Finally, the British people are to get a referendum for what they call “the alternative vote”.
May, 2010
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Julie Bishop: one election and a Winchelsea truck smash from PM
Crikey readers weigh in on spies, passports and Julie Bishop’s stupidity. Plus, which Crikey gets a spelling lesson on peninsula, not peninsular.
Morning Market Report: Microsoft falls 4% overnight
Apple’s market cap is now bigger than Microsoft’s, after Microsoft fell 4% overnight. Wall Street closed down 69.
Media briefs: Aussie iPad lovers won’t wait … pay-for-times won’t show articles to Google …
With the Australian launch of the iPad less than 24 hours away, will initial sales match US numbers? Plus, paywalled Times won’t appear in Google, WSJ readership is up and other media news.
Daily Proposition: Try riesling speed-dating
Why do wine geeks love riesling? Which one is a bit like hot stones after the rain? And which riesling has “bath talc” characteristics? Find out on today’s episode of Cheers TV.
Political snippets: Hey Labor, when it comes to tax, keep it simple
The question Kevin Rudd needs to get through to the Australian public is when it comes to tax would you rather the mining companies paid or you paid? Plus, the Seven News example and other political news.
Video of the Day: Fully sick rapper is back
After more than 150 days in quarantine, the Fully Sick rapper is searching for a quarantine girl.
Australia to grow above its trend rate, says OECD
So why didn’t the morning newspapers use the OECD mid-year economic forecast update? The OECD said that Australia will see strong growth this year and next, above its trend rate.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: More free papers
Which Australian university has piles of newspaper free for the taking sitting outside the newsagent, once it closes at 4pm?
Your children, are they safe from fat, old sunburnt people?
No, they will be drowned in the bath by The Unions!
This day in Crikey: Friday, May 27, 2005
Friday, May 27, 2005, “Hinch sticks to his guns on ‘vindictive old queen’”, by Misha Ketchell .
The mining tax is good news for Australia’s health
Plans for a tax on mining profits may be causing palpitations amongst mining industry chiefs, but perhaps it’s actually a positive for the broader population’s health, writes health economist Professor Gavin Mooney, of the University of Sydney.
Business As Usual: Rosy future for capex … Apple eats Microsoft … Club Austerity’s newest member …
Taxpayers to chip in for Foster’s, Foster’s write-offs could total $2.5 billion, UK’s Channel Five on the market and BSkyB close to buying Virgin Media TV and Apple takes the most-valuable title.
Crikey Says: The death of New Matilda is bad news for everyone
Today Australian online news and commentary site New Matilda announced it’s calling it quits. This is bad news for everyone.
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Australia’s iPad 3G plans compared
So you want to buy an iPad? Of course you do. But you’re going to have to sign up to a 3G micro-SIM plan if you want to use it away from home. Lifehacker has put together a handy comparison chart, outlining all the deals being offered by the Telcos.
What next for the Aussie blogosphere?
With news that New Matilda is folding, the tiny Aussie political blogosphere has shrunk even further. Replicating the magazine model online just doesn’t work, says Mark Bahnisch.
Facebook’s new privacy controls: the good, the bad and the ugly
Facebook has caved in to public pressure and reworked its privacy controls. But are users actually gaining anything back, or just a false sense of security? Valleywag breaks it down.
Bartlett: Are the Libs turning into the Tea Party?
The Coalition has turned into a force that disagrees with everything for the sake of it, no matter how mundane, and it’s destroying the government’s ability to form public policy, writes Andrew Bartlett.
Waverider scramjet makes Mach 5 debut
Boeing’s X-51A Waverider has traced an arc of fire above the Pacific Ocean off southern California overnight in a hypersonic debut notable more for its duration than speed, writes Ben Sandilands.
Reading habits of overachieving doctors
What does a highly successful doctor read? W H Chong listens as three doctors with massive IQs recount their favourite books, escapist fiction and Freud in medicine.
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Workin’ 9 to 5, the way for ladies to make a living
When it comes to working hours, it’s men who are far more likely to work the night shift. Is it one of the reasons that women earn less?
If iPads are the future of magazines, then the future is bleak
Wired magazine was the hyped iPad app that everyone was waiting for, the one that would show the world how exciting mags could be. Except, it’s expensive, huge and barely interactive.
My secret life as a gay soldier
With the US now this close to scrapping its “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, an anonymous Lt Col. on deployment in Afghanistan explains what life is like in the camouflage closet.
