Today’s cartoon explores the seven statements uttered by Jesus on the cross.
April, 2009
BCC: To all staff … Hands off my Trim Milk, thief!
Crikey presents yet another internal email about inappropriate use of milk, this time from a prominent law firm.
Dymocks: throwing the book at parallel importing
There’s something a little coy about Dymocks’ current campaign for the parallel importation of books into Australia.
Murray River a toxic open drain – why don’t we care?
How did this become okay? Asks the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists.
Guy Rundle: Thursday drive-bys: Writers’ rooms, Alan Howe, Jacqui Smith, Mark Steyn
God oh god oh god save us from the writers’ rooms!
NBN takes Australian media to its post-Packer epoch
$43b will buy us a genuine media revolution.
34,700 Australians lost their jobs in March
The jobless rate has lagged the slide in the economy. Now, it’s catching up.
Ask the commentators: Jobs? We picked this
Contrary to the shock headlines, the hotly-anticipated ABS labour force data released this morning revealed what more pessimistic analysts had been predicting for weeks.
Quality journalism will bloom online
In my view the internet provides the opportunity for the rebirth of this kind of journalism, not its death.
podcast Canberra Calling: Our exciting new broadband future delivered via rubber chicken.
NSW: bringing down the team in Australia’s workforce participation data while Jonathan Green, Bernard Keane and a rubber chicken embrace our exciting new broadband future.
APRA turns the screws on finance sector executive pay
APRA has given a sneak preview of its coming review of executive pay.
Truth overboard in the Pacific Adventurer incident
In case of the Pacific Adventurer the Australian media almost instantly made a scapegoat of Captain Bernardino Santos, writes Edgar Gold.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Ruddstra and the art of nation building
When it comes to the National Broadband Network, Crikey readers ask: “Where is the vision thing? Who has the vision to build Sydney’s Opera House today?”
Morning Market Report: All sectors bar telecom and healthcare up
The market is up 27. The SFE Futures suggested a 45 point rise this morning. All sectors bar telecom and healthcare up. Property leading the way — up 2.9%. Banks mixed — NAB down 1.4% and CBA up 1.4%.
US leads Oz on same-sex marriage
Australia’s refusal to recognise same-sex unions will start to present difficulties – especially in the migration area.
YouTube Classic Remember when…
Oldie but a goodie. Natalie Imbruglia’s hit song Torn. With mime.
Gloves off — it’s time to tax Australia’s banking cartel
The failure of the banks to pass on much, if anything, of this week’s interest rate cut is little more than arrogant bastardry.
First video ever made now on YouTube
In the latest effort to bridge the disconnect between the government and new media, the Library of Congress officially launched its YouTube channel Tuesday.
The art of an unravelling relationship
Turner’s Paintbox by Paul Morgan is a worthy companion to Annie Hall, if not quite so witty. And the chapters are named after colours in the paintbox.
Ethan Hawke on Kris Kristofferson: The Last Outlaw Poet
Kris Kristofferson was the original badass renaissance man: musician, poet, pilot, activist and Rhodes Scholar.
The Silver Lining to the Market’s Tumble
Chin up. Even as stocks tumble there is an upside. Funds will have to fight for your business for the first time in years.
Mr & Mrs Traylor-Hooker
Couples who really shouldn’t hyphenate their last names.
Counterpoint: Noel Pearson’s resignation
Alex Mitchell says Pearson is a tragic loss. Chris Graham thinks his resignation is the height of hypocrisy.
CreditWatch: ‘Green shoots’ in US economy turning brown
The US economy appears to be steadying but a turnaround is far from assured, writes Glenn Dyer.
