The Rudd Government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) is riddled with rorts, writes Andrew Macintosh.
March, 2009
Slowdown continues to grip Oz economy
More signs of the slowdown continuing to grip the Australian economy, with another 4% fall in the value of imports in February, writes Glenn Dyer.
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government by Richard Farmer.
Abstinence doesn’t make the Pope grow fonder
If abstinence doesn’t work for a privileged family like the Palins in the richest country in the world, how’s it going to pan out in Africa?, asks Jeff Sparrow.
…and the Gold Walkley for Journalistc Leadership goes to…
John Hartigan!
Last night’s TV ratings
The Winners … The Losers … News & CA … The Stats … Glenn Dyer’s comments.
Tips and rumours
Which NSW upper house rightwing ALP MP prevented the re-election of a popular branch secretary on the grounds he technically hadn’t yet renewed branch membership under rule blah blah, subsection blah blah, despite being a fully paid up member of the ALP and despite having the overwhelming support of the more than 20 branch members […]
Foreign alcopops winners drink to Senator Fieding
So who is the Distilled Spirits Council that Senator Fielding and Malcolm Turnbull have gifted $290 million in alcopops tax to? Glenn Dyer invesitgates.
Bligh campaign implodes days before poll
Two days out, ALP insiders in Queensland are pointing fingers, describing one of the worst-run grassroots campaigns in the history of Australian politics, writes Andrew Crook.
Fairfax restructure just more jobs for the boys
Fairfax’s long touted reorganization is much ado about nothing: mediocrity rewarded, according to a Fairfax insider.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Net censorship … Queensland’s oil spill … Fake Stephen Conroy … the banks …
On questioning the “viability” of remote Aboriginal settlements
“Remoteness” alone is not the core problem for Indigenous Australians, writes Mark Moran.
Media briefs: Tibetan journalists arrested… Where is Catherine Deveny?
Today’s headlines about the headline makers.
Cadbury puts cow farts before diabetes
Cadbury is worried about the carbon footprint of its chocolate. This strikes me as being in the same boat as worrying about the greenhouse emissions of a submachine gun, writes David Gillespie.
John Brumby: Jewish lobby puppet
Why has Victorian Premier John Brumby succumbed to the Jewish lobby on meeting former Iranian president Sayed Khatami? Asks Greg Barns.
Howard act fails to protect Australia’s biodiversity
The Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, put in place by the Howard Government in 2000, isn’t working, writes Bernard Keane.
Pis-ing up the wall: everyone’s an alcopop loser
So did anyone emerge from the alcopops saga with credit? Bernard Keane writes on who won and who lost.
Morning Market Report
Marcus Padley reports on the highs and lows of today’s markets.
The GFC’s most dramatic moment
In 45 minutes this morning US shares jumped, market interest rates plunged, the US dollar fell out of bed, the Aussie currency jumped sharply, gold soared, copper bounced and oil picked up, writes Glenn Dyer.
Queensland ALP in dire straits
Internal Labor tracking polls show the LNP on course for a win, writes Mark Bahnisch.
Now showing on the Crikey website…
The daily clickthroughs: STATE OF THE PLANET: The future of uranium mining in the Kakadu National Park STUFF WE LIKE: Scanwiches, USB fingers and drunken Clooney What’s new on the Crikey blogs: PINEAPPLE PARTY TIME: The voteshift: 2006 vs. 2009 PURE POISON: Apples and oranges ANDREW BARTLETT: Win-win for families! Cheaper grog, while mega-donations stay […]
The future of executive payments
Executives received some good news and some bad news yesterday, writes Adam Schwab.
Do condoms spread AIDS? Does the Pope spread genocide?
Pope Benedict XVI demonstrates that the Vatican is not only out of touch with reality, but has no respect for the sanctity of black lives and effectively endorses ethnic genocide by disease, writes Maxine Clarke.
Video of the Day: Watchmen: The Saturday morning cartoon
Watchmen, reimagined as a Saturday morning cartoon.
The Media Monitors Top 20
Pauline Hanson was way ahead of anyone else in TV coverage this week (what a shock!), writes Patrick Baume.
