Human rights… Catholic rebellion… Executive pay… War in Iraq… Victorian bushfires… Telstra NextG…. Salvation Army… Firewall…
March, 2009
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Alerts by text and panic spreads like wildfire
Despite the loss of lives on Black Saturday, the message today from the fire services has remained the same, writes Lionel Elmore.
Wall Street falls off a cliff, again
It was terrible day on global markets as investors took fright at the health of banks and insurers, writes Glenn Dyer.
Victoria’s new police commissioner is no angel
Simon Overland is not perfect, despite the hagiographic profiles of him in today’s media, writes Greg Barns.
Last night’s TV ratings
The Winners … The Losers … News & CA … The Stats … Glenn Dyer’s comments.
How Qantas benefits from your bushfire generosity
The devil is in the details of the Qantas frequent flier point bushfire appeal, writes Ben Sandilands.
Tips and rumours
Blake Dawson Cull begins — at least three people in Blake’s Melbourne Ofice received the news this morning with more to come throughout the day. All have been instructed to keep it confidential and to say they have “gone home sick”. Federal Aged Care Minister Justine Elliot spoke at the annual “Tri-State” conference of aged care providers from […]
Faris: why I don’t want a Crikey blog
I am as thick-skinned as the next commentator, probably more so, but there is no point in having dialogue with people who have a visceral hatred for you personally, writes Peter Faris.
Why grog is an issue for workplaces
Both workers and employers could benefit if workplaces were more effectively engaged in efforts to tackle hazardous drinking, writes Ken Pidd.
Crikey Says: Crikey says
And so the electoral gods have decreed that the good citizens of Beaudesert should provide the arena for the clash of political titans Pauline Hanson and Warwick Capper. One, a woman whose message of bigotry was all the more effective for being conveyed in near-total inarticulacy, the other, a speed-mumbling ex-footballer best known for his […]
Media briefs: Aussie mags axe jobs … James Murdoch steps up …
Today’s headlines about the headline makers.
Video of the Day: World’s smallest grand piano
World economy braces for data deluge
The health of the various economies, interest rates, banks and growth will dominate the coming week, writes Glenn Dyer.
Record 52 companies join the $100m loss club
The 2008 interim profit season officially finished at close of business on Friday but quite a few late-comers are still dribbling out losses, writes Stephen Mayne.
Shiny happy West Australian news
It was a full house and expectations were high, but West Australian Newspapers CEO Chris Wharton didn’t deliver the headline his audience were seeking at his Perth Press Club address on Friday, writes Lawrence Apps.
Crikey Says: Crikey says
The apparently ceaseless growth of executive remuneration is a clear case of market failure. Time for some government action.
CEO pay is one thing, termination quite another
The Federal Government will soon consider a Treasury review regarding executive pay, writes Adam Schwab.
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Catholic rebellion… Salvation Army… Human rights… Sol Trujillo… Commerical TV… Pauline Hanson… SackWatch… ETS… Vaccination…
Nillumbik Council grapples with the afternath of fire
At a council meeting in semi-rural Victoria last week, the clearing of native vegetation struggled to make the agenda.
Sky not falling, just passing quite close
An ‘intruder’ asteroid was detected by Australian comet hunter Rob McNaught at an observatory on Siding Spring Mountain on Friday night and will have a close encounter with Earth at about 1 am tomorrow. Ben Sandilands explains.
Penny Wong, “High Priestess” of climate change? Yeah right.
Given Penny Wong has diligently crafted an emissions trading scheme that will do virtually nothing to reduce Australia’s carbon emissions to suggest she’s in any way fanatical about the issue is nothing short of ridiculous, writes Bernard Keane.
Victorian bushfires: disregard demagogues, ecogogues and celebrity dilettantes
Black Saturday’s firestorm generated a propaganda wordstorm. Ideology masqueraded as analysis. Each faction claimed to speak for the dead but spruiked their own agenda, writes Frank Campbell.
