A botched $8.4 million software upgrade in Western Australia public hospitals has left radiology departments in chaos, delivering false patient X-ray results and constant crashes, writes Nicole Eckersley.
May, 2010
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Why Kevin Rudd is struggling
People may not pay much attention to politics but they’re not stupid, writes one Crikey reader, as readers weigh in on Kevin Rudd, mining companies and the housing paradox.
Morning Market Report: Markets rebound, oil and Euro fall
The oil price closed at a three month low and the Euro hit a four year low.
Daily Proposition: Read the dark, fascinating history of Manning Clark
Historian Manning Clark left an indelible mark on this country and our thinking. But he was a man wracked with demons, as Brian Matthews’ brilliant biography shows, writes Brendan Gullifer.
This day in Crikey: Thursday, 18 May 2006
Thursday, 18 May 2006, “Mal Brough learns the ropes the hard way”, by Christian Kerr.
Political snippets: Tony Abbottt and the Pinocchio supremacy
I refuse to join in the verbal punishment of Tony Abbott for admitting that he sometimes tells untruths. Plus, Chinese reference to an economic Titantic and other political news of the day.
Video of the Day: Eyjafjallajökull in action
Yes, it may be shutting down huge amounts of European airspace, but the Icelandic volcano is also a thing of beauty.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Tales of newspaper giveaways
From the Sydney Morning Herald being given away at the Virgin gym to the Daily Telegraph getting handed out at Maccas, it seems newspapers will do anything to increase circulation.
Media briefs: Deveny goes Green? … mining the media conflict …
Catherine Deveny courts the Greens, no RSPT when it comes to mining media conflicts, The Age gets cheap and other media tidbits from around the traps.
Crikey Says: We knew Tony’s a phoney, but is he fit for the job?
Kerry O’Brien asked the opposition leader last night whether there are “two Tony Abbotts”. But there has only ever been one: the gaffe-prone, ideologically driven, heart-on-the-sleeve Tony.
Awakening the ‘reds under the bed’ fear
Tony Abbott’s new immigration ads are hysterical. There are no queues to jump, it’s not illegal to arrive in Australia without a visa and human rights are dumped as both sides of government go hard on refugees.
How five “top blokes” beat an Aboriginal man to death
Five young men were recently sentenced to only four to six years in prison for beating an Aboriginal man to death in the NT, because the judge believed them to be of “good character”. It’s disgusting, shameful, and an attack on all Indigenous Australians, says Michael Brull.
Are deskchair wine critics just taking the piss?
The internet has taken wine criticism and commentary out of the hands of the wine snob elite and provided an opened it to anyone with a cask and an opinion. But is wine actually a serious science, best left to the experts?
Bill Bryson goes inside the toilet bowl
Author Bill Bryson delves into the history of latrines, from the people who cleaned sewage cesspits, to the Thames as “a flood of liquid manure” and the origin of the word “loo”.
The gayby boom
How can you be a mother if you never gave birth? Are gay parents the next major cultural phenomena? Why are people scared of gay dads? Amie Klempnauer Miller talks gay parenting.
leaked Nine memo: we “owned” Jessica Watson
TV Tonight has a leaked internal memo from Channel Nine’s Director of News and Current Affairs, Mark Calvert, bragging: “we absolutely owned a massive news event we didn’t, officially, own!”
Class of 2010: no jobs, no money, no joy
It’s a seriously crappy time to be graduating from university in the US, with no jobs and a wrecked economy. Will Generation Y be the first generation to earn less than its own parents?
The Blowout: US 60 Minutes takes on the BP oil spill
Watch 60 Minutes’ (that’s the ‘merkin version) excellent investigation into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, exposing how BP’s cost-cutting and low safety standards allowed the disaster to occur.
PHOTO GALLERY: Bangkok’s deadly protests
Red Shirt leader Seh Daeng has died after being shot during protests last week and turmoil continues in the streets of Bangkok with burning tires, homemade fireworks and sniper attacks.
What do we talk about on new media? Old media
The biggest topic on Twitter is television, whether that be following #masterchef or discussing Tony Abbott on The 7:30 Report. Why? Because TV is now a social medium.
Who wants to be an unemployed journalist?
Newsrooms are getting smaller and smaller, yet the number of young people studying journalism is growing larger and larger. So why are the yoof so keen to enter such a crowded market?
The death of the headline
Forget witty puns and waggish turns of phrase — online news headlines are now written with only one thing in mind: search engine optimisation. David Carr mourns the death of the smart screamer.
