Macklin’s town camp plans stonewalledIndigenous affairs minister Jenny Macklin’s plans for sub-leases on Aboriginal town camp have hit a snag, with the Federal Court granting a temporary injunction following claims town residents were “blackmailed” into the plan.
July, 2009
Thorpe, Dodson: “Stop the blackmail”
A group of prominent Australians, including swimmer Ian Thorpe and Indigenous leader Pat Dodson, have taken out an ad [PDF] in today’s Oz titled “Stop the Blackmail”, opposing the government’s sub-lease plan for Aboriginal town camps.
Breakfast Media Wrap: Skipping the light fandango – copyright win for organist
Copyright at home and abroad and a dash of corruption join some amazing whale pictures in this morning’s media wrap.
SLIDESHOW: The world’s bloodiest battles
LIFE resurrects images from some of history’s most horrendous hostilities — from Gettysburg to Stalingrad.
Scientists create a new state of matter
Scientists are claiming to have created a new state of matter — i.e. not solid, liquid, gas or plasma — with a new form of aluminum that is almost transparent.
Will Sex and the City finally get colourful?
The things that bothered other people about Sex and the City never really bothered me. Its lily-white vision of New York, however, did, says Nina Shen Rastogi. Will the new movie make amends?
A crap advertising idea
Ogilvy Brazil’s new ads for Huggies show babies making “their most determined pooping faces”. Surely something to remember for the 21st birthday?
How to win in Afghanistan
War is not complicated, says Bing West, and the US theater commander in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, knows how to defeat an insurgency. But does Washington have as much faith in him to get the job done?
Humans causing the “sixth extinction” of species
Australia, New Zealand and Pacific islands are likely to become the “extinction hot spots” of the globe, mainly thanks to the human destruction and degradation of ecosystems.
Obama’s beer with the boys: Bud Light and racism
President Barack Obama is hosting a get-together for the Harvard professor and the policeman from last week’s racism scandal. Big question is, what beer will Obama drink?
The real CSI: the shaky science of forensics
Forensic “science” is a misnomer, says Popular Mechanics: it was developed by cops, not scientists, and now some embarrassing forensic failures are fueling calls for a rethink of the entire field.
Allergen of the Year
And the winner of the allergen of the year is… mixed dialkyl thioureas, those handy chemicals used in neoprene products which are used for everything from wetsuits to mouse pads.
Baby Boom becomes Baby Bust
This year, Mercedes will sell a third fewer cars in America. Their Baby Boomer buyers have dried up. It’s why many companies are now scrambling to rebrand themselves to appeal to Generations X and Y.
Abort mission: the pull-out method gains popularity
Is coitus interruptus making a comeback as a contraception? It’s getting some think tank support, but Tracy Quan is still dubious about the method.
What restaurants eat before you arrive
Before they feed your greedy face, restaurant staff have to feed themselves. So what do kitchen staff serve up for their colleagues? The Boston Globe look at what’s cooking at the chef’s table.
Madonna writes her own news
Madonna is a regular fixture in the news, but this time she’s the one writing it, with an upcoming article in Israel’s biggest daily. And it’s not about her arms!
Corporate Australia’s hypocrisy on CEO payouts
Despite the compelling logic of the Federal Government’s proposed changes to executive termination laws, large corporations and lobby groups have gone on the attack.
Crikey wrap: Yahoo + Microsoft = Google killer?
Yahoo has 20% of the search engine market, Microsoft 8% and Google 65%. So it was perhaps a no-brainer that Microsoft and Yahoo would eventually hook up to defeat their common enemy. Here’s what pundits are saying about the deal.
Morning Market Report: Market up, despite commodities
The market is up 32 — a good result considering the whole commodities sector performance overnight was woeful.
Shanghai surprise spooks the market
Yesterday’s drop in the Chinese stockmarket means all eyes will be glued to it today, while Japan’s recovery is continuing, but may run out of puff.
Bank drops penalty fees. Nice start, long way to go.
Yesterday NAB announced it would no longer charge consumers penalty fees of $30, writes Gordon Renouf, director of Policy and Campaigns for CHOICE. Now, what about credit card fees?
Building approvals boom amid “bubble” fears
The ABS released figures showing that building approvals bounced back strong in June after May’s one off plunge. Just don’t mention the housing bubble.
Ashes 09: Edgbaston, the Third Test preview
At one of the venues for the Domestic Twenty20 quarter finals today they could have set up a toddlers pool at long on, and long off, and part of midwicket. Tomorrow’s whether at Edgbaston is not supposed be any better.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Prevention pays
Crikey readers agree with Simon Chapman’s piece on preventative medicine, plus thoughts on Tony Fitzgerald, Tony Abbott, the Kyle and Jackie-O saga, and more.
