Pauline Hanson is moving to the United Kingdom.
February, 2010
Crossing the Floor with Bernard Keane: Why is the media so obsessed with Peter Garrett?
Bernard Keane takes a look at why the media is so obsessed with Peter Garrett and somewhat less obsessed with less convenient stories.
Daily Proposition: See this pervy supernatural soap before it gets yanked off air
Welcome to Dante’s Cove –- the dirtiest show I’ve seen on television, maybe ever. Watch it before it gets yanked off air, says Dan Barrett. You won’t believe what Channel Nine is letting you see.
Morning Market Report: Market up, more results come in
European markets struggled on concerns that the EU’s Greek bailout is unlikely to happen any time soon and Wall Street closed down 45 on Friday.
Government’s FTA TV bonus could have better spent elsewhere
Last week, without any hint or debate, the federal Government dramatically changed the settings and priorities of Australian media policy.
Media briefs: Seven’s Rann apology, rubbery circulation booster and doggy tweeting
Not keen on catching Chlamydia? Buy a newspaper. Iceland: economic basket case, journalistic heaven, Twitter goes to the dogs and other media news snippets from around the globe.
The filter smackdown continues — now with added Google controversy
Stephen Conroy’s response on the internet filter didn’t end the debate — in fact, he appears to have opened up some new issues, including one with Google.
Has science discovered a new threat to air travel?
Physicists in America have just made an alarming discovery about electrical storms and jet airliners. It seems that terrestrial gamma ray bursts originate in thunderstorms, but be weary of any tabloid linkage to air travel.
Mungo MacCallum: Should Abbott have been sacked? Yes, if you apply Abbott’s logic on Garrett
There is no doubt that the insulation plan was something of a shemozzle. It was basically a good idea, but rushing it out on a massive scale as part of the economic stimulus package meant that there was not adequate preparation.
War criminal to hero … a dangerous precedent
A campaign of assassination of local leaders thought to be loyal to the Taliban contains an obvious potential for human rights abuses, especially since it’s almost impossible for the media to monitor what undercover troops actually do.
Political snippets: Danger signal for Garrett in weekend story
They are by no means a definitive guide to public opinion but opinion polls from newspaper websites at the weekend dissing Peter Garrett should not be dismissed either, plus a PM under pressure and other political news of the day.
Mayne: from Jeffed to Crikey – how it all began 10 years ago
The family popped in for pizza last night wearing our Crikey shirts and it was amusing to consider what the 150 guests were told 10 years earlier.
Happy Birthday from … Treasurer Wayne Swan
Over the next month, Crikey will be publishing birthday messages from a few prominent Australians — today we kick off with Wayne Swan: It’s a fantastic milestone for Crikey to reach 10 years in publication — a decade on and going strong. Of course I don’t always agree with everything Crikey says but your irreverent but probing journalism and commentary have become […]
The very first edition of Crikey
Celebrate 10 years of Crikey by reliving the very first edition, in all its muck-raking, fluro-coloured glory.
This day in Crikey: Wednesday February 15, 2006
Wednesday February 15, 2006: Eyewitness account: Latham and the photographer, by Margaret Simons.
Take it on trust: Rann still has questions to answer
Seven’s Sunday Night program has retracted its Mike Rann allegations. But the Premier still has questions to answer — on policy, and on trust — ahead of the State poll, writes Hendrik Gout.
Victorian Labor starts to look vulnerable
The Altona result, coming on top of a good opinion poll and poor publicity for the Government, presents Ted Baillieu with a real opportunity to change the political narrative and present November’s election as challenging but winnable.
How I brought down the Parliament House website
Last week’s Operation Titstorm attacks by online activist group “Anonymous” brought down the Parliament House website for three days. One cyber hacker tells Crikey just how easy it was to do.
Guy Rundle: Rundle in Athens: Greece puts EU on the economic precipice
Greece’s economic woes has plunged the European Union into crisis. The question now is how deep it will be and how many other nations it will drag down with it.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: ANZ cleaners eat their lunch in windowless rooms
ANZ may seem forward thinking, except they have two standards of lunch rooms: one for normal workers, one for cleaners and the like. Guess which one has no windows and is down in the bowels of building?
Crikey Says: Move over, Bo Derek, there’s a new 10 on the block
Yesterday, something interesting — possibly even important — happened in the Australian media. Crikey turned 10. It’s our party and we’ll self promote if we want too.
Crikey turns 10, Rann v Channel Seven, asylum seeker stats, Altona byelection, Rundle in Athens
