Monday’s list of political donations revealed left-leaning lobbyists GetUp spent a massive $1.2 million on political activity, writes Andrew Crook.
February, 2009
Video of the Day: Marketing through the decades, by Scholz & Friends
Tips and rumours
ABC Managers have reneged on a 4% wage offer agreed to by staff last year. The ABC says they can’t afford the increase which was due in April this year. New offer is 1% in April and 3% in July. It also involves extending the EBA for an extra 15 months. Staff are mighty p-ssed […]
Just another Tuesday at Parliament House
The Government’s stimuls package arrives…
Now showing on the Crikey website…
The daily clickthroughs: STATE OF THE PLANET: Raising goats from the dead STUFF WE LIKE: The DNA of politics and the feces machine What’s new on the Crikey blogs: POLYTICS: Essential report: Employee loyalty edition ANDREW BARTLETT: Sandpit squabbling while the economy crashes LITERARY MINDED: Review of Svetlana or Otherwise by Tiggy Johnson CORPORATE ENGAGEMENT: […]
Greenies of the world unite
Greenpeace’s Steve Campbell delivers a climate change action call to arms.
Morning Market Report
Marcus Padley reports on the highs and lows of today’s markets.
Refuted economic doctrines: Trickle down
Politically, the failure of the trickle-down theory seems likely to produce a resurgence of the class-based politics pronounced dead in the era of economic liberalism, writes John Quiggin.
No roses on offer for housing investors
A report produced by Demographia has that Australia has the most cities in the “severely unaffordable” category, writes Adam Schwab.
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government by Richard Farmer.
Republicans think party should be more like Palin
A new poll has found Republican voters want the party to be more like Sarah Palin, reports the Huffington Post.
An infuriated Justice Kirby’s last day in court
Is it any wonder that Michael Kirby should excoriate the conservatism of his colleagues as he did yesterday in the NT Intervention case? Asks Greg Barns.
Stimulus à la Rudd
The handouts this time are bigger and pitched at an entirely different group, writes Bernard Keane.
Memo from the bright side: Sydney real estate is booming
Buyers are flooding back into the market in volumes greater than 2007 when the market peaked, writes Sydney estate agent Michael Chatfield.
Media briefs: the best Superbowl ads … newspapers fight back
Today’s headlines about the headline makers.
Where have all the good shows gone?
Where did TV news programs go over summer — to the beach? Asks Crikey intern Chris Paver.
Rudd’s brilliant disaster diversion from China donations scandal
The ALP remains the only major political party in the world that actually runs pokies operations to help finance its campaigns, writes Stephen Mayne.
Of pointless pressers and partisan politics
A confused and irrelevant Opposition and a Government bent on playing partisan wordgames. Just what we need right now, writes Bernard Keane.
Cash, jobs and a new deficit record. Stimulated?
The Government’s second attempt at breathing life into the Australian economy is a two-stage employment and demand stimulus package that will cost $41.5b, writes Bernard Keane.
Gans: something smells in Australian banking
This is not a time for “tick the box” fixes. It is a time for on-going and closely monitored economic management., writes Joshua Gans.
Last night’s TV ratings
The Winners … The Losers … News & CA … The Stats … Glenn Dyer’s comments.
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Australian economy and the global financial crisis … climate change … the Internet …
Crikey Says: Crikey says
The numbers are flowing thick and fast. $42b stimulus packages. $22.5b deficit. 7% unemployment. 1% growth. The illusion of precision and control. But we’re through the looking glass now. Australia will be in deficit, and for the foreseeable future. Still, the Government has swung hard in an effort to prop up demand and employment. Handing […]
RBA rate decision: a 1% cut to “cushion” the economy
The Reserve Bank has slashed its key interest rate by 1% to 3.25%, the lowest since 1960, writes Glenn Dyer.
