The nation’s 15-year-olds have much to answer for.
April, 2009
Teflon Rod could be cast asunder at Rio
Rio Tinto shareholders should send a message next week to Rod Eddington that repeated failures to act in their interests will not be tolerated.
New York in Lego
Berlin-based conceptual illustrator Christoph Niemann’s misses New York. A lot (by the signs of his Lego ode to the Big Apple).
Journalists beware: rumours in cyberspace may ruin credibility
As Mark Twain said, writing long before the arrival of the internet, a lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth has its trousers on.
Why is April so nutty?
Next week the US will commemorate the 16th anniversary of Waco and the 14th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. Tomorrow is the 2nd anniversary of the Virginia Tech massacre. What’s with April?
Angel Cabrera: Shoeless ‘slumdog’ to millionaire
The Cabrera tale is one of the most lovingly told in the privileged locker rooms.
Obama’s smalls to get an airing
The founder of Project Laundry List, an effort to get Americans to give up their clothes dryers, hopes the Obamas will hang out their laundry in the White House backyard.
Tips and rumours: Is Myer set to lose another major brand to DJs?
A tipster claims another big household name is set to ditch Myer, while another explains the comings and goings of “female interest” writers in major newspapers.
Media briefs: Fairfax: have sponsor, will travel
The Hun’s prejudicial murder framing … Seattle journos create their own news source … BBC reporter breaches rules on impartiality
My story
Part 1 - The Beginning
Memo to Bolt: race runs deeper than skin colour
Any attention is good attention, right? There’s no other rational way to explain Andrew Bolt’s column in the Herald Sun yesterday.
Morning Market Report: Market up 53, Dow up 109
The Dow was up 121 at best, down 50 at worst. Financial stocks led the way at 5.6%
#amazonfail: the book giant begins to rebuild its image
Amazon have labelled their cataloguing cock-up on the weekend as “embarrassing and ham-fisted”. We look at what the pundits are saying. Crikey intern Eloise Keating writes.
Bet fixing in Monte Carlo ATP match?
The spectre of the dreaded “m” word — match-fixing — continues to linger over tennis following an extraordinary round-one match in the Monte Carlo Masters this week.
Letter from...: Bali
A Hindu ceremony and archipelago-wide feeling of apathy towards a democratic system had many project a very low voter turn out in Bali over the weekend, writes Morgan Harrington.
ACMA finds Today Tonight breaches code of practise
Yesterday, the Australian Communications and Media Authority found channel Seven’s Today Tonight breached the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice.
Budget countdown: health caught in a catch 22
The more successful our health system, the longer Australians live — and the longer they will need aged care services of all varieties.
Five broadband myths busted
The Rudd Government’s proposed fibre to the premises (FTTP) broadband network has generated a rich variety of ill-informed media commentary. It is time to debunk some of these myths, writes Rod Tucker.
Chinese GDP slows again, panic to ensue
There’s news that the Sino economy slowed again in the March quarter, with China’s GDP showing the slowest rise in a decade.
US sees surge in recession-themed sitcoms
Recession-themed comedies are all the rage this pilot season.
Uncomfortable plot summaries
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: Peasant girl develops Stockholm Syndrome. E.T.: Out-of-control pet causes mayhem, sadness. And much more.
Somali pirates are pulling in the profits
Crunching the numbers on piracy shows Somalian swashbucklers could be pulling profits of $120 million a year.
