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February, 2010
Plymouth: like Geelong, but with worm charming
Plymouth seems like a fairly quaint if slightly boring English town, says Rafiq Copeland. That is, until you discover the worm charming, pirates, gypsies and the Wrigleys factory spearmint Thursdays.
The nasty maternalistic state
Sole parents and the unemployed beware: Jenny Macklin is trying to take half your income away. It’s the most drastic change to our social security system ever — and almost nobody knows about it, reports Eva Cox.
52-48 to Labor in SA
Seven weeks out from the SAW state election, an Advertiser poll finds Labor still leading at 52-48, compared with 57-4 in December and 56.8-43.2 at the 2006 election, reports William Bowe.
Edinburgh Tattoo Insider tells: my life inside the kilt
The Edinburgh Military Tattoo. It’s the only show in town with a cast bigger than Beijing, a suspected tone deaf musical director, and firearms. And we’ve got an Edinburgh Tattoo insider giving us all the dirt.
Wayne Swan fiddling as climate burns a budget black hole
The government’s intergenerational report is, like most set pieces in modern politics, simply a distraction from the real story, writes Richard Denniss.
Political snippets: Bagging a green vote
The Tasmanian state election, how the European Union are trying to protect the word ‘neopolitan’ and other political snippets.
Guy Rundle: Rundle’s UK: and so it comes down to two grapefruit bowls
It is sad to see that the great Kaufman has been brought down by the purchase of that most ancient of temptations, to have the public pay for two grapefruit bowls.
iiNet decision a slapdown for AFACT, movie industry
After yesterday’s Federal Court decision clearing iiNet of responsibility for copyright infringement by their customers, the Australian Federation Against Copyright theft is considering its next steps.
We will decide how our climate changes and the circumstances in which it changes
There’s no compromising with climate denialists because they want the one thing no one can ever give them — control.
RBA stays strong as the world gets jittery
Wild market gyrations again prove that the headless herd is off, as monetary authorities start to take away the punchbowl of low-cost money.
Conroy and the lesbian cabal, iiNet judge rubbishes AFACT, climate deniers the new Hansonism, RBA stays strong
Wankley Awards: SMH, Tele and Oz all in need of an heir cut
With all the attention little Jackson Lloyd Packer received, you’d think Indigo, Jamie and Erica’s daughter and eldest child, didn’t exist, writes Crikey intern Tristan Price.
Lobbyists, US big hitter slam ATO over private equity tax row
The private equity tax row continues as lobbyists and one of the richest men in the US lash the Australian Taxation Office’s attempts to levy income tax on certain private equity profits.
Business As Usual: Brussels, we have a problem
The eurozone is on the nose as investors, especially hedge funds, are in a frenzy over what might become the next sovereign debt disaster. Plus, a nice graph about Australia’s economy and other business briefs.
Morning Market Report: A shocker day for the market
A horrible day for the market, with Wall Street falling 268 points overnight on high volume. The Dow Jones index went below 10,000 for the first time since November. It was the worst single session percentage loss since April last year.
Guy Rundle: Rundle: Guardian grid ups the ante while Rupert gets the sheets
As News Ltd boasts unironically of its “new era of profitability” for its clunky websites, The Guardian has just upped the pace, with the launch of its new “zeitgeist” interface.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: Turnbull makes his return
Steve Fielding finally cracks the Top 20 this year thanks to his sojourn to Christmas Island. And this week it was time for little brother Prince Harry to roll around in the media coverage.
Media briefs: Media briefs: Demon sheep update, Doppelganger week not that new
Demon sheep update … Doppelganger week not that new … Xinjiang’s iSolation … Google best browser, a win for surfers … YouTube not the way of the future for Sky
Senator, News hitch a ride on the DFAT ‘blunder’ bus
News Corp’s online news site has given ample column space to unsubstantiated claims by Queensland Liberal Senator Russell Trood that DFAT is placing national security at risk.
Crikey Blogs / Friday, 5 February 2010
ABC’s Insiders returns this Sunday, and it has booked the mainstream media’s denialist-in-chief, Andrew Bolt, for episode one, says Tobias Ziegler.