Monbiot: What Obama should say in CopenhagenBarack Obama is a busy man — what with being leader of the free world and all — so George Monbiot has kindly gone to the trouble of penning his big Copenhagen speech for him.
December, 2009
Were journalists right to publish the hacked Climategate emails?
Both old and new media outlets have come under fire for publishing large extracts, and directing readers to entire downloads, of the stolen Climategate emails. Did they do the wrong thing? And more importantly: did they break the law?
Freidman: Islam needs a civil war
The West can’t defeat the ideology of militant Islam, says Thomas Friedman: only other Muslims can. The Islamic world needs a war over ideas akin to that of the US civil war, the fight out the extremist minority.
Kevin in Copenhagen: the liveblog
Crikey’s man-on-the-ground in Copenhagen, Matthew Knott liveblogs speeches by Our Kevin, Hillary Clinton, Gordon Brown, Yvo de Boer and other world leaders.
Sydney terrorist attack gets to the guts of the issue
A new ad for the Gut Foundation features a fictional terrorist attack on Sydney, reminiscent of live TV coverage of 9/11, in an attempt to raise awareness of bowel cancer. Does it cross the line? You be the judge.
The scent of death hovers over Bligh
Is it already bye bye Bligh? Queensland premier Anna Bligh has alienated many on the Left, her chief of staff has left and polling is looking poor. It’s only a matter of time until she’s gone now.
Sisters are doing it for themselves, and only themselves
Four years ago, four women senators from a variety of political parties cosponsored and passed a bill in support of the abortion pill RU486. Why was this a one-off? Why don’t we have a women’s caucus and more collective action?
Coke searching for a corporate-spinning ambassador
Coca-Cola has decided to be an environmental saviour and is looking for an “online ambassador” to help spread their new environmental community sharing messaging. David Gillespie knows just the man for the job…
Bankers’ value to society? You’ve gotta be kidding
Investment bankers can aid economy growth, but it’s difficult to determine any real value that the average banker provides to society. Especially in comparison to their rampant pay packets.
Spinning the media: the federal lobbyists register
In the first instalment in our special joint Crikey/AJIC investigation, Spinning the Media, Sasha Pavey exposes errors and the lack of transparency in the Federal Lobbyists Register.
The word that dare not speak its name at Copenhagen: science
Lost in all the talk of arrests and walkouts and stolen emails have been the voices of those whose work brought this whole crazy circus about: climate change scientists, writes Matthew Knott from Copenhagen.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: To filter or not to filter, that is the Conroy
Good old internet filtering. The only subject that fires Crikey readers up more than climate change.
When a bank bailout is a bailout
It’s a sorry state of affairs when it takes a speech from a regulator to advance the case of Australia’s banks for lifting home-loan rates more than the Reserve Bank’s 0.25% increases.
Morning Market Report: NAB counterbids for AXA
The big news this morning is the National Australia Bank (NAB) counter bid for AXA Asia Pacific (AXA).
The Oz: how low can you go?
Today’s example of another gutter story from the Oz lacks substance and detracts from the paper’s usual good journalism and analysis on things that matter, writes Andrew McIntosh
Internet filtering: first step on the path to Burma?
It’s a strange day indeed when retired Justice Michael Kirby and Fox News sing from the same hymn sheet. But Senator Stephen Conroy’s internet censorship plans have created that day.
ACMA response to Kyle, Jackie O: admin law equivalent of bullshit
ACMA could do much more to lift its profile, and thus the effectiveness of its rebukes. Clearly, in light of the Vile and Jackie Ho rape scandal earlier this year, we need it to do so.
Media briefs: Kyle and Jackie O’s punishment…TIME Person of the Year… 2009: A year of Twitter trends, media errors and reality TV
Tony Abbott is the Spartacus of Australian politics, Ben Bernanke is TIME’s Person of the Year, Berlusconi is not making any friends on Facebook, the top media cock-ups of the year and more snippets from the media.
The Best Political Haircuts of 2009
Crikey presents its list of the top 10 political haircuts for 2009. From rangas to sharp bobs and salt and pepper sexy, take your pick of the best, says Luke Williams.
Conroy’s filter: a nude horse
Stephen Conroy’s internet filter smells just like a campaign to put clothes upon the world’s animals. It will generate headlines about decency and families, but leave the fundamentals of society entirely untouched.
Political snippets: It’s getting hot in here…
The temperature of the world is actually on track to be warmer at the end of the century by 0.1 of a degree Centigrade than it was before discussions at Copenhagen started.
