The message from the American envoy to the Prime Minister reveals US concern that Israel could lose patience and act against Iran.
May, 2009
Packer: Australia’s richest once more
Australia’s richest business people have become progressively poorer in the last year. Andrew Forrest fell from number one in the Top 40 rich list thanks to losses of $5 billion.
Wintour discusses state of fashion magazines
Vogue editor Anna Wintour gives a rare interview where she hints at her future, reiterates that she will continue to promote fur and talks of her love for women in politics.
Sex scandal takes focus off Budget
The NRL group sex scandal has forced Kevin Rudd to discuss the incident rather than promote nation building, writes Christian Kerr.
Do jockeys matter in horse races? The Top 50 Newcastle United players ever
The Times has compiled its list of the best players ever to have worn the famous black and white stripes.
New York Times suitor comes a’courting
LA billionaire David Geffen, friend of Steven Spielberg, recent film industry retiree, has a long term goal in mind: outright control of a title many believe to be the most important in the US.
Will The New York Times become a NFP?
Billionaire David Geffen is rumoured to be interested in purchasing The New York Times and preserving it as a not fot profit organisation.
Media briefs: Ad gets banned from program about ads
Gruen’s controversial ad, NY Times tech revolution, tweeting surgery on TV, Fox online hits the big time.
Matthew Johns: what happened and what people are saying about it
The NRL has been marred by bad press over players’ sexual misconduct for years, but the issue is perhaps only now getting the scrutiny it deserves. Ruth Brown canvasses the history — and reaction.
Guy Rundle: In this sporting life, we’ll all go down together
The affaire Johns is becoming a prism through which all the composite rays of our culture are being examined, writes Guy Rundle.
The league tables Big Super doesn’t want you to see
The retail superannuation industry is likely to fail in its efforts to derail Government plans for greater reporting of fund performance.
Time for Turnbull to rescue his party
Malcolm Turnbull needs to give a stirring performance tonight in his Budget Reply.
Oops SMH tech writer snagged in Johns group sex storm
You’d think a technology reporter for a major metropolitan newspaper would be aware of the perils of airing his private views on very public internet forums.
graph pr0n The politics behind the Rudd’s $150K means test
150K per year is pretty much bang on the mark you would choose for means testing to kick in. Possum explains why.
Greg Sheridan wants to be UN secretary general. No, really
Greg Sheridan isn’t handling the Rudd Government too well, writes Bernard Keane.
Koukoulas: don’t mess with Treasury forecasts
It’s a mug’s game to quibble with the Treasury forecasts that underpin the Budget revenue and outlays estimates.
Merger of Sydney racing clubs under starter’s orders
The $2 billion racing industry is too important to be left in the hands of anachronistic racing clubs guided by part-time boards comprising old racing buffs.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Reflections on the Budget and Matthew Johns
Budget 09, Matthew Johns, journalist shield laws and house foreclosures — is the nothing Crikey readers won’t chat about?
Budget status quo will just widen the gaps
In its second budget, the Rudd Government’s Closing the Gap became more firmly entrenched as the over-arching policy approach in Indigenous affairs, writes Jon Altman.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: Wayne Swan is tops
It’s Budget Week, and Wayne Swan has come up trumps in the battle for media oxygen.
Oops Leading food writers in cat food for comment scandal
Crikey / Eleri Harris / Thursday, 14 May 2009
Food critics Australia-wide last night received an interesting offer from a “junior” accounts manager at Ogilvy PR’s Pulse Communications.