A minor kerfuffle has erupted over bikie gang comments apparently made by Victoria Police Chief Comissioner Simon Overland.
April, 2009
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The real problems with the ETS
Crikey readers on the ETS, the Tampa myth, backburning and more.
Forget the IMF, listen to Stevens instead
Australians would be better to steer clear of the IMF’s recent report and instead heed yesterday’s speech by RBA governor Glenn Stevens.
Carlill vs Rundle: Ahmadinejad, Palestine and Israel
What’s really preventing the establishment of a viable Palestinian state is a mixture of rejectionism, corruption and incompetence, writes Bren Carlill.
Crikey Says: From The Chicago Tribune of 1934
The more things change…
Mixed signals: Iran and the USA
The US offers Iran an olive branch and Iran jails an American journalist… where is this relationship going?
newspaper death watch Red ink flows at the New York Times
The New York Times Company has continued the trend of appalling results from US media groups, with a 27% plunge in ad revenue.
Budget countdown: innovation and protectionism
Industries are lining up for the same sort of generosity that Kim Carr likes to dole out to the car industry.
Media briefs: High class ladies: how they roll in Cairns
Cairns Post readers on how they’ll spend their $900, SMH’s Photoshop fail, and China defies the media trends.
After three years and three court battles, Ice TV beats Channel Nine
After three years and three court battles, controversial electronic program guide IceTV this morning emerged victorious with a High Court win against Channel Nine.
Richard Pratt: rich man, beggar man, thief
With Richard Pratt sadly close to succumbing to cancer, his legacy in business and philanthropic circles remains unwritten. Adam Schwab has a shot at finishing the job.
Richard Pratt near death: a Crikey wrap
The Australian media has busied itself with pre-mortem obsequies for cardboard tycoon Richard Pratt.
Tips and rumours: Is Nine’s David Gyngell on the move?
Is Nine’s David Gyngell on the move? And which mining company has the Oz been boosting?
The ANC to continue its domination of South African politics
South Africa’s voters go to the polls today to vote in their fourth post-apartheid election.
Queensland’s ‘antiquated and repressive’ abortion laws
The incoming Queensland government should follow the lead of Victoria and send the abortion laws to the Law Reform Commission for review, writes Dr Caroline de Costa.
Budget frenemies: our ABC and the film and TV industry
The ABC is, at one and the same time, the greatest friend of the Australian film and television industry, and one of its greatest enemies.
Calculating the cost of water: catchments, fires and global warming
What is catchment management, asks Lionel Elmore.
Rudd’s Package III: Stimulate with a Vengeance
This might be the most difficult budget in decades, but at the moment, there’s no Opposition worthy of the name to pressure the Government.
What star dust tastes like
Astronomers searching for the building blocks of life in a giant dust cloud at the heart of the Milky Way have concluded that it tastes vaguely of raspberries.
