PHOTO GALLERY: The secret view of surfers: inside the waveJust in case you were underestimating the power of the ocean, here’s an incredible collection of photos taken by surfers, some taken from inside breaking waves, others underwater after surfers have wiped out. Surfs up!
October, 2009
Moses is definitely a follower
It’s another Aussie journo Twitter spat, this time between the ABC’s Mark Colvin and Fairfax’s Asher Moses over a rocket ship and showing pictures on the radio.
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Politico and Wash Post to engage in DC territorial pissing
Online political news site Politico is going to launch a local Washington DC edition of the site, headed up by the former editor of WashingtonPost.com. It’s a pretty direct attack on The Washington Post’s DC supremacy, and HuffPo has its hands on an internal memo that outlines the plans.
Crikey Says: Poor Packer has had a gutful this morning
It was fat puns aplenty at News Limited this morning, with lots of unflattering photos running of rival media mogul James Packer. What point were they trying to make exactly?
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Fast trainspotting
Crikey readers love their train spotting and weigh in on the possibility of fast trains in Australia. Plus, what is happening with ASIO and the difficulties with the abortion debate.
Morning Market Report: Market gives up its prior gains
Things weren’t looking too positive today, with the market down 90 and the SFE Futures down 80 points this morning. Wall St. also fell over again overnight.
Green shoots scepticism in the land of the greenback
Slowly some healthy scepticism about the strength of those worldwide green shoots is emerging in financial markets, but it’s nothing dramatic yet. The Aussie dollar fell slightly against the US dollar and Norway lifted interest rates.
ANZ out-gouges the NAB
Like the NAB, the ANZ has survived the financial crisis looking rudely health. Which is impressive, considering it suffered more damage from self-inflicted lending disasters than any of the Big Four.
Media briefs: The Iron Bar fan club … The Shonkies …
Another journo Twitter spat, this time between Mark Colvin and Asher Moses. Plus, what’s playing on the iPods of the Mad Men cast and the top earning dead celebs.
Net Access — more than just smut and piracy
With the debate about the National Broadband Network well underway, some of the dismissals of why a population would need higher broadband speeds (or as Kevin Rudd so quaintly called it at the Tasmanian Community Cabinet meeting, “Bandspeed”) — often bounce around somewhere between the ridiculous and the incredulous. It’s not only the economic and social value […]
Expansive James Packer goes the full half hour
The man who used to like two-minute chairman addresses went on for half-an-hour at yesterday’s Crown AGM, boasting of PBL’s recent performance and making some pre-emptive attacks against the anti-pokies lobby.
When is a cage egg green? When it plants trees
Some battery egg producers are giving their cartons a green sheen so dazzling, it threatens to blind consumers to the nature of their egg-laying process, writes Crikey intern Aaron Flanagan.
Political snippets: A message from the Governator
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger sends out some very clever swearing in a revenge letter and there is growing evidence that the the weak El Niño in the Pacific Ocean appears to be strengthening.
Time to stand up for human rights in Sri Lanka — at last
It’s Sri Lanka Week, but rather than thinking about investments, perhaps we should focus on the 300,000 Tamils being imprisoned in an internment camp in the country, in direct violation of their human rights rights, writes Jake Lynch.
Talking the Town: Talking the Town: Ray Martin’s book launch
Last night we time-travelled back to a kinder, gentler time, at the launch of Ray Martin’s autobiography, complete with an introduction from Sir Michael Parkinson and music by Geoff Harvey.
The handy guide to dealing with consumer concern about sugar
A letter from US Big Sugar to its Australian counterpart on how to get around those pesky health warnings. The letter may or may not be fictional but witty satire.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: What’s happening in Kabul?
An update on what’s happening in West Kabul, plus the hilarities Hansard captures — no whooping in here, Senator!
The earth-asteroid collision that didn’t make headlines
On October 8, a mini-asteroid screamed into the upper atmosphere over the Indonesia and exploded with the force equivalent to two to three times that of the atom bombs that incinerated Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
An audience with Radovan Karadzic. Location: The Hague
The Hague has a long history of overseeing international law, the latest being the trial of Serbian Radovan Karadzic, accused of war crimes in the former Yugoslavia. Too bad he was a no show, writes Grant Doyle.
Will Timor Sea oil slick be curtains for bluefin tuna?
The already-devastated Southern bluefin tuna population could be sunk for good by the recent Montara oil spill.
Caucus debate misses the point, chapter and verse, on books
What’s happening with parallel book imports? The publishing industry is on the cusp of major change driven by online delivery. The most appropriate role for the government is to step aside and let consumers take the lead.
Much to do before PNG LNG project profits the people
Yesterday, the largest resources project in Papua New Guinea’s history moved a step closer, with the PNG government giving environmental approval for the vast PNG LNG project. But will this project help to dent the widespread poverty?
Guy Rundle: Politicians try to patch up a leaky boat of their own making
The government’s current problems with the Oceanic Viking stem entirely from its being too-clever-by-half – it’s of a piece with Ruddism, the idea that a series of brilliant technical decisions can serve as policy.
