East Timor this week celebrates 10 years of independence, but it seems the nation’s government is struggling to grasp basic democratic principles, writes Steve Holland.
August, 2009
The results are in: city metro audience share for HD and SD free to air TV
Crikey can show, for the first time, the five city metro share in audience for both High Definition (HD) and Standard Definition (SD) free to air television, writes Glenn Dyer.
Miss Universe’s celebration of Camp transcends irony
Somehow, the Miss Universe pageant has survived an ironic age. And a post-ironic one, too.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Malcolm Turnbull, mother turtle?
Crikey readers weigh in on poor Malcolm Turnbull, their dislike of TomKat, Ashes coverage and the women reading Crikey debate continues.
Oz Post and Medibank the cream of the public sector earners
The high salary earners of the public sector are streets ahead of the best paid politicians, write Bernard Keane and Crikey intern Emily Finlay.
Political snippets: Australians get lazier, junkier, drunker
Results from the latest National Health Survey has some good and bad news, the future of the Indian Grand Prix hangs in the balance, Japan’s PM offers relationship advice and more from Richard Farmer.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Machinations in Qld politics continue
Anna Bligh continues to feel the heat over the QCU anti-privatisation campaign, when ATMs die, Qantas’ IT woes and more tips from our readers.
Race Mathews lets fly at “tragic” stacked ALP
Leading ALP elder statesman, Race Matthews, has increased pressure on Victorian Premier John Brumby to appoint a membership czar to clean out stacked branches.
Crikey Clarifier: How did Michael Jackson die?
What was the cause of Michael Jackson’s death and why was it ruled a homicide? Crikey intern Emily Finlay digs for clues.
Community-funded reporting: bringing a new transparency to journalism
It was only 10 months ago that Spot.Us was launched, an experiment to fund journalism through crowdfunding. Now Australia’s Foundation for Public Interest Journalism is looking to copy the community funded journalism model, writes Spot.Us founder David Cohn.
The most important speech of James Murdoch’s career
James Murdoch is to deliver one of the most crucial British lectures on the media industry, the MacTaggart Lecture. It will be 20 years after his dad Rupert Murdoch made the same lecture. How similar are their views?
The women issue: a Crikey reader responds
With the women working double shifts — paid work, followed by the unpaid work of running a household — is it any surprise they don’t have time to engage with political issues? asks Jenny Ejlak.
A hard, tough and brutal tax debate is brewing
Tax reform shouldn’t be easy. Yet it is not clear that any reform will actually flow from the Henry Review, writes Sinclair Davidson.
Turnbull rallies the undecided
The interesting thing to come out of today’s Newspoll isn’t so much the small increase in Malcolm Turnbull’s satisfaction levels, but rather that the “undecided” responses for Turnbull are at the lowest level they’ve been since he became leader.
Turning TIME magazine into TIME.com
A fascinating interview with Josh Tyrangiel, Managing Editor of TIME.com, who explains why some of the print magazine’s best content just doesn’t work online, and how their online journalists and editors tighten and rewrite articles in a way that does fit the medium.
TIME‘s Top 50 websites for 2009
TIME magazine has published its annual top 50 websites of the year list, including all the usual suspects and a few surprises.
V for victory in US economic recovery, Europe not looking so peaceful
Conventional economic wisdom is wrong, writes Anatole Kaletsky. The US economy will probably recover fairly quickly from the GFC, while Europe is likely to incur permanent damage to its economies.
Nelson retires: byelection to be costly for Turnbull
Former Opposition leader Brendan Nelson is announcing his departure from parliament. This means an expensive and potentially controversial byelection, that may further affect the Liberals’ leadership, writes Phillip Coorey.
The backlash against jailed journos begins
If being held prisoner in North Korea wasn’t hard enough for journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, the pair are now facing harsh criticism from detractors who say they put refugee-saving program they were reporting on at risk. Yeah, perhaps they had slightly bigger concerns at the time, snark Gawker.
VIDEO: How to make a home-cooked meal in a hotel room
Comedian George Egg demonstrates how to cook tortellini with spinach and fresh-baked English muffins, all in a hotel room, using just what he finds there.
British Airways: still ‘the world’s favourite airline’?
It’s British Airways’ 90th birthday, and the company is feeling a bit shaky. Passenger numbers have dropped, it’s facing losses of hundreds of millions of pounds in the last year and there are fears of a workers’ strike.
Video of the Day: Jon Stewart grills “death panel” activist
Jon Stewart absolutely hammers Betsy McCaughey, the originator of the “death panel” controversy — which equates end-of-life planning with government-ordered euthanasia — on The Daily Show.
