Either Penny Wong doesn’t understand her own scheme or she is deliberately lying, writes Andrew Macintosh.
February, 2009
Now showing on the Crikey website
The daily clickthroughs: STATE OF THE PLANET: Greens play hardball on ETS STUFF WE LIKE: Zombies, cookbooks & rappers on the recession What’s new on the Crikey blogs: ROCKY & GAWENDA: Early morning grieving PURE POISON: Pure Science: Seeing ideological bias in research findings THE CONTENT MAKERS: When am I a journalist? FIRST BLOG ON […]
Last night’s TV ratings
The Winners … The Losers … News & CA … The Stats … Glenn Dyer’s comments.
Chris and Kevin, both boring for their country in their way
Julia Gillard couldn’t help herself about Christopher Pyne in Question Time yesterday, writes Bernard Keane.
Bligh’s calculated gamble should bear fruit
For a brief moment last year, it seemed that early elections were about to go out of fashion, writes William Bowe.
Wesfarmers hit with enormous cash deluge
Wesfarmers has just been hit by the biggest cash deluge a secondary market capital raising has ever delivered in Australia, writes Stephen Mayne.
Peter Chernin dumps Rupe for TV
Peter Chernin’s announcement that he’s leaving News Corporation after 12 years of service leaves Rupert Murdoch in a hole, writes Glenn Dyer.
Media briefs: Playboy looking for buyers… The end of Second Life…
Today’s headlines about the headline makers.
Marion Scrymgour: it’s time I said something
There is too much ongoing misinformation from whitefellas like Bob Gosford who can just walk away from the plight that faces our people, writes Marion Scrymgour.
Richard Farmer’s political bite sized meaty chunks
Meaty chunks from the home of government by Richard Farmer.
‘Max the axe’ to sort O’Farrell’s infrastructure
Macquarie Bank has spread its tentacles even closer to the heart of NSW, writes Glenn Dyer.
Conroy confesses: web filtering will hit ‘other content’
The Government will consider the possibility of legal content being blocked by its mandatory internet censorship scheme, writes Bernard Keane.
Crikey Says: Crikey says
At a doorstop this morning: Reporter: Mr Rudd, are you a toxic bore? Prime Minister: Can I say that anyone, anyone ah, you wrote about this today Matthew, leave that where it is, the um, ah, if you are dealing with the totality of the global economic crisis, unless we have a restoration of private […]
Tips and rumours
It is time Ben Sandilands took off the blinkers with regard to Virgin Blue. Strong management team! Try listing the expensive bad decisions of the last few years building in cost at each turn: Live TV Introducing the E Jets which are as costly to operate as the Boeing 737 but have a fraction of the […]
Oops there goes another US media company
American media companies are falling like flies, almost at the rate of American banks, writes Glenn Dyer.
The mouse and the biscuit
nom nom nom
Estimates schmestimates: Opposition goes soft on the ALP
You get the impression from senior Coalition senators that they’re not prepared to do the hard work of sifting through material and building a case in the search for embarrassing revelations, writes Bernard Keane.
Video of the Day: Recession… for men
Anna Bligh calls Queensland election
Around 11am this morning, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh drove to Government House to dissolve parliament for an election to be held on the 21st of March, writes Mark Bahnisch.
Last night’s TV ratings
The Winners … The Losers … News & CA … The Stats … Glenn Dyer’s comments.
Bushfire memorial service had hollow ring
A national day of mourning works at multiple levels, writes Dr Melinda Hinkson.
Joe Hockey: say hello to Frat Boy Slim
If Labor was so anxious to tar Malcolm Turnbull as some sort of out-of-touch plutocrat, it should double the effort with Hockey, because in his case it’s true, writes Bernard Keane.
Crikey Says: Crikey says
Imminent Threat Message in relation to the Victorian Fires. The following are serious risks. Involves Paul Kelly, Keith Windschuttle and Baz Luhrmann.
Morning market report
Marcus Padley reports on the highs and lows of today’s markets.
