David Marr: Lonely Turnbull has no political certaintyPeter Garrett copped the wrath of parliament yesterday, but it was also Malcolm Turnbull’s big day as he crossed the floor to vote for the ETS. The quiet Turnbull seemed to have lost his statesman’s stance, writes David Marr.
February, 2010
Memo to Rudd: here is how you can win cred on health reform
What if the sum total of health reform in the Rudd government’s first term amounts to a big fat zilch? Health ministers are meeting today and Croakey’s experts have gathered to give their advice.
Grattan: Will the real Kevin Rudd please stand up?
Kevin Rudd has hit his first serious political speed bump, writes Michelle Grattan. The Opposition, led in the media by Tony Abbott and Barnaby Joyce, may run their mouths, but they have an authenticity that the Ruddbot lacks.
Is Garrett a goner?
The scrutiny continues to pile up on Peter Garrett over the foil insulation debacle, with a growing chorus of voices calling for him to be fired or step down. A look at how the pundits saw it today.
A hard look at Jetstar’s soft Customer Guarantee
Jetstar has launched the first customer guarantee by an Australian airline today. Ben Sandilands filters through the spin to work out exactly what you’ll get if they screw up.
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China’s Copenhagen report
A Chinese think-tank report from the Copenhagen climate summit leaked to the Guardian reveals the government didn’t set out to spoil the talks, just to avoid rich nations’ “conspiracy to divide the developing world”.
Charting the fake-news cycle
A fascinating look at how one little non-verified rumour about New York Governor David Paterson spread from a tabloid tip in the New York Post to Twitter, then the blogosphere, and finally into the mainstream media
A chat with Sooty Pigram — Aboriginal speedway rider
Bob Gosford sits down with Samsurray “Sooty” Pigram, a speedway rider from Broome who has been racing stripped-down two-wheeler “solos” since he was 11 years old.
Australia’s internet: not neutral, not cheap, not very good
“Net neutrality” is a hot issue in the States, where folks don’t want their access to online content limited or influenced by ISPs. But Aussies needn’t worry their pretty little heads about it: our internet hasn’t been neutral for years.
Garrett foiled
Environment Minister Peter Garrett has come under fire for his roofing foil insulation scheme, and the media sharks are circling. Is this the end for Garrett or just a serious dent to his image?
Krugman: We’re doomed
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The legal drinking age: stout Crikey readers whine
Crikey readers weigh in on the prospect of raising the drinking age to 21, the Green Loans scheme and Barnaby Joyce’s role as Opposition financial minister.
Business As Usual: Business As Usual: Poor little rich Foxtel, carping over BHP
Poor little rich Foxtel … Carping over BHP … moaning over CBA … China trade snowed under … The China effect on Oz … Grey Days for the Grey Lady.
US Treasury boss goes into bat (and print) for himself
Former US Treasury Secretary and Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson on Tuesday undertook a strident defence of his management of the US economy during the height of the financial crisis.
Morning Market Report: Wall St down, Oz market up
Our market is up 41, Wall St. finished down 20. European markets were up despite no official financial rescue of Greece … yet.
A tale of drinking, driving and bloody idiots
Some nice confected tabloid outrage at the increasingly negative Herald Sun today, with a cover story of a drink driving charge from seven years ago. Compare that to a rather similar drink driving story about the Hun’s own editor.
Media briefs: Anti-scientologists hack Oz govt sites … Iran suspends Gmail … Seven’s next gen broadband …
How about $250 for a combination of www.theage.com.au and www.smh.com.au? Plus, Iranian state email to usurp Google , shrinking US news stand sales and more media gossip.
The photos that shame Garrett’s insulation scheme
Wondering exactly what all the Peter Garrett roof insulation fuss is about? Just check out these photos sent by an anonymous insurance company of a house burnt out just one day after new insulation was installed, writes Patrick Stafford.
Unemployment falls as stimulus is withdrawn
Unemployment has plummeted — a small reminder that, for all its problems this week, the Government has got the big picture right.
Congressman Charlie Wilson’s war is finally over
Charlie Wilson, former US congressman, died overnight. His name would hardly ring a bell if it not for the 2007 film Charlie Wilson’s War, which dramatised his role in promoting US support for the anti-Soviet resistance in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
Human rights: why we need a charter
Emotional, fear-mongering and ill-informed comments about a human rights charter do not make for robust, reasoned, logical debate, writes Mark Blumer.
Climate change and polls, journalism and responsibility
New Nielsen polling has seen the media have a field day with the news that climate change is losing heat as a political issue — but is that really what the data says? Irving Saulwick and Denis Muller investiaget.
Belinda Neal on borrowed time as locals rebel…again
ALP members in Belinda Neal’s central coast electorate of Robertson have failed to back a motion condemning her enemies, adding to pressure on Neal to withdraw from the race to remain Labor’s candidate for the knife-edge seat.
