Another soft night for Seven, with everything but the News and Today Tonight leaving viewers underwhelmed.
June, 2009
The battle for Higgins resumes
The Higgins preselection has been an on-again, off-again saga.
Farewell Constance E Little, prolific letter writer
If Constance E Little stuck around today, she’d have a blog. That’s why Crikey is honouring her with a new column, says Sophie Black.
Political snippets: Indian student controversy not forgotten
Australia continues to make the top of the news in India, for all the wrong reasons.
Goodbye John ‘fuckability’ Westacott
As he snaps on his gold watch, the eulogies for John Westacott keep pouring into Crikey.
Some notes to assist Fielding’s “exploration”
Andrew Glikson offers Steve Fielding some notes on climate science to speed up his “exploration” into the issue.
My sugary Nestle question: what is fruit?
Nestle have taken exception to me suggesting that they are telling lies by emblazoning their Fruit Fix bar with “1 Serve of Fruit” and advertising the product as a healthy and nutritious snack, says David Gillespie.
The man who never was: Costello closes the door
Peter Costello’s entire career can be summed up fairly simply: he had so many opportunities and never used them.
Morning Market Report: Dow’s worst session in a month
The Dow closed down 187, the worst session in a month, while the market is down 40.
Media briefs: Kosher search engines and the Boston Globe’s pay cut party
Israel launches a search engine for orthodox Jews, Boston Globe staffers celebrate their 25% pay-cut in style, and more from the world of the media.
Gillard gives The Oz an F on education reporting
Gillard’s response to The Australian’s campaign against the education revolution was about as comprehensive a demolition as you’ll get.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Sticking up for Anna Bligh
Crikey readers go into bat for Anna Bligh (sort of) and horses, and Mungo is caught out not mentioning John Howard.
Was “Tuppence” Moran “offed” in a hate crime?
Whoever hated the last of the Moran clan this much wasn’t thinking of a staring role in Underbelly Six, write the Kooka Brothers.
Fairfax finally merges its Canberra bureaux
Few things have been more contentious between the SMH and The Age than the very mention of amalgamating the papers’ federal Parliamentary bureaus. Now, it’s happened.
Palm Island inquest reopens
With a new look at the death of Mulrunji Doomadgee, the stage is set for yet another gut-wrenching chapter in a tragedy that has churned on for almost five years.
BIS Shrapnel’s property confidence is … BS
When the First Home Owner’s Grant falls away and if interest rates return to 7-8%, it is a more logical response that house prices will fall in the coming years, rather than rise.
RBA minutes surface as financial storm clouds brew
A series of reports, ratings changes and general unease about the stability of financial markets in the past 24 hours have produced the sudden upturn in concern.
Is Macklin ignoring her own legal advice on town camps acquisition?
No other Australian is asked to surrender land rights to secure basic services, write Alison Vivian and Larissa Behrendt.
The latest in quality journalism from the SMH
The SMH’s breathless review of the latest Sacha Baron Cohen movie is actually a review of a review done by The Sun in the UK — essentially a rehashed collection of quotations from the original.
China’s revs up for European success
Is China’s car industry defying the global downturn in the all-important European market?
Twitter reschedules down-time to aid Iran
Social media takes some social responsibility: recognising the important role it’s playing in communication in and about Iran, Twitter have rescheduled some planned and critical downtime to keep the service online during the day in Iran.
Prius: just another word for hybrid
When people think hybrid, they still think Toyota’s Prius. Perhaps that’s why Honda’s Insight hybrid alternative isn’t setting the market on fire, despite being priced lower.
A swine of a month for Singapore Airlines
Add the swine flu pandemic, which kills travel but leaves most people unharmed, to the global financial crisis, which cripples discretionary and corporate spending, and you get a very, very bad month for Singapore Airlines, writes Ben Sandilands.
