Will the impact of fires on the water supply catchments and this policy, especially its origins, be considered by the Royal Commission? asks Lionel Elmore.
February, 2009
Crikey Says: Crikey says
Answers to Crikey’s politics quiz, published elsewhere in this edition…
Last night’s TV ratings
The Winners … The Losers … News & CA … The Stats … Glenn Dyer’s comments.
Japan? No. Try Russia, and the sick men of Eastern Europe
Every economy in the East is tanking: with Russia and the Ukraine probably the most damaged, writes Glenn Dyer.
The coalition got it really, really wrong on the financial crisis
Looking at the Essential Report from yesterday — the magnitude of how wrong the Coalition not only got the stimulus package, but the broader GFC starts to become apparent, writes Possum Comitatus.
Did Miranda Devine incite violence?
There is a smell of blood in the air as well as smoke, as communities, individuals and the media look to find someone to blame for the Victorian bushfires, writes Greg Barns.
Untangling Australia’s healthcare system
Like any good review, the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission Report has given the Government a reason to delay considering vexing healthcare issues, writes Bernard Keane.
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government by Richard Farmer.
Marysville minute by minute: an eyewitness to disaster
Melbourne resident Arwen Summers was holidaying in Marysville on Black Saturday. Here she relates the experience in a minute by minute account.
Soccer has the AFL rattled, that’s the real story
At issue is which code wins the right to use Melbourne’s Telstra Dome on Saturday week … and more than that, writes Charles Happell.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Victorian bushfires … halls of power … healthcare … satellites… Fairfax … trial by media…
Oz vs NZ: Qantas attack
While the rest of the world’s air transport market goes into shock, Qantas has gone after the struggling Air New Zealand with massive force, writes Ben Sandilands.
Costello tells: I will challenge. Later.
I see myself as the Mickey Rouke of the federal Liberal party. The Wrestler, writes Peter Costello (with help from Walter Slurry).
Video of the Day: A very excited fan asks idol Obama a question
Backburning damages water, tourism and health
There are many wide ranging impacts of bushfires and ‘management’ fires than have not been considered to date, writes Lionel Elmore.
Crikey Says: Crikey says
So farewell Julie Bishop…
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government by Richard Farmer.
A bumper boost: crunching the Fairfax circulation figures
The only thing that can be said about last week’s release of figures is that for Fairfax broadsheets, there is no information that can be relied upon, writes Margaret Simons.
Julie Bishop – the circles are vulturing…
Joe Hockey and Andrew Robb are visting Malcolm Turnbull
Tips and rumours
I guess keeping up to date on the bushfires exhausted the poor guys at NineMSN. Sunday night’s poll was “Is it time for Brendan Nelson to step down as leader?” Comfortingly 33,756 said yes. The no vote was 13,539 thinking he’s doing a good job. It was not just the Crikey auction which got shut […]
Morning Market Report
Marcus Padley reports on the highs and lows of today’s markets
Costello’s people hold the Howard torch in Kooyong
Richard Alston is to contest the position of chair of the Liberal Party’s Kooyong electorate conference at a meeting tomorrow evening, writes Charles Richardson.
Conroy announces filter-trial ISPs and clams shut
Finally, progress (of sorts) on the Rudd government’s Internet “filtering” trials, which were meant to have started before Christmas, writes Stilgherrian.
Now showing on the Crikey website…
The daily clickthroughs: STATE OF THE PLANET: Are coal-fired power plants factories of death? STUFF WE LIKE: Toilet-roll art and talk-show trainwrecks. (And alliteration.) What’s new on the Crikey blogs: POLLYTICS: Nerd alert: Predicting campaign effects PLANE TALKING: How Airbus nearly killed 155 people, according to an idiot ANDREW BARTLETT: Big drop in skilled migrant […]
Why the Chinalco deal is a disaster for Rio
The Chinalco deal appears to be a disaster for Rio Tinto shareholders and a boon for China, writes Adam Schwab.
