When you earn at least a part of your living as a satirist, you get accustomed to being taken out of context, so that the ironic becomes literal and the sarcastic becomes sincere, writes Guy Rundle.
March, 2009
Coalition stymies donations transparency. Again.
The Government’s electoral reform bill has been blocked by the party that lost the election and a senator elected on the vote of 1.77% of Victorians, writes Bernard Keane.
Now showing on the Crikey website…
The daily clickthroughs: STATE OF THE PLANET: Sea level story a washout? STUFF WE LIKE: Cupcakes, unicorns and Michelle Obama’s guns What’s new on the Crikey blogs: ROCKY AND GAWENDA: In bed with Kevin PINEAPPLE PARTY TIME: Greens preferences revealed; ALP in deep trouble POLLYTICS: The Oz political mirror CORPORATE ENGAGEMENT: Iemma hits the phones […]
5.2% unemployed: 155,000 jobs go in 12 months
Australia’s unemployment rate hit a four-year high of 5.2 per cent in February, writes Glenn Dyer.
Stop the rort: Tanner closes in on frequent flyer points
Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner’s attack on the rorting of frequent flyer points earned on government paid flights is cause for alarm among the politicians and bureaucrats, writes Ben Sandilands.
Tips and rumours
I’m a member of the National Union of Workers in NSW. The union is in the middle of a national referendum at the moment over a change in the rules which could mean the state branches are abolished and moved to a federated system. The national office of the union in Melbourne is pushing for […]
Video of the Day: Washing machines: the true liberator of women
Women in 1950s Whirlpool ad agree with Pope — washing machine was their true liberator.
ALP takes aim at Palmer while the Borg ducks for cover
Queensland’s richest man Clive Palmer is a lifetime National Party supporter, former official and now public enemy number one in the eyes of the ALP state party machine, writes Ross Stapleton.
Shoppers’ self-esteem edges lower
This month’s reported fall in consumer confidence was relatively tiny given the torrent of economic bad news both here and overseas, writes Glenn Dyer.
Now showing on the Crikey website…
The daily clickthroughs: STATE OF THE PLANET: Coverage from Copenhagen STUFF WE LIKE: Barbie, Billy Bragg and bad paintings of Barack Obama What’s new on the Crikey blogs: PURE POISON: Bolt’s great big Obamabash POLLYTICS: The Coalition’s problems ANDREW BARTLETT: Senate debate starts on workplace law changes THE NORTHERN MYTH: A chat with Graham Watson […]
Australia gets an F for sexual and reproductive health
Australia fares quite badly on s-xual and reproductive health indicators, including rates of teen pregnancy, s-xually transmitted disease and abortion, writes Jenny Ejlak.
Chinese takeaway in the land of the getaway
Enticingly cheap Fiji holidays were on offer this week, just as news seeped out that China will start projects there, focussed on poverty and managing natural resources, writes Kevin Childs.
Conroy: Unchecked, 100 megabit Internet will ruin us
Unchecked, the rampant advance of broadband technology in Australia could lead to a devastating decline in the availability of morally-sound content online, writes Fake Stephen Conroy.
The catastrophic opening to the NRL season
In a lifetime of watching rugby league, I cannot recall a more catastrophic lead in to the start of a premiership season, writes Jeff Wall.
Tips and rumours
On Sunday I attended a lunch hosted by Tanya Plibersek at the Women’s World Cup cricket at North Sydney Oval. I walked in to collect my name tag and was prevailed upon to complete and sign an Acknowledgement and Consent, on a DFHCSIA letterhead, giving permission for any photographs in which I happen to appear […]
To survive we must change everything. It’s that simple
We have a system-design problem so we need to redesign the system. The good news is we can do this, but we’re going to have to do it really, really fast, so starting soon would be good, writes Paul Gilding.
NSW spin doctors find another frog to save
Whenever there is a controversial development, the NSW Government spin doctors reach into their top drawer and produce a frog yarn, writes Alex Mitchell.
Rundle: US right on a long march to medievalism
For Democrat strategists, regaining power was always a two-stage operation — the Presidency in 2008, and the Senate in 2010, writes Guy Rundle.
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government by Richard Farmer.
Meeja annoints Tanner Treasurer
If you believe the nation’s broadsheets, Lindsay Tanner should have inherited the keys to the economy long ago, writes Andrew Crook.
Crikey Says: Crikey says
Until yesterday, Australia was responsible for the death and injury of an unknown number of women hurt in backyard abortions in developing countries, abortions they were forced to have due to the lack of safe alternatives. We were responsible because for 13 years we refused to allow overseas aid to be used for anything related […]
Director’s club gorges on fees bonanza
The phenomena of executives taking up non-executive roles at other publicly listed companies puts a lie to the business lobby’s line on fat cat salaries, writes Adam Schwab.
Raging rumours of sackings at News Ltd
Take the rumours of imminent mass sackings with a bit of salt, writes Margaret Simons.
The Media Monitors’ Top 20
The big political issue of the week is … whether Kevin Rudd said shit on telly, and whether he planned it, writes Patrick Baume.
Rudd’s office burnt over Closing the Gap
The Prime Minister needs to explain why his office falsely blamed the Victorian bushfire crisis for the delayed release of the ‘Closing the Gap’ report, writes Chris Graham.
