches in early December. Like the dog-and-pony show about Iraqi WMDs, this is entirely misleading, writes Jeff Sparrow.
Media briefs: Media briefs: Andrew Bolt — the Comic Dog, Palin’s Facebook face palm
Bolt the Comic Dog, Annie Leibovitz’s financial troubles and Sarah Palin’s latest Facebook status update.
