The global elite don’t have a clue what to do about this economic crisis, writes Guy Rundle.
February, 2009
Ten shares on the nose of brokers
The Ten Network’s attempts to raise up to $90 million in an issue of 120 million shares at 75 cents raises more questions than the announcement answers, writes Glenn Dyer.
Governments should throw newspapers a life line
American-style philanthropy is all very well but, if, here in Australia, the state supports a TV and radio network, why shouldn’t it also fund a newspaper, asksJeff Sparrow?
The Media Monitors’ Top 20
Several Liberal pollies had a leap in prominence this week, writes Thomas Raymond.
Media briefs: Channel Ten dead-o-meter… Pirate Bay beating copyright…
Today’s headlines about the headline makers.
Syndicated lending gap estimated at $35bn
Is there less foreign bank capital available to sustain recent levels of lending to Australian business? Ian Rogers writes.
Eastern European banking crisis spreads
President Obama may have signed the huge $US787 billion stimulus package, but financial markets were not taking notice, writes Glenn Dyer.
Death by pinstripes: airlines lose their best clients
There aren’t enough masters of the universe doing the longest non-stop business commute on the planet to keep it fully alive any more, writes Ben Sandilands.
Massive ATO job cuts loom
The crisis in the Australian Tax Office is deepening, writes former tax commissioner John Passant.
Video of the Day: Charlie Rose on the future of newspapers
Wiith the WSJ’s Robert Thomas, the Daily News’ Mort Zuckerman and Time’s Walter Issaacson.
Who is Joe Hockey and when is he leaving?
This is Joe Hockey…
L’Oreal sags as consumers trade beauty for fried chicken
The credit crunch and recession have seen women in Europe and North America sacrifice cosmetics and hair, writes Glenn Dyer.
Looking beyond vested interests to the blueprint for health reform
Now would be an excellent time for Australia’s health experts and interests to put aside their usual negativity and carping, writes Robert Wells.
Now showing on the Crikey website…
The daily clickthroughs: STATE OF THE PLANET: Economists DO agree on climate change BLOGWATCH: Warren Buffet’s dieting secrets revealed! What’s new on the Crikey blogs: THE CONTENT MAKERS: Will people pay? What will they pay? POLL BLUDGER: Essential Resarch: 61-39 POLLYTICS: What if you were a political party and no one believed you? CROAKEY: Ian […]
Troubled Ten will look for a capital injection
The Ten Network has become the second major Australian media group to blink and approach the market for much needed new capital, writes Glenn Dyer.
Media briefs: Kiwi all black ISP protest… Press freedom in East Timor challenged…
Today’s headlines about the headline makers.
Official: Liberals are now Sydney moderates
The moderate takeover of the Federal Liberal Party is complete, writes Bernard Keane.
Tips and rumours
Why are NSW’s hospitals trying to cut huge numbers of physiotherapy positions? Ask RPAH, Westmead, Prince of Wales and Liverpool hospitals. From a department of about forty to fifty many are supposed to lose eight to 11. The physios cannot say anything. Access block in emergency departments is often because they cannot get the current inpatients […]
Morning Market Report
Marcus Padley reports on the highs and lows of today’s markets
The AFL Commission’s Gold Coast elephant in the boardroom
When the AFL Commission held its first meeting for 2009 yesterday, it did so with an elephant making its presence felt in the boardroom, writes Ross Stapleton.
The filtering wars: EFA vs Hamilton
EFA is concerned, as should anyone be, that the government is taking a new censorship power for itself that is opaque and not subject to review, writes Colin Jacobs.
Outclassed Conroy hides in his bedroom
The audience is now smarter than you are because they have more time and there’s more of them. Government ministers no longer own the conversation, writes Stilgherrian.
ASX queries late PaperlinX trades
A PaperlinX deal announced yesterday with Nippon Paper appears to have overshadowed an incident that occurred on the trading floor, writes Andrew Crook.
Yeast search raises questions about NT police powers
Respected members of the Galiwin’ku community on Elcho Island, NT, have had their house searched by police looking for yeast, without a warrant, writes Eleri Harris.
A victory for journalism, but with a pinch of salt
Macquarie Bank’s protracted defamation case against the The Australian over a 2005 article about the bank’s involvement with the Beaconsfield Mine has been dismissed with costs, writes Chris Paver.
