The true extent of the job losses at News Limited is becoming clearer with details emerging from Queensland which reveal how each of the states will centralise their operations to cut costs.
May, 2009
Tips and rumours: Yellow Pages no more?
In today’s tips & rumours section, questions about the future of the Yellow Pages. And is Cadbury’s using vegetable oils in its chocolate?
Political snippets: Stephen Smith looks the fool
Stephen Smith got a tough grilling on Sky, while Rudd’s staff have some spelling issues.
Racist, who, us? Si senor!
Ex Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Mexican immigrants. So why the sombero?
ACMA’s blacklist stuff up response: “so sue us”
ACMA has told a Senate Estimates hearing that owners of websites mistakenly or maliciously added to its web filtering blacklist will have to sue it or seek redress from the Commonwealth Ombudsman.
GPT deflates after its “sorry” moment
Yesterday’s AGM of tarnished blue chip property group, GPT, was, from all reports, one of the saddest affairs for a while.
60 is not the new 40
Age discrimination continues in the workplace, writes Ava Hubble.
Happy birthday, party system!
One hundred years ago today, MPs from what had been two separate parties, Free Traders and Protectionists, met together for the first time, and a a class-based party system was born.
Crikey Says: How the media works, chapter 48, in an occasional series of 12: Swine Flu.
How much coverage swine flu got when there were no cases in Australia, compared with a week in which it was slowly spreading through our schools and cruise ships. Weird.
Diary of a Surgeon: Welcome to St Anywhere
St Anywhere is fictitious, but the events and issues are real. Guy Maddern reports from the emergency room.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: More rubbish from Crikey: our readers weigh in
Readers let us have it over recycling, the NBN, being nasty to pollies and more.
Kidnapped Australian photographer asks for more help
Australian photographer Nigel Brennan, who is being held hostage in Somalia for nine months, has urged the government to do more to secure his release.
Shell goes to court over murder
Oil giant Shell is headed to court, standing accused of complicity over the 1995 murder of environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa.
Westpac profits down $10 million
A worker spotted this manually edited newspaper in his lunch room after Westpac accidentally gave New Zealanders $10 million, provoking them to flee the country.
Speaking the language of diplomacy
If only a quarter of our diplomats speak a language other than English, it is hard to see how our diplomatic service is being as effective as it could be, says Andrew Bartlett.
Akerman sees meaning for Rudd in “chk chk BOOM” girl
Oh, Piers, you have this magical ability to take the week’s big story — no matter how disconnected it may be from politics — and somehow tie it negatively to Kevin Rudd.
Why recessions create new inventions
If the Great Depression led to Twinkie, Monopoly and the photocopier, what will the latest recession produce?
Is Annie Leibovitz facing bankruptcy?
An involuntary bankruptcy petition is set to be filed against celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz, claiming she owes $189,00. If successful, her entire photographic archive could be taken.
Watch out, Labour: Rupert prepares to switch horses
Britain’s The Sun newspaper’s endorsement matters partly because other media think it matters. And right now, though it has favoured New Labour, its support is wavering.
The best email lists in US politics
Hillary Clinton’s vaunted list—estimated to include as many as 2.5 million email addresses— is a virtual licence to print money for Democratic pols and causes.
Humanity and torture: effective interrogation or brutality?
A fascinating panel on the difficult questions of torture raised by the controversies over interrogations of Al Qaida prisoners and others engaged in or suspected of terrorism since 9/11.
