The disappearing jobs of Merthyr TydfilBy the 1970s Hoover employed more than 5000 people in Merthyr and was so dominant that the British town was dubbed “Hooverville”. But since the factory closed last month, lives have been shattered.
April, 2009
NSW government infrastructure yard sale
The NSW Labor Government has a death wish.
BrisConn’s Rowe up a creek without a paddle
Trevor Rowe’s claims over his role in the BrisConnections saga are crumbling.
Venezuelan president and salesman extraordinaire
Forget Oprah. If you want to market a book Hugo Chávez is your man.
KRudd stimulates Facebook and Twitter
A growing number of Facebookers are using the social networking site to express their gratitude, or frustration, with Rudd and his $900 stimulus hand outs, writes Crikey intern Elly Keating
Prescribed burns are prejudging the bushfire inquiry
Victoria’s bushfire Royal Commission has begun, as the state is wreathed in the smoke of 27 official fires. What gives, asks Lionel Elmore.
The ETS is wretched, and Wong makes it worse
Penny Wong is turning what was a political strength for the Government into a growing weakness.
Media briefs: Pirates capture the Australia Council’s Facebook page
Schweppes release hairy man bibs … Sun-Times cut non-union staff … PolitiFact.com wins a Pulitzer
Austcorp follies just the beginning
Will intrepid Kevin and Wayne come to Austcorp’s rescue?
Eating red meat: like smoke from a hungry anus
Last Sunday’s Age carried two articles on red meat by Melinda Houston. Anybody wanting to write an advertorial should study this piece of journalism in detail, it’s brilliant, writes Geoff Russell.
Seattle: the new frontier for online news media
Last month the Seattle Post Intelligencer became the largest American daily to go entirely online, while former PI staff have launched their own competitive daily online news source — the Seattle Post Globe.
Crikey Says: A letter addressed to the electorate office of Malcolm Turnbull…
Crikey reader Mathew Kenneally has intercepted the following letter addressed to the electorate office of Malcolm Turnbull…
graph pr0n Turnbull’s satisfaction ratings head south
The big news out of the latest Newspoll is the confirmation that Turnbull has gone inverted on the satisfaction ratings.
Political snippets: No cover up, just bad politics
The deterrent joke … Hoon watch … An obsession with minorities
Budget countdown: It’s time to introduce tolls on our roads
There is a way to extend existing infrastructure funding further without slicing or delaying projects: it’s time to introduce tolls.
AFL’s Gold Coast plans will hurt Melbourne and the AFL
The AFL Commission shoudl cancel, or at least postpone, the creation of a Gold Coast club until a new Melbourne stadium is constructed.
Tips and rumours: Accountants cash in on stimulus payments
One tipster explains how accountants processessing stimulus payments are charging for the service, and which law firm is penalising its Brisbane and Melbourne employees for its Sydney office losses?
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Banging on about boat people
Crikey readers on boat people, the NBN, and teabagging.
Kohler: Fix Rio or resign
The incoming chairman of Rio Tinto, Jan du Plessis, has two important tasks: to renegotiate the deal with Chinalco and to bring about change within Rio itself, writes Alan Kohler.
Pens at 10 paces: rival writers in Gillard life story stoush
Julia Gillard’s dual biographies will make for interesting reading when they hit the streets in two instalments over the next 12 months.
Bitter campaign for prized FIFA seat reignited
The west Asian seat on the FIFA executive committee is up for election and for the first time in 13 years, there is a challenger, writes Anthony Stavrinos.
Guy Rundle: Walking out on Ahmadinejad highlights West’s hypocrisy
Ahmedinijad’s analysis is spot on. Europeans did kill the Jews.
Manipulating YouTube = priceless marketing for Britain’s Got Talent
The story of Susan Boyle is a neatly fashioned reality that, on closer examination, is cynically manipulative and deceptive.
Wall Street’s white supremacist con job
Wall Street has been conned by a virulent racist who claimed he had a scoop on the US Treasury’s ‘stress tests’.
