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March, 2009
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Myer shelves its dreams of world domination
Myer’s dream of a gleaming new Dubai store in the Ibn Battuta Mall has been out on laybuy, maybe shelved, writes Andrew Crook.
Last night’s TV ratings
The Winners … The Losers … News & CA … The Stats … Glenn Dyer’s comments.
6.30-7.30pm: f%$#! o’clock for every mother
I want a reality TV show where mothers and children unceremoniously evict these late-night meeting moles from their cheese platter world of adult-child apartheid, writes Liz Conor.
Tips and rumours
With regard to the “Workplace Authority MILKING THE COW” tip off, here is the email: From: CASSON, Geoffrey Sent: Wednesday, 20 February 2008 15:53 To: WPA - City - Sydney Subject: Provision of Milk All As all of you would all know the Government is looking to all its departments and agencies to exercise spending […]
Keating: a chance to remake the global financial system
Until international monetary governance is democratised, or at least is more representative, no major developing country, creditor or otherwise, is going to put its head into the IMF cum US Treasury noose, writes Paul Keating.
Video of the Day: If in doubt, have another coffee
Media Monitors’ Top 20
Does all this attention for Pauline help the incumbent? Asks Patrick Baume.
Suddenly these plucky Sri Lankans are more than statistics
Only yesterday, Kumar Sangakkara was voted by Australia’s Test cricketers as the second-best batsman in the world, wries Charles Happell.
Who knew an energy White Paper was under development?
Given the Government’s commitment to a renewable energy target of 20% by 2020, the absence of the renewable energy sector from the White Paper process is bizarre, writes Bernard Keane.
Now showing on the Crikey website
The daily clickthroughs: STATE OF THE PLANET: Aggro over aquaculture STUFF WE LIKE: Our favourite blogs What’s new on the Crikey blogs: PURE POISON: What is Emma Young talking about? PINEAPPLE PARTY TIME: Campaign updates: Day 10 FIRST BLOG ON THE MOON: You are a prawn!!!! Or are you? Prawn identity theft! Media beat-up or […]
Sri Lankan cricket attack: a Crikey media wrap
The wider fallout from yesterday’s terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore is still surfacing. Here is what the world is saying.
Cheer squad excited by Sartor’s extreme makeover
The morphing of former NSW Planning Minister Frank Sartor from the best mate of the developers to the hero of environmental activists is in full swing, writes Alex Mitchell.
Morning Market Report
Marcus Padley reports on the highs and lows of today’s markets.
Ask the economists: we’re not sure
Economists are divided over whether the 0.5% decline in December quarter GDP announced this morning means we’re on the way out of the crisis or about to plunge further into turmoil, writes Andrew Crook.
Richard Farmer’s political bite sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government by Richard Farmer.
Sponsorship is a two way street
The operators of the Melbourne stadium formerly known as Telstra Dome are finding out the hard way that sponsorship is a two-way street, especially when it involves naming rights, writes Stephen Downes.
Last night’s TV ratings
The Winners … The Losers … News & CA … The Stats … Glenn Dyer’s comments.
Rundle: It’s 1984 in New Labour’s Britain
The UK has developed a culture of relentless, insidious and universalised surveillance, writes Guy Rundle.
Tips and rumours
The Strategic Policy and Budget Cabinet Committee — Rudd, Swan, Tanner, Gillard — have been busy on immigration and 457 visa issues, possibly with the aim of better matching visa and immigration applications to demand for skills, encouraging academic qualifications over trades skills, and taking into account redundancies in particular regions. The aim is to head off anti-immigration […]
Albrechtsen defends the indefensible: executive salaries
Who would dare to defend multimillion dollar executive remuneration? Why, Janet Albrechtsen, of course, writes Jeff Sparrow.
Nimble or hysterical? Fairfax starts to ring the changes
There is increasing evidence of on-the-run decision-making at Fairfax, perhaps even panic, writes Margaret Simons.
How an early election would penalise Labor
There’s talk of an early federal election, but this would come at a cost tothe ALP, writes Malcolm Mackerras.
GDP fall the first instalment on recession
The Australian economy has surprised with a sharper than expected slowdown in the final months of 2008, writes Glenn Dyer.
