Journalists and their union are battling it out over lengthy delays in action against an extraordinarily harsh contract offered to freelance contributors by Fairfax.
December, 2009
Channel Ten scores zero for AGM democracy
Channel 10’s contempt for shareholder democracy was on display at its AGM yesterday as directors used the notorious “no vacancy rort” to make it statistically impossible to get elected.
28 lenders change rates in response to RBA
Yesterday, 28 mortgage lenders changed their standard variable rates in response to last week’s RBA increase in the official cash rate, writes John Kavanagh and Jason Bryce.
Video of the Day: Obama’s Nobel speech
Barak Obama’s Nobel Peace Price acceptance speech in full:
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Tiger Woods, Tony Abbott and a climate change denialist walk into a bar…
Politics, climate change, bankers … and does anyone know a good Tiger Woods joke?
China aims to cool speculative forces
The Chinese government has made its first moves to attempt to cool down the speculative forces in the economy initiated by last year’s stimulus package.
Kuwait questions Citi and euro zone gets the wobbles
It is impossible to predict where and when the next financial crisis might come. The fears are it will be soon, writes Planet Wall Street’s David Hirst.
Now hear this: Greece’s debt is bigger than its economy
Greece revealed a public debt of 300 billion euros — or more than $A480 billion — overnight, leaving European leaders to contemplate a financial black hole in Athens.
Does the US Fed need to be audited and closed?
In that sense the Fed has not failed at all in recent years. Its decisions have been for the benefit of its ultimate masters — US commercial banks; not the US taxpayers. They just pay the bills.
Morning Market Report: Wall St, market, gold up as oil falls
A good day on the market as good news from the US led a rally.
Wankley Awards: The Canberra Press Gallery’s Fright Night fest
Congratulations Canberra Press Gallery: we hereby present you with the Crikey Wankley award for your ability to rehash so many zombie dead clichés in the past week.
Reader scores a hone run for mistake in The Sunday Male
An email sent to the editor of The Sunday Mail in Brisbane takes aim at branch of the Fourth Estate…
Political snippets: Will Kevin and Wayne be weakies?
Britain and France are finally showing some spine by punishing their bankers — will Australia come to the party? Plus, The Daily Teleg and SMH love a good petition, Barnaby Joyce’s daily double, and more.
Consensus melts away at Hopelesshagen
To describe the pace of negotiations during the first four days of the Copenhagen climate summit as “glacial” is an insult to glaciers, writes Matthew Knott.
Rewriting the history on deforestation
The Australian government is rewriting history by claiming that the decline in deforestation emissions has primarily been the product of government policy, writes Andrew McIntosh.
Shirley Shackleton: We must end the deeply humiliating scandal of Balibo
I wonder what pressure in being brought to force Purwanto to become the fall guy for his senior officers by creating mediocre versions of the murders, none of which are credible, writes Shirley Shackleton, writer and activist for East Timor.
Lowbottom High Diaries: We can’t count the sausage rolls, but can count our blessings
The Lowbottom Singers’ revolting performances set the scene for Presentation Night 2009 at Lowbottom High, writes our long-suffering school teacher Trevor Diogenes.
Taking tea with Professor Plimer and Lord Monckton at the other Copenhagen
Professor Plimer says that not only do Al Gore and algae sound alike: “They are both scum.” Crikey’s Matthew Knott interviews prominent global warming sceptic Ian Plimer straight from his Copenhagen Climate Change Challenge headquarters.
Ministers — over to you on economic management
Economic policymakers have had a successful 2009. Now it’s over to the politicians to keep up the good work, writes Bernard Keane.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Political advertising gone mad
Which company has pulled Tiger as their mascot?
The confusing world of cheap vs expensive
Why is a weekend newspaper costing a few bucks reasonable yet a monthly news paywall expensive? It’s a confusing world of what is expensive, compared to what we think is expensive, notes Tim Berry.
