Meaty snippets from the home of government by Richard Farmer.
February, 2009
Nothing’s off limits for Bolt’s pompous point-scoring
Clearly Andrew’s political points are more important that others’ political points, and no death is too tragic to prove them, writes Scott Bridges.
How to kill off a NSW hospital
It’s no wonder that the whole Murwillumbah community, near the border of NSW and Queensland, is incensed by the NSW Government’s relentless rundown of the hospital, writes Alex MItchell.
Video of the Day: Christian Bale v Bill O’Reilly
Rebelling against Washminster
The angry response of those bearing the brunt of the global depression is only beginning to emerge, writes Andrew Crook.
Rudd cuddles up to greedy extreme capitalists
Kevin Rudd is playing a bizarre game and the media are asleep at the wheel, writes Stephen Mayne.
The Australian to raise its cover price to $1.50
“The heart of the nation” is bumping up its weekday price by 20 cents to $1.50 from Monday, a rise of more than 15%, Mumbrella can reveal.
42% collapse in earnings: News Corp falls to earth
News Corp managers, from the chairman down, are no cleverer than any other managers in this sort of crunch, writes Glenn Dyer.
Crikey Clarifier: What is Twitter and why do I keep reading about it?
Twitter. It’s everywhere and journalists just won’t shut up about it. Let us try to explain.
Egos stimulated, but what about the national interest?
It suits everyone’s purposes to pretend that we’re back to a good old-fashioned left-right divide, writes Bernard Keane.
From Alice to Canberra: the gang behind the UN complaint
Barbara Shaw and a group of friends from the NT chucked their money together, hired a small bus and set off to Canberra to make their voices heard about the NT Intervention, reports Bob Gosford.
US braces for “involuntary part-time work”
The US unemployment and jobs figures for January are out tonight and will remind everyone just how big the US slowdown really is, writes Glenn Dyer.
Oz bankers luxuriate on the public purse
For our nation’s bankers, Australia really is the lucky country, writes Adam Schwab.
Ministers involved in ATO non-lodgement rort
If state and federal politicians were eligible for the $950 cash bonus payment, 7.8% of them would not get it because they have not lodged their 2008 income tax return, writes Chris Seage.
Predict 2009 defence spending? Pick your train wreck
Where is Defence going this year with our money? Well if recent news is any indicator, everything is on an express train to hell, writes Eric L. Palmer.
Tips and rumours
You know when the economy is going bad when James Packer cancels the purchase of a $500,000 Aston Martin. I was looking on carsales.com.au on Wednesday 4th of February when I spied for sale a brand new Aston Martin DBS in onyx black. It seems it was a special order for a special customer who […]
$42 billion to go: ready, set, spend
So far no one has worried too much about the logistical difficulties of getting $42b of stimulation out the door, writes Bernard Keane.
100 years with Dame Elisabeth Murdoch
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch turns 100 on Sunday and Crikey thinks it’s apt to celebrate with a timeline of her life, writes Eleri Harris.
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Meaty snippets from the home of government by Richard Farmer.
Last night’s TV ratings
The Winners … The Losers … News & CA … The Stats … Glenn Dyer’s comments.
Crikey Says: Crikey says
You might think that at some point our governing class would realise just how serious a situation Australia and the world confronts… Maybe not.
Mungo: Malcolm Turnbull is merely posturing
Turnbull’s real hope is that Rudd’s package goes through and is seen to fail; that the recession grabs Australia as relentlessly as it will the rest of the world, writes Mungo MacCallum.
Media briefs: Obama’s op-ed… How to save your newspaper…
Today’s headlines about the headline makers.
Something a bit like Pseud’s Corner but with a different name
Crikey reveals the cracking opening to Australian Literary Review editor Stephen Romei’s new blog.
Morning market report
Marcus Padley reports on the highs and lows of today’s markets.
