A new Galaxy poll shows the Liberal National Party with a crushing 59-41 lead over Anna Bligh’s Labor government, while Bligh’s approval rating is down four points, to a parlous 28%. William Bowe has the numbers.
February, 2010
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ABC editorial policy shake-up
The ABC is doing a complete re-write of its editorial policies, and Margaret Simons has her hands on the memo that went up on the ABC staff intranet spelling out the approach, and seeking comment.
The Altona by-election liveblog
Relive all the thrills and spills — Point Cook! Laverton North! — of Victoria’s Altona by-election with The Poll Bludger’s liveblog
McDonald’s has a chef?!
Yup, Mickey D’s has a bona fide culinarian creating those Angus burgers and wraps. Meet Macca’s “Director of Culinary Innovation”, Daniel Coudreaut, a man who dreams of building a better Big Mac.
PHOTO GALLERY: The blackest whities around
To celebrate Black History month in the US, The Root examines the white folk who claim “blackness” and whether they really would make the cut. It helps if you can sing, are religious and like black women.
PHOTO GALLERY: The sweet taste of cupcake love
It’s Valentine’s Day this weekend, and if you’re umming and ahhing between boring old flowers or chocolates, may we suggest a quick perusal of inspiration in this cupcake gallery. Yes, the cupcake fad isn’t heading anywhere yet (we hope).
Porridge time for Garrett
Only one thing is certain from the foil insulation debacle, says Bernard Keane: Peter Garrett must go to prison. The mere act of providing funding for a voluntary program of household insulation surely makes him guilty of manslaughter.
There is no ideal Oz population size
Excuse me Australian parliament, but the environmental ‘elephant in the room’ isn’t population growth, argues James Arvanitakis. It’s about how we deal sustainably with our population, no matter the size.
Jon Faine: Nothing good about the West, just fumes and cheap real estate
Altona bashing is a classic inner-Melbourne snob pastime, and today 774 presenter Jon Faine decided to get in on the action. Altona: the smelly, crap suburb you only live in ‘cause you’re poor, says Faine.
The first time I ever saw snow (at 24 years of age)
Jess Hopcraft describes her first ever encounter with snow, that magical frozen water that’s pretty foreign to an Aussie city dweller. But be warned, a snowball cannot to be kept in a handbag.
Crikey does the Rockwiz double
The Crikey crew answers that classic music question: what was your first album and gig? Mick the sub’s first gig was seeing the Rolling Stones support Roy Orbison. Beat that.
Why people love to see the Prius fail
The recent global recall of the Toyota Prius has caused an “outbreak of global gloating”, says author Toby Litt. For anti-environmentalists, there’s delightful schadenfreude in seeing ultimate symbol of tree-hugging do-gooders fail.
Internet Explorer 6: The True Hollywood Story
Internet Explorer 6: The True Hollywood StorySmashing Magazine tells the story of the widely maligned Internet Explorer 6, in comic form: the epic rise to fame in 2001, and the big crash to earth when upstarts Firefox and Safari hit the scene. The big cliffhanger ending: when will it die?
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: What’s Garrett gonna do? Call Carbon Cops
Crikey readers weigh in on Peter Garrett’s green loans and roof insulation scheme, the possibility of a human rights charter and the possibility of rising the legal drinking age to 21.
Morning Market Report: Market down disappointingly
Our market is a little disappointingly down 4 considering the SFE Futures were up 40 this morning.
Telstra result: flick go the shares as sales drop across the board
The only thing Telstra management is any good at is sacking workers, since just about the only area where Telstra appeared to improve its bottom line was in labour costs, which fell by $185 million.
Meeja chokes hard on another shark story
Sharks are scary, deadly killers, right? When it comes to mindless ferocity, sharks have nothing on the media packs finely tuned to the maxim: “if it bleeds it leads”, writes Stuart Nettle.
Newspapers, circulations, take it in the neck
The was some interesting spin on the newspaper circulation figures for the December quarter and 2009. But they all missed one telling point: Papers are irrelevant.
Wankley Awards: Our (possibly, but we can’t prove it) worst columnist
Sure, Kylie Eastwood, the woman who got her five year old son drink isn’t exactly mum of the year, but does she deserve to be dubbed by Hun ‘Our worst mum’? To use the language of the tabloids, this week’s column by Alan Howe was a stinker.
Media briefs: Faine bags Altona, headline cliches and government spin distorts war
774 presenter Jon Faine bags out Altona in Melbourne’s West, as a cheap but crap place to live. Plus, ouzo shameless cliched headlines, NT News returns with their mythical (or not!?) monkey and other media gems from around the traps.
A QLD electrician tells it like it is
As a bloke who is climbing into another ceiling tomorrow and sending people out to do the same on his behalf, Chris Lehmann says Garrett needs to instigate a foil insulation policy removal immediately.
Another branch down in Robertson as Neal sent sprawling
Beleaguered Robertson ALP backbencher Belinda Neal’s prospects of rising from political purgatory to triumph in a local preselection ballot have suffered another setback after three staffers were ruled ineligible to vote in the March 6 poll.
NSW pokies venues looking out for POOPs (Pets of Older Persons)
Donations to POOPs, as it is known, are at the heart of the present conundrum of clubland. Are they a vital hub of their community, or giant pokie palaces which are using their local connections as a fig leaf?
