The shame of being a latte sipperTypical bloody latte left, sitting in the latte belt, sipping lattes, judging hard working Australians. But what’s so wrong with a little milky coffee? Mel Campbell investigates the ideological insult.
May, 2010
Behind the birth of Foursquare
Foursquare is the hottest social media property of the year. Shane Snow gives an inside perspective on how a starry-eyed start-up took the mobile web by storm.
Essential: Trust and RSPT
This week’s Essential Report come in with a two-party preferred vote of 52-48 to Labor — a 2-point gain to the ALP — plus some interesting questions leader trustworthiness and the Resource Super Profits Tax.
Rich List scoop: the names you’ll see (and the ones you won’t)
The 2010 edition of BRW magazine’s Rich 200 list is set to hit the streets soon. James Thomson gives his top 10 picks for the big names that will make an appearance this year.
Beecher: Tabloid media laughing all the way to the pub on Campbell
The latest “debate” about media and privacy, triggered by last week’s television expose of NSW Minister David Campbell leaving a gay club, is a sham conducted by people who are paid extremely well to legitimise something that is nasty and indefensible.
The business of drugs — the Australian landscape shifts
Australia’s healthcare sector is about to undergo significant change with falling profits and two takeovers, one of which has come from a South African generic drugs group.
UK Labour wrestles with the ghosts of Iraq
Britain’s Labour Party is engaged in the search for a new leader, with the Iraq War set to be a decisive issue. Will it destroy any chance for hopeful David Miliband?
Business As Usual: Transurban finds itself in the cross-hairs
Things have gone from bad to worse for Transurban chairman David Ryan, with its shares tanking and news that ABC may have been trading while insolvent.
Whoever stuffs up least will win election
Not for many years have we seen two less competent political leaders going head-to-head. The party that stuffs up the least between now and the election will win it.
Trust me, I’m a politician: what is bullshit?
It’s hardly news that politicians are less than honest, but fibs come in many different flavours and some are more palatable to us than others. Fully (sic)’s Piers Kelly spins the tale.
Slipping your personal porn through Customs, a How To
What should travellers with PCs, iPads, iPods, iPhones and Blackberrys do if confronted by a bored, vindictive or incorrectly briefed border official?
Crikey Clarifier: Why Google’s reputation went whiffy over Wi-Fi
Google is under investigation in at least four countries following a “mistake”, which led to wireless communications being recorded illegally and other dodgy antics. What went wrong?
Guy Rundle: Rundle in Cannes: Does Tim Burton really know what serious cinema is?
In a year widely regarded as having one of the more boring and average fields in official competition, the Cannes jury has chosen one of the most obscure entries to take out the Palme D’Or: a Thai film called Lung Boonmee Raluek Chat. At least it’s not a direr realist piece.
US study widens the mining companies’ credibility gap
In a fierce debate of claim and counter-claim, it’d be handy to have some independent analysis of what tax mining companies actually pay. Luckily, the US National Bureau of Economic Research has done it.
Business As Usual: Up to 700,000 jobs may go in US … BSkyB takes a shine to MasterChef producer …
Big job cuts on the way in the UK … BSkyB takes a shine to MasterChef producer … US 10-year bond rate hits a new low … Aa another US bank bites the dust, the central bank in Spain gives the Catholic Church something to think about …
Essential: Labor edges ahead
Last week’s traumas for the Liberal Party have only had a minor impact on voters, today’s Essential Research poll shows. A small lift in Labor’s primary vote, at the expense of the Liberals, has pushed Labor back out to a 52-48% lead. Labor’s once massive polling lead had collapsed to 50-50 in recent weeks, a […]
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The David Campbell saga
Crikey readers weigh in in the David Campbell saga: was Seven write to spill it? Plus, the joy of e-readers and SBS silence their subtitlers.
Morning Market Report: A good start to the week
Markets rebound after the “Flash Crash”, with the Aussie dollar recovering some of its losses and Wall Street closing up 125.
Media briefs: SBS subtitlers say goodbye … e-books on the rise …
Four subtitlers from SBS have already been told of their imminent redundancies, with more to be announced tomorrow. Plus, Google UK keeps wi-fi data, #askABC goes viral and other media tidbits.
Daily Proposition: Adopt an animal (or Democrat), save the world
Finding that that hollow place in your ribcage just can’t be filled with red wine and biographies? Why not adopt something, for that warm fuzzy feeling that requires almost no follow-through, says Nicole Eckersley.
This day in Crikey: Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Wednesday, May 24, 2006, “The Brogden leaks and a real story of sleaze, by Christian Kerr.
Political snippets: How merchant miners profiteer
Iron ore prices have risen by about 170 per cent between 2003-04 and 2009-10. Plus, grave risks for Labor with the RSPT, the Murdoch forum for racists and other political snippets.
