Underbelly did well in all markets, but it showed a disconcerting trait of viewers tuning out.
June, 2010
This day in Crikey: Wednesday, 28 June, 2006
Wednesday, 28 June, 2006, Is it time to dump Eddie McGuire?, by Stephen Mayne.
Political snippets: Gillard takes the Liberals by surprise
Julia Gillard was the Saturday and Sunday politician of the moment, despite attempts to seize the spotlight by Tony Abbott.
Video of the Day: Facebook, the movie
Check out the trailer of the new film about the founding of Facebook, The Social Network. Who knew social media was so horrifying?
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Culture a victim of Rudd cuts
One of the Australian government’s most successful web portals — culture.gov.au — will shut down very quietly at midnight on June 30.
Vintage First Dog: after the first year of the Rudd Labor government
A classic First Dog cartoon from Tuesday, 27 November, 2007.
Rundle: Rudd dumped along with mainstream politics
There is now a fatal disconnect between the perceived challenges faced by nations and the entire species, the political system and the leaders chosen by it. Julia Gillard’s ascension is just the latest example.
Beyond the despair part III: closing the gap, at the coalface
Journalism student Clare Negus writes about the fight for true reconciliation and the individuals taking ‘closing the gap’ into their own hands in indigenous WA townships.
Crikey Says: What might Rudd have grown into, given half a chance?
Which side of politics is more prepared to back their prime minister when the chips are down?
Stephen Fry reviews the iPhone 4
Comedian Stephen Fry is captain of the Apple fan boys and is quick to gush over features of the the new iPhone 4, but also complains of Apple’s censorship of sex.
Is the US headed for a double-dip recession?
Tax increases are likely to have a detrimental effect on the US economy. Bank lending continues to be in freefall and its seeming likely that the US will head back into recession, writes John Mauldin.
Businesses struggle to inhale marijuana profits
America’s first attempt to fully regulate, license and tax a legit marijuana trade might sound like an opportunity for easy cash, but retailers say their profits aren’t nearly as high as their customers.
The inner workings of Sharan Burrow
ACTU president Sharan Burrow has just been announced as secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation. How did a female teacher rise up so high in the blokey world of union politics? Ben Schneiders.
Farr: Thanks Abbott for making Julia PM
It’s not just Julia Gillard and ALP factional heavyweights that brought about Kevin Rudd’s downfall. Give Tony Abbott credit for preying on ALP insecurities, says Malcolm Farr.
BP losing online fight to clean up corrosive PR
BP continues to flounder in crisis management mode, with the beleaguered petrol giant desperately using every online trick in the book to counter a seemingly endless stream of bad PR.
G20 goes wild: inside the protesters’ camp
Inside the G20 leaders have pledged to slash budget deficits by half in just three years, but outside the summit over 550 protesters have been arrested in violent protests. Two Toronto Star journos spent six days with anarchist demonstrators .
PHOTO GALLERY: Scary scenes from the G20 summit 
Splits fracture the G20
When it comes to Iran sanctions, withdrawing from Afghanistan and international aid, many of the G20 and G8 leaders are divided over what should be done.
David Cameron: I want G20 to live up to the hype
British PM David Cameron pens an op-ed, outlining his ambitious plans for the G20 and G8 summits: each country needs to fix its own economy, tax the banks and get trade happening.
Gillard’s first weekend on the job
Daily Media Wrap: The Australian media was littered with commentary over the weekend from an overstimulated press gallery as Julia Gillard began to settle into her new job as Australia’s first female PM.
Greer: Women don’t support women, but go Julia!
Julia Gillard isn’t a woman of principle, she’s about whatever will help her win the next election. But electing a female PM won’t necessarily change the status of women, writes Germaine Greer.
First Gillard polling
The first Galaxy and Nielsen polls of Julia Gillard are out, but they wont be measuring a proper voting intention, but instead measuring an initial public reaction, explains Possum Comitatus.
Guy Rundle: Send off the clowns — the collapse of mainstream politics
A leader elected to widespread acclaim, empowered to sweep away a discredited regime and now either gone or on the ropes. It happened to Gordon Brown, Kevin Rudd, Angela Merkel and Barack Obama. Why? asks Guy Rundle.
Newspoll: Gillard lifts Labor up
Julia Gillard’s first Newspoll confirms the trend of other polls with Labor’s primary vote storming back seven points and the two party preferred rising from 52-48 to 53-47, says William Bowe.
