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June, 2010
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Maloney: I was there for the spill (and the mopping up)
Author Shane Maloney was sniffing around the corridors of parliament house last week. He wasn’t expecting to stumble into a PM leadership spill while eating dinner with Lindsay Tanner.
Keen: There’s no GFC in the USA
People don’t use the term “GFC” in America, they simply call it the state of the economy. But house-hold debt finally prove Australia’s economic downfall, writes Steve Keen.
Tiger drops its (un)bundle
Tiger’s announcement about check-in fees and increased checked baggage charges, certainly was a big, confusing PR stuff up, writes Ben Sandilands.
The ‘Hulk effect’: has the electorate gotten angry and turned Green?
Almost everyone has accepted the inevitability of a Greens balance of power in the senate following the election. But what would this peculiar shade of green really look like post-election? asks Michael Carter.
Fairfax, bleeding from Melbourne mag battle, pushes out director
Senior executive in charge of Fairfax Media’s stable of suburban real estate glossies terminated as the company reels from a $30 million revenue hole torn by ex-Age property editor Antony Catalano.
Political snippets: A small cabinet reshuffle and a pending election
The absolute minimum of reshuffling was what was needed and what the new Prime Minister sensibly delivered. So is an election about to be called?
Immigration rhetoric can’t be sustained
Julia Gillard has adopted the narrow rhetoric of the anti-immigration lobby that will cost Australia dearly in the future. It’s the ultimate in vision-less leadership.
Pay to line up at Tiger, but bogs still free — for now
Apparently through accident rather than design Tiger Airways is in a communications melt down today after yesterday’s announcement of check-in charges of either $10 or $15 for passengers travelling with carry-on luggage.
Kevin, this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you
Goodbye Kevin. You prince of Nambour, you lord of bureaucracy, you gentle, big-hearted philosopher-king. We shall not see your like again. An ode to Rudd, by Ben Pobjie.
Rundle: has Gillard’s rise screwed up the Right?
In espousing the virtues of Julia Gillard before last week’s coup, the media Right may now be wondering if they have overplayed their hand, writes Guy Rundle.
Why economists need to engage in the CPRS debate
How should climate change be dealt with by economists? asks Dr Martin Parkinson, secretary of the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency.
Abortion makes way for guns in Supreme Court shootout
One of the most violent countries in the first world — with almost as many guns as people — has taken another step away from gun control. Harley Dennett reports from Washington DC on the Supreme Court decision.
Arrow’s management: right place, right time
Arrow Energy shareholders probably wouldn’t have been able to believe their luck when Royal Dutch-Shell and PetroChina lobbed a $3.5 billion takeover offer in March.
Nick Campbell resigns, leaving unfinished business behind
The president of the NSW Liberal Party, Nick Campbell, resigned last night amid growing criticism of his role within the Party.
Dear Julia, back down on RSPT. Or else. Love, the mining industry
The Minerals Council of Australia has welcomed Julia Gillard to the Prime Ministership with a demand that she gut the RSPT completely, if there is to be any end to the mining industry’s campaign against Labor.
Flicking Australia’s electric car switch
Australia’s automotive industry has finally come up with a plan that could go some way in making Australian-based manufactures more globally competitive. Nicholas Way has the leaked report.
China the ship of splendour on the Greek horizon
Is Greece a basket case dragging the entire community down, or just the worst case of a general problem? asks Crikey reader Tony Barrell, who writes from the Greek village of Molivos.
Media content community goes global – a boon to freelancers
Globizzle, which uses the web to create a worldwide market for media content, could become a major means for freelancers to make a living and for wannabes to break into the industry.
Business As Usual: US bonds slipping down … so, why do the Greeks want to test the market?
The yield on the 10-year US Treasury bond slid to its lowest since April last year, Greece is set to return to the markets and the yuan exchange rate hits a peak.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Is this politics as Twitter?
Crikey readers continue their Rudd/Gillard autopsy, dissecting Labor’s leadership spill. Can Gillard lead Labor to a win at the next election?
Morning Market Report: Markets up, ASX 200 down
ASX 200 is down 238 points or 5.15% in four days.
Daily Proposition: Take an identity-twisting journey into the 18th century
Pierre Ryckmans (going by the pen-name Simon Leysn) gives us a charming, nostalgic journey into the lost world of Henri Beyle (whose pen-name was Stendhal). His annotated texts are well worth reading, writes Paula Grunseit.
Media briefs: Sexism and Gillard … the ABC draws Rage … Aunty suffers technical difficulties
In the burgeoning field of competitors for ‘dumbest article evah on the Rudd/Gillard changeover’ we have a winner, ABC1’s Rage plastered over with the corporation’s watermark, and technical difficulties at Aunty.
