The latest Morgan poll reveals some interesting insights into Australians’ attitudes to asylum seekers: most want our overall immigration levels to stay the same, but want to see boat people sent home. Possum Comitatus breaks down the figures by party allegiance.
April, 2010
Could the Polish Presidential plane crash actually help Russian relations?
Poland’s leaders were on their way to commemorate the 1940 massacre of Polish soldiers by the Soviet Union, when their plane crashed in Russia on Saturday. But historians say the tragedy may help the two countries finally move on.
How the film industry can thrive in a sea of pirates
India, Nigeria and China are all havens for film piracy — yet they’re the three largest film industries in the world. So how do they make it work when Hollywood can’t?
Should journalists protect pedophile sources?
Debate is raging in the French media after a TV reporter used pedophiles as sources for a story — then dobbed them in to police. So what’s the ethical thing for a journo to do?
Why medium density housing is a health issue
The ever increasing urban sprawl and private car based travel is causing enormous health, social, environmental and economic costs, says Victoria Walks’ Ben Rossiter. But can the public be convinced that more urban housing doesn’t necessarily mean more concrete?
Adobe: “Go screw yourself Apple”
Apple has once again shut out Adobe’s multimedia platform Flash from the iPhone. Flash evangelist Lee Brimelow tells Steve Jobs and co where to go.
How to repossess an airliner without getting killed
Nick Popovich is a repo man with a difference: he snatches some of the world’s largest aircraft from some very big and powerful people and companies.
How Pakistan double-crossed the US in Afghanistan
According to US intelligence officials, Pakistan’s intelligence agency has been secretly releasing captured senior Afghani Taliban members right under the American military’s nose.
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How a single hedge fund made the US housing bubble bigger, longer and nastier
ProPublica’s seven-month investigation into hedge fund Magnetar’s role in the financial crisis reveals it was creating assets designed to fail.
Morgan: 58-42
The latest Morgan poll shows a strong return-to-form for the Rudd government: Labor’s two-party lead is up from 56.5-43.5 to 58-42. William Bowe has this and all the other big Election ‘10 news.
Margaret Atwood: Twitter is like having fairies in your garden
Author Margaret Atwood pens her ode to Twitter, recalling how she dipped her toe into the world of social media expecting it to be just a kiddies’ pool but instead found herself splashing about with “33,000 precocious grandchildren”.
How to recycle basically everything
Can you recycle aerosol cans? How about iPods? Real Simple provides an A-Z guide to the plethora of recyclable items that you may otherwise be tossing straight into the bin.
Crikey Competition: The Aussie TV Hall of Shame
To celebrate the launch of Crikey’s new TV blog White Noise, we want you to unearth some of those long-repressed memories and nominate the worst Aussie TV shows of all time.
Wankley Awards: The bloke fest at Melbourne Talk Radio
This week’s Wankley goes to the all-male all-white launch of Melbourne Talk Radio at Gordon Ramsay’s Crown Casino noshery. All male, that is, save for the Women’s Weekly Deborah Thomas.
Kohler: Rupert’s wrong: distribution, not content, is king
Content is not king and never has been. That was a journalistic delusion. The uniqueness and the money in newspapers has always come from distribution.
Video of the Day: Bristol Palin’s PSA
And now, a Public Service Announcement from teen mother Bristol Palin: “If it’s not on, it’s not on… unless your mum is rich and famous”
Posing as a hitman, Ben Fordham puts hidden recording to the test
A Current Affair has a good chance of avoiding conviction over alleged breaches to the Listening Devices Act, a surveillance expert has told Crikey. But the media watchdog is another story, writes Tom Cowie.
Fairfax ignored warnings over Melbourne Weekly distribution problems
Correspondence obtained by Crikey shows an extended back-and-forth between leading agents and Fairfax management over distribution problems with the magazine, which last year failed to arrive on some eastern suburbs doorsteps for months.
Re-election reality hits asylum
seekers
This morning’s decision to temporarily suspend processing of the claims of asylum seekers from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan is about the blunt reality that the Government won’t permit the issue to endanger its re-election.
Public versus private life: no contest when it comes to what pays
Andrew Leigh and Tony Atkinson’s income data suggests as a society we don’t value public life as much as we used to — but executive remuneration is a different matter.
Daily Proposition: Add some vintage style to your wardrobe
If you’ve got some time, op shops can be a treasure trove of goodies for the vintage clothes lover. They’re not just the preserve of sweet old ladies and impoverished students, writes Elizabeth Redman.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Jetstar pays its way
Jetstar spokesperson Simon Westaway defends Jetstar, while Crikey reader Jason Ives pulls up Crikey on the fact that “KNICKERS” can’t be made on a Scrabble board.
Rambo tax auditors put on notice
There would be some valid complaints about some ATO practices but what’s behind all this? It’s simple. Big tax bills; that’s what’s behind the whingeing and complaining of the tax advice industry, writes tax consultant and former ATO audit manager Chris Seage.
Business As Usual: Business as usual: Greece still shaking … US investors ignore reality … Murdoch guru quits …
More tremors felt around Greece … US investors are ignoring reality, while interest rates there rose alarmingly and investors ignored a surprise 18,000 rise in the number of weekly jobless benefits … Bankruptcies in Ireland are on the up …
Morning Market Report: Wall St down as concerns over Greece rise
Greek concerns plagued European markets overnight with the Greek market down 5% and Greek banks down up to 8%.
