October, 2009
Griffin chokes on the oxygen of publicity
Inside the detention centres, Rudd rattled by boats, questions for GriffinVox Pop of the Day: The Cairns Post Experience
The Prime Minister doesn’t know who Jimi Hendrix is? Really? Jimi? Today’s Cairns Post takes it to the street.
A tour of Indonesia’s detention centres
First hand experiences of Indonesia’s detention centres, where asylum seekers are treated like animals, beating are frequent, and there’s no access to medical care, education, or adequate food.
Oops Crikey Says: Even his own team get Bolted
Alan Kohler may have been the main target of Andrew Bolt’s latest attack, but that doesn’t mean he didn’t also accidentally take a jab at his boss.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Income management and refugees
Crikey readers continue to weigh in on the messy asylum seekers debate. Plus, the surprising nature of extending compulsory income management to all Australians on welfare.
Morning Market Report: Good night on Wall St
Fairly positive news, with the market up 38, SFE Futures up 41 this morning and the Dow closing up 132.
Why directors and liabilities are like lightning strikes
Company directors are six times more likely to be hit by lightning than to be prosecuted under our liability laws, writes Adam Schwab.
China won’t help the tanking world economy
Don’t depend on China to pull the world economy out of the hole its now in, or to help the shy recovery in 2010; as strong as China’s current rebound and stimulus spending is, that task is simply too large.
Rising $A smashes exports
The rising value of the Australian dollar has had a dramatic impact on the value of our imports and exports in the three months to September and over the 12 months to the end of the same month.
Wankley Awards: Getting your stolen Safran knickers in a twist
Blackface! A crucifixion! Masturbation! This week’s coveted Wankley award goes to the outrage surrounding John Safran’s new show Race Relations before it had even aired. Storm in a teacup, anyone?
Give us a break, the fake sheik’s not worth the effort
You’ve heard of tabloid media going after thick sheiks. Now some are even using fake sheiks. And even our PM is being questioned on whether their citizenship should be stripped.
Lowbottom High Diaries: Wistful in the face of the malign lottery
With the year 12s gone, teachers look forward to the prospect of next year’s classes, writes Trevor Diogenes. Will you score that terrible group whose infamy is already writ in school lore? Will Tarquin turn up like Nemesis in the malign lottery of fate?
Guy Rundle: Review: Noel Pearson’s Radical Hope
Noel Pearson’s new essay could have given been a compelling argument for a new education approach. Instead, he indulged himself in a new airing of old obsessions.
Carey and Cousins may be buffoons but don’t be too quick to judge
The behaviour of sporting bad boys has pulled apart by all manner of social commentators in the last few years, some thought-provoking, others laughably simplistic. Just examine Ben Cousins and Wayne Carey.
Media briefs: It’s Croctober! … Seven’s new digital channel is a go
Croctober time! Which means big crocs are pack where they belong. Nope, not in rivers, on the front pages of our nation’s newspapers. Plus, Seven pimps their new digital channel.
Singing from Howard’s hymn book no help to Libs
Opposition parties that have been in government for a long time often take just as long to realise that they are no longer in government and to start behaving accordingly, writes Dr Aron Paul.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Tighten the purse strings, while we nip off to Phuket
Which company’s senior leadership team is about to jet off for a “strategy session” in Thailand, while all other staff have been told to cut costs wherever possible?
Political snippets: Rudd office invasion! Dramatic picture!
Dramatic images from the invasion of Kevin Rudd’s office (by bogong moths), was Wilson Tuckey right? and some temperate modelling from the British Met Office.
No happy endings for Coalition after Minchin’s stance on Telstra
Nick Minchin may succeed in delaying Stephen Conroy’s Telstra break-up Bill. But he is painting the Coalition into a corner on Telstra and it’s not going to end well.
Kate Ellis and the youth roundtable that wasn’t
On Wednesday, leading youngsters were flown to Canberra for a “roundtable” discussion with youth minister Kate Ellis. But the Minister failed to show, nothing was launched and the delegates were shuffled around the corridors of power before being banished from the premises.
