Court rules Pirate Bay trial not biasedAn appeal for a retrial of the Pirate Bay trial on the grounds that the original judge was too biased has been quashed by the Swedish Appeal Court.
June, 2009
PODCAST: Robert F Kennedy Jr on coal
Bonnaroo is one of the coolest music festivals in the US so of course we expected there to be a resulting podcast with White House royalty and environmental lawyer Robert F Kennedy Jr.
Osama bin Laden: Eight years and counting…
It’s been eight years since Osama bin Laden fled to the hills. Are we any closer to finding the guy?
Land of the lowering sun
Deflation has hit Japan, with consumer prices falling further last month and retailers expected to lower price tags even further to encourage people to start spending again.
Human rights good for Canadians but not for Australians
Canadians share with Australians many of the same values and have a similar outlook on life, however…
Gerard Henderson's Media Watch Dog: (Scoopless) Mr Brissenden Goes to Washington
Michael Brissendon goes scoopless to Washington, cop that Phillip Adams, Chaser returns and more.
Political snippets: Shifting the blame — it wasn’t my idea.
We can be sure that things are getting tense within a political party when pollies start saying “don’t blame me — it was all his idea.” What a political week it’s been.
Spin cycle: tasers in hospitals — who paid for the research?
The media went crazy for the Tasers in hospitals story yesterday, but they made one glaring ommission, writes freelance journalist Amy Corderoy.
HFC emissions: the low hanging fruit of climate change mitigation
Doesn’t happen often that the Government votes with Fielding against climate mitigation proposals put forward by the Greens and supported by the Coalition, but it did yesterday.
Guy Rundle: In the teenage bedrooms of the mind
An ode to Jacko.
Lowbottom High Diaries: And so the reporting cycle rolls on endlessly…
Having rolled the stone up the hill, we know full well that at the end of the next reporting cycle we will be required to do it all over again, says Trevor Diogenes.
Tips and rumours: Age online casual says: we were sacked by phone
Age online journo tells of sacking experience, SBS to use foreign screen writers, ABC’s content culture under Mark Scott, journalists quote colleagues as experts.
The Irish economy ain’t smiling
There’s a very simple, but brutal equation in world finance and business: Ireland = basket case.
Mike Fitzpatrick’s tricky ANZ stadium conflict of interest
The AFL has a long history of conflicts of interest. Here’s a new one.
Media briefs: Iranian protesters say the media made them do it…
Iranian demonstrators are on a loop on state-run TV saying the BBC and the Voice of America and other foreign media made them protest. And memo to HuffPo, America is not the world.
Qantas flies away from Dreamliner deal. What next?
Having canceled 15 Dreamliners, Qantas is working out how to fill any gaps left by a 787 situation that is now looking worse by the day.
Death goes well beyond the demise of pop royalty
The risk for the deeply troubled Jackson is that his cumulative florid personal issues can actually camouflage what a massive and defining talent he really was, writes Ross Stapleton.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Utegate and Godwin Grech
Crikey readers on the week that was: Utegate and the infamous Mr Godwin Grech, the Global Financial Crisis, Fruity Fix and superannuation.
Saving the Snowy is a total legal fiction
The Snowy agreement imposes virtually no obligations on the NSW Government or the Snowy Hydro Company.
Dead Wednesday on Friday: Michael Jackson RIP
According to The LA Times, Michael Jackson has died. Well, what choice did he have? Asks Tim Dunlop.
Morning Market Report: Market finishes week strongly
The market is finishing off the week strongly — up 52 — The SFE Futures suggested a 32 point rise in the market this morning.
Sarkozy’s proposed burqua ban is a blunt instrument
There is no single experience of face-covering, just as there is no single experience of the bikini, writes Shakira Hussein.
US pop star dies, Rudd’s courage under fire, Rundle on Iran, Qantas cuts
