March, 2009
Video of the Day: Charlie Brooker on school shootings
Crikey Says: The Australian’s China syndrome
It is rare that such an open and shut case has been presented to the Australian people for judgment. There cannot be a shred of doubt: Helen Liu is … um, something.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Fitzgibbon, Israel and La Diva Vanstone
Bernie Ecclestone — just a smaller version of Napoleon, according to one Crikey reader.
Morning Market Report: Dow Jones down 254
Marcus Padley reports on the highs and lows of today's markets.
Curing Greenspan’s expansion with expansion
Chairman of Australia’s Future Fund, David Murray AO, yesterday attacked central banks for their role in the global financial crisis, writes Adam Schwab.
Media briefs: HuffPo journalism fund… Molly, er, jolly…
All the news on the news makers. Including the story that Twitter is O.V.A.
Regional TV in SA: still stuck in the sixties
Do you get the impression that, as far as big business and politicians are concerned, regional South Australia doesn’t matter? asks regional TV veteran Chris Jeremy.
Aunty’s Logies extras short-changed
Channel Nine appears to have followed Fairfax’s bad example in not paying actors for a upcoming Logies segment to be screened on your ABC, writes Andrew Crook.
Getting serious about international justice
There has been little sign from the Rudd government that it accords much priority to international human rights, writes Charles Richardson.
PTSD is not the only issue for the ADF
Society has embraced the reality of war, but continues to avoid confronting that of the sexual abuse of children or the brutalisation of women, writes Michael Robertson.
Surveillance: an unregulated part of our everyday lives?
There are concerns that because the line between genuine news and entertainment has become blurred, surveillance isn’t always carried out in the public interest, writes Neil Rees.
Letter from...: Berlin
On a typically sodden Berlin afternoon in late March, Ben Gook witnessed a protest in Germany’s capital.
Political snippets: The Attorney General’s break with tradition
The Turnbull mistake … Talking down the rates … John Faulkner practices what he preaches
QLD Speaker’s Office gets political
The perception of conflict of interest is the biggest problem with partisan officials in a Speaker's Office. And the Queensland Parliament has it in spades, writes Bernard Keane.
Sydney: can’t plan, can’t build, can’t run
Sydney’s paralysis by power failure late yesterday is a reminder of how stuffed the city’s infrastructure is, writes Ben Sandilands.
Government advertising falls from Howard high of $180 mil
The precipitate fall in Government advertising under the Rudd Government has been confirmed by the first of the Government’s reports on advertising expenditure, writes Bernard Keane.
Tips and rumours: Job losses at the Trading Post?
Trading Post job losses … Sunday Age’s conflict of interest … Recession boon for Centrelink
The world around us with Malcolm Turnbull
The world around us with Malcolm Turnbull…
Essay: Zimbabwe’s prisons are death traps
Zimbabwe's prisoners are suffering untold horrors in Zimbabwe's jails, writes the Sokwanele newletter from Harare.
OECD: Unemployment and chaos will rock the world
Jobs, rather the lack of them, is going to be the big issue of the next couple of years, writes Glenn Dyer.
