A forum of experts last night warned that self-regulation by the pharmaceutical industry was not effective, writes Dr Ken Harvey.
September, 2009
Guy Rundle: The week in news: The Mark Day version
Presenting, the week in news — the Mark Day version, as told by Guy Rundle.
Media briefs: Letter of the week … Morning shows cash in on dust storm
Letter of the week in the SMH makes it pretty obvious that the dust storms were a warning from god. Plus, the morning shows cashed in on the dust frenzy.
Political snippets: Footy fever spreads
It’s not surprising that football is front page news today, since it’s that week in September. But, it is surprising that they feature in the editorials in both the Hun and the Tele.
Wankley Awards: The AFL Footy Show‘s drunken hypocrisy
The Footy Show’s grand final edition made sure they got the best of both worlds: they aired Brendan Fevola’s slurry Brownlow vox-pops in front of their family audience… right after throwing him under a bus.
Kevin Rudd spruiks the G20; let’s hope it’s not another APEC
Kevin Rudd’s priority has been to sell the American foreign policy establishment on the benefits of the G20 as the “driving centre” of a new global framework. But will it become just another pointless talkfest?
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: A fair and just society?
Crikey readers weigh in on whether Australia is a fair and just society and the continued storm of controversy around our dusty East Coast.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: the axe drops at Foster’s
Is trouble brewing internally at the Electrical Trades Union with leadership challenges? Plus, tough news for those working in IT at Foster’s.
Won’t somebody think of the football babies?
As the much-anticipated grand final between St Kilda and Geelong looms tomorrow, John Cash introduces meets of the die-hard Saints and Cats fans whose passions have been joined to the fate and fortunes of their club throughout a lifetime.
Morning Market Report: Tougher FIRB laws
The federal government has altered the laws relating to foreign investment. The government wants the foreign share of greenfields development in the resources sector to be below 50%, and around 15% for major miners.
Fairfax knee-cappings and The AFR’s power lunch
The AFR Magazine today has produced its annual Power edition, which is a great read but misses a few key points.
Bonuses are back, investment bankers rejoice
The latest revelations over a return in the bonus culture among investment bankers suggests the executive pay debate could have a long way to run.
Climate aid to developing nations: what’s in it for us?
In the lead-up to Copenhagen, watch for countries such as Australia to unveil big-dollar commitments of climate aid to developing countries, particularly by proposing a strong “mutual obligation” framework.
Hot Form Charts: The AFL grand final we had to have
In a clearly confused moment of football writing, Crikey’s resident footy nerd suggests that Geelong will win the AFL football grand final. Can Geelong stop Nick Riewoldt?
Robes of office not in Costello’s size
The Australian’s newsroom is recovering from a severe irony bypass this morning after a satirical press release quoting Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle paying out Peter Costello sent scoop-hungry scribes into a frenzy.
25 years of LIFE magazine, now free online
Every edition of LIFE photographic magazine from 1935 to 1970 has been released free and in full by Google Books. An amazing historical archive of images and articles chronicling the 20th century.
Mini-Mao: Like grandfather, like grandson?
No orders of mass starvation or oppression, but Chairman Mao’s grandson is following in his grandpa’s military footsteps, becoming the youngest major general of the People’s Liberation Army.
Does Dixon’s $10.7m Qantas payout add up?
Earlier this week Qantas confessed to shareholders it paid former CEO Geoff Dixon $10.7 million for five months work. Not only were the payments extremely high, they were also largely unwarranted.
How capitalism financed Michael Moore’s Capitalism
Michael Moore’s new film, Capitalism: a love story rips into the free-market and its money-grubbing ways. How delightfully ironic, then, that Goldman Sachs funded the film’s executive producers to the tune of $1b. We wonder who will get the last laugh, though?
SBS sharpen the axe
SBS is chopping and changing its programs with all the trigger-happy reactiveness of a commercial network, says TV Tonight. If it’s not careful, the station may end up accidently giving itself some nasty cuts in the process.
G20 Summit too late to be useful
The Group of 20 Summit in Pittsburgh is probably three to four months too late for the politicians to make much of an impact. The recovery in financial markets has drained much of the impetus for re-regulation and change.
Guy Rundle: The Australian can’t tell its left from right
The thinkers that The Australian chose for its left series weren’t leftists, they were labourists – submitting their intellectual abilities to the pre-ordained goal of selling a stunningly unambitious political programme.
TIME moves to Detroit to find a real story
Detroit, the once great Motor City, has been “misunderstood, underreported, stereotyped, avoided and exploited” by the press, says TIME. So the magazine bought a house there (they’re going cheap) and has moved in to uncover the city’s “real” story.
