August, 2009
Homeless blogger scores Elle internship
Blogger,”Bri” lives in a Wal-Mart parking lot and, as of next month, is the newest recruit at Elle magazine. The charming story of how she scored the gig offers some hope for the future of both humanity and journalism.
There’s a chance Labor could win Kooyong
There are whispers inside the Victorian Liberal Party that Kooyong may not be the electoral certainty it once was, writes Brian Costar.
Crikey Says: Who else supports Costello for premier?
Following on from Arthur Sinodinos’ article in The Oz about Peter Costello as future Victorian premier, Crikey conducted a quick phone poll of senior Victorian Liberals. Who else would jump on the Costello bandwagon?
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Abortion in QLD and equal pay for women
Crikey readers weigh in on the decriminalisation of abortion in Queensland, equal pay for women and anti-discrimination in religious organisations.
Morning Market Report: Market down this morning
The market is down 7, but Wall St gained slightly overnight. Also, Woolworths is up, but the focus is on the Hardware roll-out, which will probably not reflect well on Wesfarmers (Bunnings).
Why Frank Lowy still calls Australia home
Of all the companies to have benefited from the Government’s stimulus spending packages, Westfield stands out, with Rudd’s cash splashes helping it to ride out slumps in the US and UK.
Virgin posts $160m loss
Virgin Blue this morning confirmed a loss of $160 million for the year to June 30 while the guessing game about its recent strong share price performance continues.
Resources boom about to catch fire
The Australian economy is lurking, waiting to re-emerge in coming months as the mining sector gains renewed confidence, with promising capex and construction figures announced yesterday.
Rod Eddington unflinching at the sound of gunfire
Rod Eddington, one of Australia’s most prominent non-executive directors, has finally spoken out about his withdrawal from assuming the chairmanship of ANZ and his troubles at Allco.
ALR’s Craven suffers a bad case of literary road rage
Next week, one of those literary willy willies will doubtless rise from the pages of Wednesday’s September issue of the Australian Literary Review, writes Tony Taylor.
Vale Teddy, we may never see his like
So the lion of the Senate will roar no more — and any number of DC cocktail waitresses can breathe a little easier today.
James Packer’s giant spring clean out
James Packer appears to be in the middle of a personal and professional cleanout, sparked in part by the global financial crisis. He’s flogged off his horses, boat and stake in Seek, the online classifieds company.
East Timor’s media ‘blackout’ or just a lack of research?
There isn’t a ‘media blackout’ occurring in East Timor, rather lots of factually incorrect stories that ignore the East Timorese government’s focus on anti-corruption campaigns.
Big Brother dying across the globe
Perhaps the most iconic of all reality television programs, Big Brother, is being axed around the world, as life for broadcasters and marketers gets rougher and losses mount.
Media briefs: The Malthouse’s ‘emptiness underneath’, Elle takes homeless intern
Elle takes on a homeless blogger as a new intern. Plus, Microsoft apologises over racial photo-swap and a Jackson family reality TV show is in the works.
How do you clean up an oil spill?
40 barrels of oil were recently spilled into the Timor Sea after a leak at an Australian oil rig. It’s surely more than a job for a bucket and a mop, but just how do you go about clean up an oil spill like this? Dr Ian Poiner explains.
Voting for Afghanistan. Again and again and again
The Election Complaints Commission has already received 1157 allegations of irregularities in Afghanistan. And the allegations are not just coming from disgruntled candidates.
Jenny Macklin’s special brand of consultation
Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin has discovered an interesting kind of consultation involving fences, writes Chris Graham.
Will Packer use Stokes to get Rupert’s cash?
If James Packer really doesn’t care to be a media owner these days, then he’ll use stalking Kerry Stokes to lever a big price for his pay-TV assets out of Rupert, writes Stephen Mayne.
John Howard’s Military Court stuff-up
The High Court has, 7-zip, overturned an entire Federal Government judicial structure. But it’s not as if the Howard Government wasn’t warned, repeatedly, that this might happen.
And so we farewell the lion of the Senate
Teddy Kennedy was the most Kennedy-esque of all his family. And it was because he never became president that he rose to greatness, argues Bernard Keane.
