Australia’s national security committee may make an approval on the Joint Strike Fighter project today. But what do they have to base a sound purchase decision on? Nothing, says Eric Palmer.
November, 2009
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Shame Crikey shame
Crikey readers task us to task over Sinclair Davidson article yesterday on the CRU emails. Oh, and Derryn Hinch blasts The Oz.
Rupert’s dirty circulation secret is out
News Corp, like several other US newspaper publishers, has been caught out fudging its circulation figures, by exploiting a loophole that makes sales look a lot better than they actually are.
Murdoch busted stealing blog content
Before blasting “content kleptomaniacs” Rupert Murdoch should take a careful look at his own backyard, writes Darryl Mason.
Happy birthday Perth Sunday Independent
The Independent was a dream of Western Australian mining entrepreneurs Lang Hancock and E A Wright, who imagined it would be slammed down on the desks of quaking Canberra moguls on Monday mornings, remembers Perth insider Welsh Pool.
Chilcot shines a light on Blair’s Iraq lies
A leaked contribution to the Chilcot Inquiry has revealed that Tony Blair deliberately misled parliament over his intentions in Iraq, writes Jeff Sparrow.
When will Rudd take over radiotherapy services?
A federal takeover would deliver give all cancer patients in Australia equitable access to essential cancer treatments, writes Professor Graeme Morgan.
My Cup Of Tea: Careful with that climate science, Sinclair, it’s complex
One of the biggest problems for contrarian commentators on climate change is getting to grips with the complexity of the subject, buttressed as it is by a vast weight of scientific evidence, writes Ben Eltham.
Media briefs: Dark lords Murdoch & Microsoft v Google … That’s just not cricket
Sony launches missile Sony has launched a new salvo in the battle for the home media centre market against Windows Media Centre-based PCs and Apple’s “Digital Media Hub” strategy. PlayStation 3, already in 675,000 Australian homes — and 20% of those in the last three months — gains a new “TV” icon. Initially this provides direct access ABC iView […]
Jenny Macklin turns a deaf ear to intervention gripes
Aboriginal affairs minister Jenny Macklin is waging a PR war on the findings of a report critical of the government’s NT intervention.
Qantas gets the Willies on BA tie-up
There is no compelling business case for a merger between Qantas and British Airways — but don’t tell the The Australian Financial Review, writes Glenn Dyer.
Sovereign debt looms as the next subprime
Wall Street has its head on the sand on the next stage of the coming financial calamity.
A Tim Tam-led recovery for the US?
Tim Tams have returned to US shelves just in time for peak gorging time — winter, writes Glenn Dyer.
Datapig: what the rich people are reading
Ever wondered how much money they bloke next to you on the bus is earning? Crikey’s Datapig compiles the stats on Australia’s newspaper readership.
Stuff we like: Xmas emails pt 1: is that a gun in your pocket?
We here at Crikey are always keen to read any internal office missives dealing with seasonal arrangements.
Guy Rundle: Microsoft, Rupert’s latest longevity ploy
Now the full portability of text has occurred, it should be obvious that news organisations will decompose –- just as department stores no longer have their warehouses out the back, and chemists no longer have someone in the back making up goop.
What’s really behind emissions trading?
For workers struggling to pay their bills, the CPRS is bad news. In its second year, the CPRS will probably cost the average household about $300 extra for electricity and gas, writes Peter Jones.
Ripoll’s halfway house on shonks and spivs
Bernie Ripoll has produced a bipartisan report from the Financial Services inquiry into the Storm and Opes collapses, and it shows, writes Bernard Keane.
Households bail out business on dud CPRS
Australia’s biggest polluters will enjoy vast windfall gains under the compromise offered by the Government to extract support from Malcolm Turnbull for the passage of its CPRS.
Ben Naparstek in Monthly kill fee drama
A nasty stoush has erupted between The Monthly magazine and freelance correspondent Eric Ellis, with legal threats being thrown by both sides after a commissioned article was spiked.
Political snippets: Sex, lies and hyperbole
Columnists this morning think scientists and politicians should not possess the passions of ordinary people, writes Richard Farmer.
It comes down to this: one of them is lying
Forget the tryst. It’s inconsequential compared with this. Did Mike Rann the truth, or did he lie, asks Hendrik Gout?
