Forget your deflationary blues and what the Chinese press are saying on Rio.
July, 2009
Political snippets: Deflation off the cards
Tips and rumours: 7:30 Report set for a new look?
In today’s tips: “With The 7.30 Report’s Kerry O’Brien on yet another of his extended vacations, ABC News bosses have begun tinkering with the idea of wholesale change to the program next year.”
The Media Monitors' Top 20: Peter Garrett: so hot right now
All this benign economic news has translated to very little interest in politics generally, though Peter Garrett is keeping the home reactors burning nicely, moving up to fourth position in the media mentions.
Michael Jackson: was he a castrato?
Michael Jackson a castrato? It sure would explain a lot, writes Jack Ellis.
Guy Rundle: Stuff the Moon, stuff Mars, let’s go to the stars
Mars? We’d barely notice we’d got to Mars. The Moon? A commuter jump. Guy Rundle sets his sights higher.
Hackergate: what did Rupert know?
New evidence revealed by a British inquiry into the News of the World phone-hacking scandal throws assurances by Rupert Murdoch that he was in the dark on the whole affair into question.
MPs to India: an unofficial parliamentary delegation to visit the Dalai Lama
What does one give a simple Buddhist monk for his 74th birthday? The Federal Member for Fremantle Melissa Parke writes on her recent travels to India.
It’s Tuckey time! Wilson’s email on Turnbull and climate change
In an email yesterday to Opposition MPs and Senators, backbencher Wilson Tuckey blasted Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull’s “arrogance” and “inexperience” on the Emissions Trading Scheme issue.
Surrogacy is a business
Being a surrogate is a tough job. Just being a compassionate person who wants to help a couple is not really enough, argues Sarah Elizabeth Richards.
Crikey Says: Malcolm and the sceptics
It’s hard not to feel sympathy for Malcolm Turnbull, a man who by any estimation genuinely believes climate change is a worrying issue and wants to address it, despite his party.
Doubleplusungood: Amazon goes Orwellian on e-readers
Amazon has been deleting e-books directly from Kindle e-readers, with hundreds of Kindle owners making the bitterly ironic discovery that their paid-for copies of 1984 and Animal Farm had disappeared. At least they experienced a good taste of the plot…
Time to say RIP to the BMI
There’s a better (and easier) way than Body Mass Index to get a reading of a person’s obesity and risk for disease, writes Jeremy Singer-Vine. So why do doctors still give the BMI so much weight?
Media scoops: who you gonna call?
Media veteran Peter Himler reflects on TMZ.com scooping Michael Jackson’s death, the NYT breaking the passing of Walter Cronkite and asks: who do you call when you have a exclusive news story in this new media age?
Europe one-ups America. Again.
Most of Europe will soon have lower income tax rates than most of America, says an unhappy WSJ. And now the EU is finalising a free trade deal with South Korea, while the US loses ground.
The bloody cost of living 24/7
The sad truth about the prevalence of public violence is that it has more to do with our changing social habits than anything else, says Shaun Carney. The law can’t help; only slowing down can.
Chevron refuses to pay $27b bill for rainforest contamination
An expert appointed by Ecuador’s courts says oil company Chevron has caused $27 billion in damage to the local health and environment. “We’re not paying and we’re going to fight this for years if not decades into the future” says Chevron.
Video of the Day: Inside the mind of a killer
Do murders have the same brains as you and me? Neuroscientist Jim Fallon explains what makes psychopathic killers tick.
Palin’s resignation: the edited version
Sarah Palin’s resignation speech was never going to be the Gettysburg Address, but it still lacked, er, polish. Just how bad was it? Vanity Fair let their sub-editing team loose on a transcript to find out.
The Wilson Tuckey email
Liberal backbencher Wilson Tuckey has blasted Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull’s “arrogance” and “inexperience” on ETS. Here Crikey republishes that email, in full and unedited.
newspaper death watch 
Globe gives in
The Boston Globe’s largest union has finally agreed to a deal with parent New York Times Co., accepting $10m in pay and benefit cuts. But the paper’s future is still far from assured.
Inflation: back on the agenda
With economic signals and market sentiment improving, inflation concern is back. It’s why today’s consumer price index (CPI) data is getting so much attention, says Malcolm Maiden.
Time to be bullish, Malcolm
Malcolm Turnbull wants to boost the Coalition’s credibility on climate and head off the risk of a double dissolution. But some seem determined to thwart him. Time to be bold, says Michelle Grattan.
