Wal-Mart’s China PR nightmareIn China, five Wal-Mart employees allegedly beat a shoplifter to death. It seems some were external contractors but the public makes no such distinction, says Shaun Rein, which is why companies need strict rules for outsourcing.
September, 2009
Lee Freedman: why new whip rules are overkill
Lee Freedman explains from a trainer’s perspective why the new whip rule which has the racing industry up in arms is excessive and unnecessary.
Political snippets: Memo to John Howard: you lost
Former PM John Howard’s intervention into the current economic debate with Kevin Rudd reads like a man who does not accept the verdict of the last election.
The ABC: digital media’s stealth performer
I think Mark Scott’s ABC might end up inheriting the earth — or the dominant position in the Australian broadcasting world — despite itself, writes Adrian Swift.
Opposition makes public the losers
The Opposition politicians are lazy and don’t provide a clear political alternative. Instead their main aim is oppose everything: even things that will come back to bite them later, writes Alister Drysdale.
Wankley Awards: Daily Tele‘s hermaphrodite
exclusive
The Daily Tele has broken a whopping world exclusive today: South African runner Caster Semenya is a hermaphrodite… maybe someone should tell her?
The awkward truth of foreign journalism
The relationship between fixers and foreign correspondents can be very close. But as the death of respected Afghan journalist Sultan Munadi shows, there will always be a power imbalance, says George Parker.
Crikey Says: Rudd can’t claim reform credit yet
There are three men truly entitled to reflect on responsibility for Australia’s economic reforms of the 1980s and 1990s: Hawke, Keating and Howard.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Kyle and the meeja
Crikey readers continue to weigh in on Steve Fielding’s spelling issues and whether Godwin’s Law will bring down vile Kyle Sandilands.
Stokes-Murdoch “showdown” a damp squib
It’s back to business as usual in the Australian media, with Stokes and Packer dividing up the juiciest bits of the industry, just as Kerry Packer and Rupert Murdoch did a decade or so ago.
Media briefs: BBC: Murdoch "out of touch", Google talks about relationships with publishers, VMA coverage goes twitty
BBC reports Murdoch as being “out of touch”. Plus, Google talks about relationships with publishers and MTV gets 140 character friendly, with twitty VMA coverage.
Lowbottom High Diaries: A letter to the Minister
Lowbottom High is getting a new library from the Government. Unfortunately, they already have one…
My restaurant rules: Crikey’s dining meta list
With all the big food and restaurant guides coming out over the past few weeks, Richard Farmer has served up the results as one big meta list for your delectation. Bon appetit.
Only one thing worse than losing Opposition leadership: keeping it
Malcolm Turnbull asked a total of seven questions during four Question Times and looked bored and distracted throughout the week.
Your ABC offers lessons on Branding Content 101
The upcoming Screen Producers Association of Australia conference is devoting an entire day to ‘Branded Entertainment’. Some of the potential partners you can network with are from Telstra Media, Ninemsm and … the ABC.
Fuel reduction would not — did not — stop Black Saturday
Climate change is upon us and the old ways of thinking about vegetation management also need to be reviewed, writes Lindsay Hesketh.
Rudd’s record not a patch on Howard’s
In John Howard’s view, he is the true hero of the great economic reforms of the last 30 years. It’s a stretch. But one thing’s certain, he comes a damn sight closer than Kevin Rudd (for now).
War no longer a battle of the sexes
After Greg Combet’s comments about allowing women on the front line, the defence force should prepare itself for a “seismic shift”. War will no longer be secret men’s business, writes Rebecca Wilson.
Go Betweens bridge push enters final days
Indie music fans across the country are voting in force to have a Brisbane’s new Hale Street Link Bridge named after Australian band The Go-Betweens.
British Government apologises to Alan Turing
Following a high-profile public campaign, British PM Gordon Brown has apologised posthumously for Britain’s treatment of WWII master code-breaker Alan Turing, who was prosecuted for being a homosexual in 1952 and sentenced to chemical castration.
Morning Market Report: Market and dollar end the week strongly
The market is finishing the week strongly, up 32, while the Aussie dollar was up again to 86.33c.
Political economy: underemployment — what does it mean?
Now its official — a staggering 14% (or so) of Australia’s workforce are unemployed or underemployed, writes Henry Thornton. What a huge waste of resources.
Myer float damns former management
This is a continuing and dreadful indictment of the former leadership of Myer and its parent company Coles Myer, writes Rob Lake.
