Why should a disease that is so impervious to outside influence that it kills half of those it afflicts, be affected by wealth and education? Asks Dr Mark Ragg.
January, 2009
Rundle: out of New York and back into the grime of history
Back in London, Guy Rundle discovers that for all their differences, the dominant mood in both societies is one of bewilderment.
SackWatch: new Crikey list
Australia clearly isn’t immune from the global depression, so Crikey thought it was about time to assess the jobs carnage unfolding on the home front.
Media briefs: Witchery jacket hoax success… Superbowl ads down…
Today’s headlines about the headline makers.
The Terrigals’ reign of NSW bastardry is over
The NSW ALP right-wing faction known as the “Terrigals” is dead, writes Alex Mitchell.
Crikey Says: Crikey says
Peter Costello’s bizarre rant to the Catch the Fire prayer rally on Monday reveals a whole new side to the man who might have been our PM…
Six ideas from the 2020 summit
…that will be implemented to reinvigorate the nation…
Morning market report
Marcus Padley reports on the highs and lows of today’s markets.
Vale John Updike: a Crikey compendium
American literary great John Updike has died at age 76. We look at the tributes to his life and works, as well as the best of his writing and interviews.
Backman’s article was not anti-Semitic
There might be much to criticize about Backman’s column and its absurd misplacement in the finance section, the one thing it wasn’t was anti-Semitic, writes Stephen Feneley.
Cold comfort from sun spots and the El-Nino cycles
For those of you who may be uncertain about the role of the sun in global warming, allow me to explain, writes Andrew Glikson.
Are you being sacked? Myer’s cost-cutting casualties
The roots of the current Myer staffing crisis have a long history in the soulless managerialism that has infested this once proud family firm, writes Andrew Crook.
Tips and rumours
Wednesday and Thursday are the days that Aussie Home Loans tells Wizard main office staff who stays and who goes. Most staff are expected to be cut loose. Aussie John is pretending that nothing will change yet the Wizard brand will end at the end of February, and Aussie will take it over. Another Australian […]
Theophanous no match for Vic police offensive
Theo Theophanous, the Victorian government MP who has been charged with r-pe, has been busy using the media to defend himself against his accuser, but he may regret the strategy, writes Greg Barnes.
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government by Richard Farmer.
Boral earnings crumble, Westfield wobbles
The still-falling US new home market and the slump in the value of the Australian dollar has hit building product maker Boral hard, writes Glenn Dyer.
Exercise will do Queensland kids a fat lot of good
The thinking behind a new QLD education policy is obviously that if our kids can’t be smart at least they’ll be thin, writes David Gillespie.
Now showing on the Crikey website…
The daily clickthroughs: STATE OF THE PLANET: Your water tank could be a mosquito creche STUFF WE LIKE: Narco states and Bone Daddy’s House of Smoke What’s new on the Crikey blogs: ANDREW BARTLETT: Why it matters how Australia treats asylum seekers THE CONTENT MAKERS: Remember Allan Kessing? He’s off to High Court POLLYTICS: Is opinion on […]
Who supports compulsory Internet filtering, exactly?
GetUp!’s “Save The Net” campaign and a new survey by Netspace paint the supporters of compulsory Internet filtering as the minority, writes Stilgherrian.
CPI dips to 11-year low, rate cut now certain
Consumer price inflation fell to an 11-year low in the December quarter, heaping pressure on the Reserve Bank to slash rates next week, writes Glenn Dyer.
US house prices officially awful
The plunge in US house prices shows no sign of easing, pointing to further problems in the coming months, writes Glenn Dyer.
The Media Monitors’ Top 20
The PM practically doubled media coverage from just under 9,000 mentions last week. Wade Featherstone.
Is the LNP sleepwalking to defeat in Queensland?
There’s alarm within LNP ranks at both the policy direction of the party and the lack of former Liberal Party members willing to assist in the campaign, reports Bernard Keane.
