Children whose parents do not have a computer, or cable TV or a DVD player, or cannot afford monthly internet service bills will be at a serious disadvantage in the future, Drs Patricia and Don Edgar write.
February, 2009
Last night’s TV ratings
The Winners … The Losers … News & CA … The Stats … Glenn Dyer’s comments.
A cartoon about the bushfires…
Crikey is keen to do its bit to help the Victorian bushfire relief effort. Later today you’ll be able to buy signed prints of today’s First Dog On The Moon cartoon from the Crikey shop. The proceeds will be split between the Red Cross and Wildlife Victoria bushfire appeals. We’ll send a separate email later […]
Rental yields a fools gold: but don’t tell the AFR
Another bemusing set of real estate data has been regurgitated verbatim by the mainstream media, writes Adam Schwab.
Two Aussie solutions to Obama’s housing woes
President Obama could do worse than look at what The Economist has previously described as the “Wonder Down Under”, writes Christopher Joye.
First Dog’s fundraiser: help bushfire victims
First Dog on The Moon is raising money for victims of the Victorian bushfires by auctioning off one of his masterpieces.
Crikey Says: Crikey says
The sight of the Prime Minister offering hugs and more lasting measures of practical Commonwealth comfort to the victims of the Victorian bushfires, has been a telling counterpoint to the ugly posturings of last week.
Rundle: Thatcher’s golliwog and Clarkson’s Brown eye
There has been a slight but decisive shift in the spectrum of what middle England finds acceptable, writes Guy Rundle.
Victoria’s bushfires: a Crikey media wrap
Bushfire coverage from online and around the world.
Bushfires: Dont mention the c word
Over the last ten days we have seen the future, writes Clive Hamilton.
Read this: is parallel importation the path to a literary nation?
The Productivity Commission’s inquiry into the Copyright Act has once more opened the debate about the parallel importation of books in Australia, writes Jeff Sparrow.
Bushfire Q&A: Should I stay or should I go?
Crikey spoke to Andrew Sullivan from the Department of Fire Behaviour & Management at CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems about the Victorian bushfires.
SackWatch: Ninemsn… MacBank… Harvey Norman… GE…
Crikey’s SackWatch continues apace with a spate of sackings, disappointing employment data and job surveys upping the pressure on the Senate to pass Kevin Rudd’s $42 billion stimulus package, writes Andrew Crook.
Bushfires: Don’t mention the c word
Over the last ten days we have seen the future. The question is: will we face up to it or pretend they are one-off events? Asks Clive Hamilton.
Re-evaluating fire safety individualism
Bushfire survival should not be an individual responsibility. It should be a community concern, writes Lionel Elmore.
Tips and rumours
The Victorian coroner is currently making contigency plans to receive up to 300 corpses in a Melbourne morgue network already overstretched by heatwave deaths. An internet mail group that shares tips on tuning into satellite news feeds mentioned this news about a satellite news truck feed today… An ABC reporter at the Victorian fires on one of […]
Neither flood nor fire can stay Shanahan’s delusions
Turnbull’s own proposals for a stimulus package aren’t much shy of the same level of debt, showing just how little difference there is between the major parties on this supposedly vast ideological issue, writes Bernard Keane.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications and c*ckups
An economic stimulus … executive salaries … the RBA … Obama … climate change … and even more Burchett!
The Burchett Chronicles: Burchett and POWs
In view of the very long extract published from Peter Hruby’s book in Crikey last week, here’s an extract from Professor Gavan McCormack regarding Wilfred Burchett, writes his son, George Burchett.
Captain’s blog: Attacked from all sides by Japanese whaling fleet
On 9 January the Steve Irwin, was aggressively attacked by the entire Japanese whaling fleet in one of the most intense confrontations that I have ever experienced, writes Paul Watson
Rebel Catholic priest shown the door
It came as no surprise yesterday that “rebellious” parish priest, Fr Peter Kennedy, has been removed from office by the Archbishop of Brisbane, writes Jeff Wall.
When will Tom Switzer condemn the war on terror?
Can the man who brought Janet Albrechtsen to the national stage now honestly claim he was never a neo-Con after all? Asks Irfan Yusuf.
S-x offending is a public health issue
The victims of s-x offenders are being exposed to greater harm because of our refusal as a society to move away from punitive measures and fear driven policy, writes Greg Barns.
Rio’s Chairman-elect pulls the pin
To lose a chairman before he’s even taken the top job is an embarrassment, writes Glenn Dyer, and the departure could signal trouble ahead at Rio.
