It’s time to wake up, smell the (unsweetened) coffee and act on sugar before we sentence even more Australians to death by pancreatic cancer.
February, 2010
Should the legal drinking age be raised to reduce road crash deaths?
There are more effective ways for Australia to reduce road crash deaths due to alcohol, apart from raising the legal drinking age, writes Dr Alex Wodak.
Turnbull invokes a Menzies manoeuvre by crossing the floor
Malcolm Turnbull’s decision to cross the floor of the House of Representatives is no big deal, particularly when his party is in Opposition, writes Rob Chalmers.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: Malcolm still thunderstrikes a chord
Is the public’s fascination with Malcolm Turnbull strong, and enduring? At least the public fascination with AC/DC has been long and fruitful.
Political snippets: A Crikey Newspoll comp
There’s nothing like a good old fashioned leak to try and take the heat out of an embarrassing political issue. Plus, another matey Labor scandal and pick the Newspoll result and win some First Dog on the Moon socks.
There’s more to aviation safety than scanning underpants
The pre-Barack Obama-visit package of security measures yesterday announced by Kevin Rudd are purely window dressing, ultimately ineffective at doing anything but making the lives of travellers more miserable.
Tips for Tony Abbott
The Opposition has two big issues on which it could inflict real damage on the Government — and it is wholly ignoring one and feebly prosecuting the other.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Brumby knifes Myki heads
The purge of those tainted by Victoria’s public transport and Myki debacle continues. Plus, a new low for TV reviewers in the SMH? How can you review a show you haven’t seen?
Crikey Says: Won’t someone think of the rich TV execs!
The Government’s decision to rebate free-to-air television networks’ licence fees, ostensibly to assist them in meeting the cost of local production, is appalling.
Revving up a tire-d Michelin
In the battle of the tire bigwigs, Bridgestone has finally rolled Michelin as number one in the global tire market. Can an updated cartoon roly poly Michelin Man reinflate the Michelin brand? Portfolio examines the plan.
Book review: David Carlin’s Our Father Who Wasn’t There
Author David Carlin pens his own father’s memoirs, constructed through the memories of others, medical records, his own dispositions and pure imagination. It’s complex, moving and beautifully written, says Angela Meyer.
One Day cricket: does anyone still care?
Only 635,000 people watched the cricket on Nine last night. Simply put: people are watching something else. Anything else. Is there a future for One Day cricket in Australia? asks Leigh Josey.
Death of the Rock Eisteddfod: how will nerds get laid now?
The Rock Eisteddfod is dead. Former “Rock E” participant Michael Collett laments the loss of jazz hands, velcro shoes and the one time of year geeks had a shot with the ladies.
Don’t shoot me, I’m only the paintball journalist
Just when you thought there were no jobs left in journalism, along comes McSweeneys with an interview with a full-time paintball journalist. Yes, that weird shooting game has a professional league with media coverage.
Joyce is the Coalition’s “secret weapon”? More like a ticking time bomb
So Tony Abbott reckons Barnaby Joyce has “street cred”? Maybe, says reb, but perhaps a more useful trait would be the economic competency to manage a critical finance portfolio.
Daily Proposition: Get your Zoolander on with a homemade frappé
So it’s stinking hot outside and you need an after-work pick-me-up. Well, you know what really cheers up male supermodel Derek Zoolander? Orange mocha frappuccinos!
What business can learn from The Grateful Dead
Seminal jam band The Grateful Dead didn’t just develop their cult following through their fusion of psychedelic rock and hallucinogenic drugs (though that helped): they actually pioneered a range of marketing practices that have since been embraced by the corporate world.
Dave Graney: Things that are “fully retarded”
Green Day, Wolfmother, rock festivals, Hobart, Kevin Rudd, Rolling Stone, golf, growing old… just a few of the things rock muisician Dave Graney considers “full retard”. Melbourne, sex and picking your nose are only “half retard”.
Video of the Day: War of the T-shirts
A lovely piece of stop-motion goodness, involving 222 cleverly designed t-shirts which all interact with each other and their wearers in a t-shirt war.
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Daily Beast plagiarism scandal
Last week, online news site The Daily Beast’s chief investigative reporter Gerald Posner admitted to plagiarising one of his article. But an investigation by Slate’s Jack Shafer has revealed that it wasn’t the first time.
The science behind the NYT “most emailed” list
University researchers have been studying the “most emailed” New York Times articles to see what kind of news people like to share — and why. The results are not what you might expect.
Kohler: The bulldozer crushing of our education industry
The new changes to the skilled migration program are crushing one of Australia’s biggest export industries: education. It wasn’t all shonky colleges, writes Alan Kohler, international students spent a whopping A$13.7b in 2007-08.
