Australia’s relationship with China continues to produce economic results, and despite the fevered rhetoric from the Chinese media, that is the only indicator that really counts.
August, 2009
Crikey Says: China needs Australia more than we need them
No more deadly than your average non-swine flu
Fear can drive us to make hasty decisions that are not necessarily based on good and robust data. This is exactly what has happened with the swine flue outbreak, writes Professor Peter Collignon.
The Dyer Index: the world in numbers, you know it makes cents
Glenn Dyer plays the numbers game on the different issues in the world markets, ranging from US bank failures to demand for gold and Krispy Kreme saviours.
Political snippets: Japan’s election gets underway
The Japanese election action begins, Kevin Rudd can’t win on China, the insanity of the US health care debate, the politics of caged eggs, old stoners still puffing away, and more from the mind of Richard Farmer.
Buffett edgy on over-stimulated debt
The Berkshire Hathaway CEO, legendary investor Warren Buffet, has warned of the dangers of excessive fiscal stimulus and the dire effects of an ever-increasing public debt.
A turdle: the Malcolm Turnbull Wordle
Everything opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull has ever said, boiled down into a Wordle. Or, as we prefer to call it, a Turdle. Some of his favourite words: ‘billion’, ‘debt’ and ‘emissions’.
The short but lucrative life of a Qantas frequent flyer point
The official Qantas guide to the life of a frequent flyer point was a bonus in the airline’s results filing. It is the gold mine Qantas needs during its current crisis.
Ashes 09: The Oval, the Fifth Test preview
Ashes series are only played every four years in the hearts and minds of the average English fan (the Australian series are in a shocking time zone). So this test is like the Olympic final of Tests.
Canning advisor’s commissions would be super start to reform
It’s been a long fall for the retail superannuation industry and financial planners from their glory year of 2005. Now, the financial planning industry is under fire from multiple fronts and the Government is reviewing superannuation.
Many unhappy returns for newsagents
News Limited has just purchased a multi-million dollar circulation software package that is giving The Age enormous problems and angering newsagents across Victoria.
Tips and rumours: Who is the new Queensland Union boss? Hint: he likes Akubras
Who will replace Jan McLucas in the Senate? Hint: someone with a penchant for Akubras. Also, Rudd money niceness backfires and Quest journalists’ pay rates.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Rudd’s stimulating package and nuclear power
Crikey readers weigh in on Rudd money, nuclear power and the confusing absence of ‘working families’ in Kevin Rudd’s Wordle.
The Nigerian scammers become the scammed
Someone may have been fleecing some of Nigeria’s biggest banks, pushing the country’s financial system to the edge of collapse.
Media briefs: iPods can’t take the heat and 60 Minutes creator dies
Giant of US journalism, 60 minutes creator Don Hewitt, dies. Watch out: nearly half of employers screen social network profiles and iPods can’t take the heat.
Sucking the RENT out of RET
The RET is now the only game in town in terms of driving any sort of move to a lower-carbon economy — and it’s being further degraded by rentseekers and whingeing industries demanding a free kick.
Macquarie makes a mockery of bank guarantee
After Macquarie Group’s funds management expansion in the US, it’s about time all guarantees from the Federal Government are taken off the table.
Brumby’s staffer code jumps ahead of the law
The Brumby Government is introducing a staffers’ code to insulate itself from controversy. Ministerial staff will be banned from holding office as a local Government Councillor.
Morning Market Report: Market and Wall St both up
Positive reports from the market with, the market up 7 and Wall St closing up 61 overnight. Gold and the Aussie dollar are also up slightly.
Facebook fail: privacy alert on uploaded minutiae
A law suit unfolding in California about privacy and Facebook, has been described, and possibly kindly, as a “jumbled mess”, thanks to discrepancies in national privacy laws.
Crikey seeks women: for conversation, companionship and fun times
Crikey wants to pull more chicks: tell us how.
Pete Cashmore: Social media is the media
Media Bistro chats to Pete Cashmore, new media pin-up boy and creator of uber-trendy tech site Mashable, about the future of social media and how old media can survive the web 2.0 age.
