Starring Celebrity Ghost for Hire - Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
June, 2009
Pringles can-hands take the Gold Lion
The Cannes Gold Lion award goes to a weird and wonderful online banner advertisement for Pringles that just keeps you clicking.
What online journos can learn from Jacko’s death
The online new coverage of Michael Jackson’s death should lead newsrooms to reexamine how they handle breaking news in a hyper-competitive, instant-publishing environment, says Robert Niles.
Lest we forget: his music was great, his behaviour disturbing
Michael Jackson’s behaviour “truly troubled me”, writes Maureen Orr, who wrote five feature pieces for Vanity Fair over 12 years, including courtroom dramas. Re-read them and remember.
Stonewall 40 years on: still second-class Americans
On the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, Frank Rich looks at how far America has — and hasn’t — come on the issue of gay rights.
10 best prison breaks
From 1597 to 2007, Wired chronicles the best dashes to freedom.
Will America’s middle class rebel?
I’ve been amazed at the complacency of Americans in the face of rape and pillage by the moneyed classes, says Yves Smith. But will they finally crack?
Apple board should have spoken out on Jobs
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs had a liver transplant two months ago but it was only revealed last week. Someone should be paying for this failure to disclose a material event, says Tim Beyers.
ToiletGate
With Government 2.0 up and running, I decided to see how the iPhone toilet finder app developers were going. Looks like they’ve run into some issues with the Dept of Health and Ageing, says Joshua Gans.
Government right to kill Grocery Choice
The Government might have taken some stick for abolishing the Grocery Choice website, but it pales against what it would have experienced had the project gone ahead, argues Phillip Coorey.
Video of the Day: Strip search for drugs was unconstitutional
While America’s Supreme Court has shown itself to be very tough on drugs in school, strip searching a 13-year-old girl has been deemed a step too far. But not before a lengthy legal battle.
Caravanners — the locusts of the Top End
There are three major classes of caravanners who make it up north, says Bob Gosford. But it’s the Mum and Dad types who intrigue — and annoy — him most.
No sex, please — we’re the BBC
The BBC usually reserve most of their smuttiest and sweariest content for after 9pm — but now they’re rethinking whether to broadcast it at all, following a survey that found many viewers were unhappy with the public broadcaster’s declining moral standards.
NBA Draft: best and worst dressed
When you spend most of your life in tracksuits and singlets, it can be a big ask to scrub up for a big media call when fame comes knocking. Check out the rookies from this year’s NBA draft who got it right — and those who got it oh so wrong.
The laws of surrogacy
Last Monday, a surrogate mother gave birth to twin girls for actor Sarah Jessica Parker Brian Palmer explains why it’s best for a mother to use her own egg where possible.
US climate bill: “a pile of shit”
Congress Minority Leader John Boehner has labelled the new US climate change bill a “pile of shit” following an hour-long speech that delayed the House from voting on the legislation.
Dreamliner — is it an impossible dream?
The most alarming question to arise from the Dreamliner fiasco is whether high composite airliners are doomed to fail, writes Ben Sandliands.
Another boatload stretches Christmas Island’s resources
The custom-built detention centre on Christmas Island is reaching its limits after 194 asylum-seekers, most of them men, were intercepted in a vessel believed to be of Indonesian origin.
Pollies gone mild: the John Edwards sex tape
A former aide of 2004 Democratic VP candidate John Edwards is alleging he made a sex tape with his former mistress. Edwards’ wife has hit back at the staffer, saying he stole her son’s baseball cards. Riiight.
VIDEO: Iraqis return to the streets
Footage from the weekend’s protests in Iran, which saw Iranians return to the streets after five days of relative quiet.
Iranian police turn tear gas, truncheons on 3000 protestors
Eyewitness reports say Iranian riot police have clashed with 3000 protesters at a mosque in Tehran, using tear gas and truncheons to subdue the crowd.
New trouble flares between Iran and Britain
Tensions have flared between Iran and Britain, with the arrest of local British embassy staff in Iran. But this is just the latest stoush in an ongoing history of aggression and mistrust between the two countries, says Ian Black.
The two types of Michael Jackson fan
Michael Jackson had fans whose devotion knew no bounds — and then there were those who preferred to keep memories of the singer locked firmly in his 1980s prime.
Honduras president ousted in coup
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has been arrested and forced into exile in a military coup, following growing conflict over his plans to change the constitution to enable his re-election.
