How can having no position at all be interpreted as a victory for Malcolm Turnbull?
May, 2009
podcast Canberra Calling: Opposition nails ETS colours to the mast… and they’re invisible!
Keeping Russia’s luxury jets in the air
The economic crisis has severely dented the wealth of oil-rich Russia. That means turbulent times for luxury jet entrepreneurs.
Burnout
Web professionals are often expected to be “always on”. But that can be debilitating.
Mel Gibson’s money deal with his new “baby mama”
Bill Zwecker breaks down how many millions Mel Gibson will be paying to the women in his life; both ex-wife and girlfriend.
The gloves are off: more marketers opt for attack ads
Do you get more for your money talking about the attributes of your brand or going after your competitor? It’s the million dollar question.
Going down: explaining human behaviour in elevators
Why do humans behave so weirdly in elevators? Monkeys and cave men hold the answer.
Vox Pop of the Day: Geelong Advertiser polls all ages
The Geelong Advertiser rocks, baby.
Socialites and curmudgeons: two different brains
Your demeanour in social situations could be defined by the structure of your brain.
North Korea defies US with sixth missile
North Korea has fired another short-range missile in defiance of warnings from the United States, bringing the total numbers of launches in the past three days to six.
Crikey Says: Australia’s richest politician deserves our admiration
Malcolm Turnbull will be judged for his net worth in the next 24 hours… What rot!
Comitatus: The Australian centre left majority
Possum Comitatus crunches the numbers on the gap between each of the major party primary vote estimates and their respective two party preferred estimates.
To whom it may concern: Is it wrong to want fame?
Crikey’s Agony Aunt looks at being famous for the sake of being famous. Chk-chk boom.
The Coalition: subdivided on emissions trading
Contrary to the nonsense peddled by Kevin Rudd in Question Time yesterday, Malcolm Turnbull didn’t get rolled by his party room yesterday at all. In fact, he managed a compromise with all but Costello.
Indigenous Health: interested anyone?
You could argue that Indigenous health is our most important issue. So why isn’t the media picking up on it? asks Dr Ruth Armstrong.
Climate change and employment in Australia, what history says
The main argument seems to be that we can’t tackle climate change until we’ve figured out where all the people who might lose their jobs would work. Well, recent history provides all the proof we need. writes Richard Denniss.
Political snippets: The politics of swine flu
Richard Farmer looks at the politics of dealing with a flu pandemic and catches up with pollies across the Tasman.
Media briefs: The future of Australian newspapers
The ABC’s coverage of Aussie newspaper death, Tim the Yowie Man is back, layout fun at the Hun, and more from the wild world of media.
Oils ain’t cocoa butter: the last word on Cadbury chocolate
An ex-supplier to Cadbury-Schweppes and owner of a flavour and fragrance company on Cadbury’s claims about “real chocolate.”
Construction activity returns to earth
This morning’s construction work figures will get the gloomsters out ratting their worry beads today for next week’s first quarter economic growth figures.
US economy confronts the tale of two data sets
The health of the US economy comes down to who you believe — consumers or plunging house prices.
Questions for Graeme Samuel on national car pricing
The ACCC has created a massive hiccup in the car market threatening car companies with criminal proceedings if they release national indicative car prices to the media, writes John Mellor.
We must be vigilant on human rights in Sri Lanka
In recent weeks, the international community awoke from its slumber concerning the indignities and obscenities that have arisen during 25 years of conflict in Sri Lanka, writes Stephen Keim.
Dear Fairfax: Martin Bryant’s mother set to sue
Crikey has obtained a copy of a letter from Slater and Gordon to Fairfax Media on behalf of convicted serial killer Martin Bryant’s mother Carleen Bryant.
