Although we certainly should be concerned about mental disorders in young people, prevalence rates and treatment access rates need to be seen in perspective, writes Melissa Raven of Flinders University.
July, 2010
Housing: bubble, bubble, toil and trouble — or is it?
Even the experts can’t agree on whether there is a housing bubble — so what hope do the masses have?
This day in Crikey: Friday, 22 July, 2005
Friday, 22 July 2005, Adams: I’m a serial cut and paste journo, by Michael Newhouse.
Crikey patriots pipe up about Gillard’s Australian values
Yesterday the Crikey editorial asked about Australian values. What are they and do our pollies have them? Here are the Crikey readers’ responses.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Secret ballots and WorkChoices
Crikey readers weigh in on secret ballots and George Brandis, whether compulsory voting is actually compulsory and adding a little bit of class and respect to the election campaign.
Morning Market Report: US market is “unusually uncertain”
Wall Street closed down 109 overnight. The market was in positive territory before Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s testimony to the Senate Banking Committee after which the Dow fell 184 in an hour.
Campaign Crikey leftovers: Campaign Crikey leftovers: Hey Hey exposed, Conroy courts Greens, Socialists trump Albo
Behind the scenes of last night’s Hey Hey episode: It’s not every day that you get the opportunity to see your idol perform live in a television studio, but all two hours of being an audience member of Hey Hey last night left me with was “I’ve got SO much to Tweet right now”. Oh, […]
Tony Abbott flubs it on transparency
The federal Liberal Party has a record of opposing transparency of sources of political donations, writes Norman Thompson, director, Greens Democracy4Sale Research Project.
Pilots protest over Qantas skimping on fuel
Qantas pilots are having a tussle with the company over what they claim is pressure on junior captains to load less “discretionary” fuel above what it sees as “normal” fuel for whatever route they are about to fly.
Political snippets: Richard Farmer’s chunky bits
An hour long and shown early. There’s very little point in this Sunday night’s election debate really. Being shown four weeks before polling day, after a very unexciting first week of campaigning, interest will not be high. Unless someone makes an absolute howler — and that’s unlikely with two experienced television performers — the impact on voting is going […]
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: only full-fat ice-cream at Risdon … Gary hearts Callum
A somewhat prominent guest of Risdon Prison has refused the offer of low-fat chocolate ice-cream (part of a weight loss “program”) as he remains impartial to only the full-cream variety. The federal member for Swan, Steve Irons, seems to have used his taxpayer postage-paid MP-entitled envelopes to mail blatant re-election campaign material to people in […]
Daily Proposition: See a play that makes you think
The Sydney Theatre Company’s deeply thoughtful Like A Fishbone is about something. But what? asks Lloyd Bradford Syke.
Media briefs: High profile recruitment… Digital books on the rise… DIY iPad publishing
The Australian and Channel Seven score top recruits, sales of digital books are outstripping hardbacks, plus other tasty media bites.
Crikey Says: Gillard ducks for cover on immigration
Julia Gillard’s take on immigration and population is a colossal failure of policy, management and political communication, and it will have significant consequences for generations to come.
Bob Gosford’s Bird of the Week: the Pallid Cuckoo
A female Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus) has been hanging around Bob Gosford’s front yard. In his weekly bird watching blogger post, Gosford photographs this beautiful creature and some other flying friends.
From porn to blogging
LA businessman Christopher Stone used to be an adult film videographer but now runs a couple of the worst sites on the internet - a hub for amateur porn and a mean and exploitative gossip blog that preys on the insecurities of young girls, writes Adrian Chen.
The politics of apostrophes: an insider’s account of the life of a copy editor
Want to know what it’s like being a copy editor? Expect to participate in a never-ending flurry of seemingly pointless conversations on the path to (semi) enlightenment.
Flab, sand, Yakuza and the degeneration of sumo wrestling
The Japanese public’s near religious regard for sumo wrestling and its traditions is rapidly dwindling, with the sport mired in a stream of controversies that have enraged its fan base and prompted high level police investigations.
Greek economic recession stopping at all stations
To add to Greece’s mounting woes the debt accumulated by its national railway system now counts towards official debt figures. There is increasing pressure to shut down the majority of the Hellenic Railways system, which accrues loses of around US$3.8 million a day.
Mr Rudd, the election trail is no place for private tears
Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was the hot topic in yesterday’s election media cycle. But if he really wanted to move forward from the grief of the past few weeks and help his party get re-elected he wouldn’t re-contest his seat, suggests Michael Gawenda.
Risk-averse Gillard stays in the bubble
Since the commencement of the campaign proper on Saturday, Julia Gillard has bent over backwards to reinforce her new mantle as “the girl in the bubble” - avoiding risks, keeping on script and smiling for the cameras.
