Crikey continues to track the job-loss carnage.
June, 2009
Markets slump as World Bank shades green shoots
The World Bank has announced that the world economy will perform worse than expected in March, a call that wreaked a lot of damage on markets overnight.
News Ltd. ink-slingers turn on Malcolm
Having uncritically and zealously promoted Malcolm Turnbull’s call for the resignation of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Treasurer Wayne Swan, News Limited’s stable of metropolitan dailies yesterday changed course.
Utegate: Is Turnbull telling the truth?
Malcolm Turnbull is running hard from the faked email. He can run, as they say in the classics, but he can’t hide.
OUR PICK OF THE COMMENTARY
- GRATTAN: A story that keeps on biting
- HARVEY: Would you buy a second-hand ute from these men?
- CRABB: “It’s only a flesh wound!”
- HARTCHER:Cop it on the chin, Turnbull
- KELLY: Utegate is a direct result of the GFC
- SHANAHAN: Libs beaten to the punch
- CARNEY: Turnbull may never recover
- EDITORIALS: The Age, The Australian
Double standards: the media on Taliban kidnappings
Are the hundreds of people kidnapped by the Taliban each year any less deserving of media black out protection than western journalists like David Rohde?
Media briefs: Utegate premature evaluation… Mental health jokes in ads unfunny…
The Australian Advertising Standards Bureau has taken a stand against ads making fun of the mentally ill, Tim Blair struggles to contain himself, and more from the wild world of the media.
Political snippets: Readers more interested in teens, flashers and bikies than Utegate
Readers of the nation’s newspapers put Utegate in it’s place, and a poll round-up.
Finance & Treasury Association collapses into administration
The professional body that represents “treasury and financial risk management professionals” at some of Australia’s largest banks and companies has collapsed into administration with debts of $150,000, writes James Thomson.
One afternoon in Parliament: tables turned on Turnbull
The day began with Treasurer Wayne Swan clinging to the cliff edge of his career. By day’s end he had pulled himself back up, with plenty of help from his Prime Minister.
Why indigenous Australians need their own pandemic plan
The recent death of an Aboriginal man who had tested positive to swine flu has raised concerns of the vulnerability of Indigenous people to disease pandemics, writes Dr Sophie Couzos.
Inside a rigged election
Election irregularities are a matter of degree. There is no such thing as a perfectly-run election. But in Iran, there were a lot of irregularities.
Government 2.0 Taskforce: first a logo design contest
Online collaboration is old hat not just for geeks but for any 14-year-old user of Bebo or MySpace. Only governments are behind the pace.
Coalition unity fractures as team Turnbull loses its grip
Whatever may happen in the email affair and the pursuit of Wayne Swan, Coalition unity is starting to fracture badly on high-profile policy issues.
The baffling increase in mastectomies
Mastectomy rates seem to be on the rise — not because of doctors, but because of women themselves. And they tend to be young and well-educated. What’s going on? asks Amanda Schaffer.
Silver hot: a photo tribute to gray-haired men
The Women on the Web ogle salt and peppered hotties, from Anderson Cooper to Harrison Ford.
Tweeting now! Crikey liveblogs Question Time
Utegate and more. Crikey editor Jonathan Green and Canberra correspondent Bernard Keane liveblog what promises to be a feisty, high decibel Question Time.
Journalist sleeps through Washington train disaster
A middle-aged man sleeps on his couch. Mere blocks away, two trains collide during rush hour. Timothy Noah recounts what knows (and doesn’t) about Washington’s worst train disaster in history.
YouTube lets users choose ads — is it a good idea?
YouTube is trialling a new feature which allows users to choose their own ads. But will it be a boon for the hero brands — think movie trailers — and a loss for everyone else? Ben Shepherd considers the pitfalls.
Australia not ready to slice and dice MasterChef… yet
Australian audiences can’t get enough MasterChef — but they’re not ready to hear allegations of rigging or behind-the-scenes conflict just yet, writes Daivd Knox.
Morning Market Report: Australian market having a shocker
Our market is having a shocker — down 109 — after Wall Street fell 200 points overnight.
Losing marbles: the British Museum and the New Acropolis
Greece insistence that it has established a solid basis for the return of the Elgin marbles, writes former Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge, Binoy Kampmark.
Diary of a Surgeon: How to run a hospital — by the textbook
The turnover of senior managers in the public hospital system is remarkable, writes Guy Maddern professor of surgery at the University of Adelaide.
