Ikea’s dream run overFor the first time since the Swedish company started in 1951, Ikea has foundered, having to cut 5,000 jobs. It has apparently been caught short by a sudden downturn in demand.
June, 2009
When did marriage lose its spark?
Cristina Nehring, author of the ambitious polemic A Vindication of Love thinks marriage has become dull, a lenonine passion reduced to “a yawning, chubby house cat”, writes Meghan O’Rourke.
Nehring yearns for a revival of a messier ardor.
Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran
McCain’s parody of a famous Beach Boys’ song proves that he is not the right president to deal with the current Iranian crisis, says Matt Welch.
Make it free, then make your fortune
Everything Explained books always sell well. Wired editor, Chris Anderson, adds his contribution, Free, which argues that taking the price tag off something is the path to riches.
Ten’s quarterly figures rate badly
Despite a sharp improvement in its ratings performance this year, Ten has lost heavily in their third quarter figures.
Coalition splits on abolishing detainees’ debts
Many former detainees are taking a great interest in the Migration Amendment (Abolishing Detention Debt) Bill 2009 that’s currently being debated in the Lower House.
Utegate: the story that writes its own headlines
Sub-editors across Australia are making sure they get as much mileage (heh) as possible out of the nation’s latest frenzied political scandal.
Political snippets: Media returns to business as usual
Things are returning to normal in the tabloids after the excitement of Utegate, with rugby league and sex back on the front page.
Warren Truss: Rudd ETS is a “rabid dog”
The Rudd ETS will cost hundreds of thousands of Australian jobs if it is introduced as planned, but do nothing to cool the planet, writes National party leader Warren Truss.
Overnight market sell-off a sign of things to come?
Even when the economic wheel turns, real financial and economic stability returns and consumers resume spending and companies investing, the legacy of the crisis should act as a throttle on growth.
Media briefs: Photo-journalism in a war-zone… Iran’s TV revolution…
A cyber-war it may not be, but the media ban following the violent fallout from Iran’s elections has squeezed online and broadcast journalism together more than ever before.
Julia Gillard: Israeli media black hole
Whoever organised the current Australian delegation to Israel have done a pretty shabby — the Hebrew media is paying no attention to Julia Gillard, which may be just as well, as her speech contained quite a few errors.
“Bad luck” NT court decision: white defendant, black victim
The plight of the Aboriginal person in the Northern Territory legal system is truly awful — and that goes for victims of crime as well as defendants.
Crikey tweets Question Time
Now tweeting! Editor Jonathan Green and Canberra correspondent Bernard Keane live blog Question Time.
Crikey Says: Emissions Trading Scheme on ice
At no stage has the federal government acted in good faith in regard to its Emissions Trading Scheme; it shouldn’t be surprised at the need to delay it.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: Utegate dominates media coverage
Utegate. Need we say more? Patrick Baume on this week’s top political stories and movers.
Crikey Clarifier: How are Iran’s political leaders different?
What are the key differences between the policies of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his opponent Mir Hossein Mousavi? Dr Sally Totman has the answers.
MIS payment strike a drag on Bendigo
The number of borrowers refusing to pay interest on loans held by Bendigo and Adelaide Bank and written by insolvent agribusiness Great Southern is growing, reports Ian Rogers.
How Rudd’s ETS targets will crush climate justice
When at some point poor countries take on emission reduction obligations their low-hanging fruit will have been harvested by our big polluters, leaving poor countries with more expensive options.
Malcolm Turnbull: quick to shout conspiracy
As a lawyer, Malcolm Turnbull’s failure to rigorously check the voracity and authenticity of the Godwin Grech email is curious, writes Tanja Kovac.
Shutter snaps on photographers at The Australian
Over the last fortnight The Australian has retrenched at least six of its most senior photographers.
Opposition struggles for a Utegate line
The opposition is struggling to make a coherent and consistent case in the Utegate affair.
Iranian rebellion inspired by the West? Not so much.
They’re risking their lives. We’re debating utes. You’d think that, in local discussions of Iran, a certain humility would prevail. But not so for Janet Albrechtsen, writes Jeff Sparrow.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Utegate, Turnbull, Grech et al
Today, Crikey reader Roger Connelly asks us to be less biased: “How much more interesting your daily output would be if you had one person writing, just someone, who wasn’t a Liberal basher and got stuck into Labor.”
