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February, 2009
ETS: backdown and avoid senate scrutiny
There were two immediate reactions to Wayne Swan’s referral of emissions trading to the House of Representatives Economics committee, writes Bernard Keane.
Dyer’s business wrap: Wall St shrugs its shoulders
The reaction on Wall Street to the latest raft of economic data shows there’s no pleasing the tanking US market, writes Glenn Dyer,
Pope on the ropes: what the holocaust-denying kerfuffle means
The recent kerfuffle over excommunicated Catholic priest Richard Williamson tells us three things, writes Tony Taylor.
Lowbottom High Diaries: The school year splutters to life
It’s the start of the school year. A time for bad singing and even worse analogies, writes Trevor Diogenes.
Forest jihad is just another ‘us and them’ angle
Even as the search for bodies continues in the Victorian firezone, some people are searching for the “us and them” angle. Muslims have come to expect that they will be stigamised for any crime commited by any Muslim anywhere. But this week’s speculation by some media and internet “commentators” about “forest jihad” has reached a new low, writes Shakira Hussein.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
The media and the bushfires … the media and the bushfires … economic stimulus…
Wankley Awards: And the Wankley Award goes to…fire reporting
With a sensitive issue comes the need for great sensitivity and accuracy. And so it was with the bushfires, writes Jane Nethercote.
Will we get the health reform that is needed?
There is much anticipation as to what reform proposals the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission will put forward for discussion, writes Robert Wells.
Crikey Clarifier: When satellites collide
Is the menace of space junk out of control? Ben Sandilands has the answers.
Crikey Says: Crikey says
Lost in the smoke and haze of the Victorian bushfires, and the wreckage of the financial crisis that’s lapping at our shores, lies the one year anniversary of Sorry Day. Somewhere on page seven, that is.
Media briefs: Business Yahoo style… Death of the Google dream…
Today’s headlines about the headline makers.
Last night’s TV ratings
The Winners … The Losers … News & CA … The Stats … Glenn Dyer’s comments.
Koalas vs. The Media
The Truth!
Babcock knocking on heaven’s door
Babcock and Brown — once a strapping, cocksure investment bank — has been reduced to a withered wreck, writes Adam Schwab.
Sorry day anniversary: One year on, mind the gap
The first anniversary of the National Apology, “National Apology Day”, provides an opportunity to reflect on whether anything has changed in relations between the settler colonial state and society and Indigenous Australians.
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government by Richard Farmer.
Wankley Awards: And the Wankley Award goes to…fire reporting
With a sensitive issue comes the need for great sensitivity and accuracy. And so it was with the bushfires, writes Jane Nethercote.
Stimulus secured: A Xenophon stunt — on a massive scale
Today’s passage of the stimulus package is Nick Xenophon’s biggest stunt yet, writes Bernard Keane.
Tips and rumours
After the latest redundancies from law firm Clayton Utz, and before that Mallesons, you may also want to add law firm Blakes to Crikey’s SackWatch. Regarding the payment that it seems has been made by the SA Government to Lance Armstrong, the media seem to have missed whether he was under a contract that required him […]
Anti-depressants: the ongoing media debate
The use of anti-depressants has long been associated with some controversy among mental health professionals and the broader community, writes Greg Barns.
Morning Market Report
Marcus Padley reports on the highs and lows of today’s markets.
The irrelevancy of the Opposition
It’s been a long while since an Opposition looked as irrelevant and out of touch as this mob, writes Bernard Keane.
Vote for Chinalco, bring Rio Down Under
The debate leading up to the big Rio Tinto shareholder votes in May will be the most complex, politically charged and serious that we’ve ever seen over foreign investment, writes Stephen Mayne.
