Scratch a News Ltd journalist on the issue of Chinese foreign investment and you get a load of tosh, writes Glenn Dyer.
March, 2009
Last night’s TV ratings
The Winners … The Losers … News & CA … The Stats … Glenn Dyer’s comments.
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government by Richard Farmer.
Conflicts of interest eating the dietitians’ association
How are dietitians as a whole contributing to the Australian obesity debate? Terry Slevin investigates.
Morning Market Report
Marcus Padley reports on the highs and lows of today’s markets.
Fairfax goes for the unpaid underbelly of Australian acting
The local film industry is notoriously frugal when it comes to paying proper wages, but it seems Fairfax Digital hoped to go one better, writes Andrew Crook.
Beware the overzealous editors of The Oz letters section
An eagle eyed reader of The Australian’s Letters Blog noticed this week that the online version of The Australian published a letter by Media Watch host Jonathan Holmes in full on Wednesday afternoon, but by Thursday it had mysteriously shrunk…
Conroy’s really bad week #347: Classification Board website hacked
Senator Stephen Conroy copped another poke in the eye last night. The Classification Board’s website was hacked and the home page defaced, writes Stilgherrian.
Australia’s human rights record under attack
Australia’s human rights record has come under scrutiny by the international watchdog, writes Dan Ziffer.
Now showing on the Crikey website…
The daily clickthroughs: STATE OF THE PLANET: Earth Hour, shmirth hour FRIDAY TRASH WRAP: John Mayer’s body: no longer a wonderland for Jen What’s new on the Crikey blogs: ROCKY & GAWENDA: The meaning of hope ANDREW BARTLETT: Qld police and Aboriginal rights activists CROAKEY: Professor Chris Baggoley on surgical safety POLLYTICS: Newspoll Quarterly part […]
As we say at Qantas, there’s no CCTV like no CCTV
It’s a cosy world at Qantas security, and most of it seems to avoid the cameras, writes Bernard Keane.
Economists call bottom on GFC
Economists among the first to call “recession” last year have emerged to call an end to the current slowdown, writes Glenn Dyer.
The week in geek: China blocks YouTube … Google lay off staff … Skype on the iPhone?
Our weekly column from the world of the Web.
Google sacks 200 in sales and marketing
This is an unfamiliar place for the search giant, whose hockey-stick growth in search has funded massive expansion into new businesses and philanthropic activities. Google has doubled staff in the past two years, growing from 10,674 at the end of 2006 to 22,222 at the end of last year.
Video of the Day: Conservative rap battle: Stephen Colbert vs. Michael Steele
Fitzgibbon v Defence department — it’s war, RBA Financial Stability report, Gawenda on Hanson
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Newspaper deathwatch: US carnage continues
The tide of job losses across the US newspaper industry has continued, with hundreds of jobs evaporating overnight, writes Glenn Dyer.
The economic crash may be a boost for health reform
The economic slump is no excuse for governments to wimp out on health reform, writes Melissa Sweet.
Two thirds of ACMA blacklist out of date
According to an ACMA source the leaked blacklist to Wikipedia is correct but also “rubbish”. Oh, and Wikileaks got raided in Germany, writes Stilgherrian.
Media briefs: S-xing up beef jerky, Studying the natives at the BBC, Obama’s 2nd presser
One to launch tonight … Studying the natives at the BBC … Nice Benny Hill work at The SMH … Mainstream media miffed at getting cold shoulder from Bama presser … Hallmark ups the lame quotient … Sexing up beef jerky
AFL on television: a nation divided
Even as the AFL relishes the prospect of looking to break an all-time single round attendance figure, spare a thought for NSW and Queensland viewers without Pay-TV, writes Ross Stapleton.
Now showing on the Crikey website…
The daily clickthroughs: STATE OF THE PLANET: India joins IRENA STUFF WE LIKE: Vintage supermarkets and the Mexican drug wars What’s new on the Crikey blogs: CRIKEY SPORTS: AFL Supercoach 2009: The Crikey Cup LITERARY MINDED: Watchmen, a simultaneous book and film review ROOTED: Another reason why the CPRS is worse than useless THE CONTENT […]
Gillard’s employment outsourcing will cost local jobs
The Federal Government will outsource a number of its employment services contracts to offshore companies, writes Bernard Keane.
Aceh’s democratic test
On 9 April, Indonesia’s province of Aceh will hold elections for its local legislature, illustrating Indonesia’s recent evolutionary process of political maturation, writes Damien Kingsbury.
Tiger’s ‘economic benefit’ a case of hit and hope
Victorian Preimer John Brumby says a visit from Tiger Woods is worth $19 million. How does he know, asks Andrew Crook?
