Last night Hey Hey It’s Saturday was a flop, 851,000 watched. Only one episode to go, then they can rejoin 2010. 351,000 watched in Melbourne and that’s the reason it’s survived so long.
July, 2010
Political snippets: Richard Farmer’s chunky bits
In today’s chunky bits: the marvels of forecasts, slack Tasmanians and fearing state capitalism.
This day in Crikey: Tuesday, 15 July, 2008
How Fannie and Freddie changed Republicans into Democrats, Tuesday, 15 July 2008, by Glenn Dyer.
Video of the Day: Slippery, slimy and beautiful — underwater worms and sea stars
Worms and sea stars aren’t the fastest moving creatures on the planet but, sped up about a billion times, they look restless and wild in this eye-boggling BBC timelapse video.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Election speculation #742
Election speculation #742: An AEC worker from the north coast told me today that bookings had been made for polling sites for September 25. Hughie’s move on Albo. Labor Party hacks in Queensland are furious union dinosaur, Transport Workers Union branch secretary Hughie Williams, has enlisted National Party leader Warren Truss to assist him in […]
Crikey Says: Tell it like it is to everyone, not just a select few
When Immigration Minister Chris Evans first took on the portfolio his thoughtful words on the difficulties he faced were refreshing. They were also public.
Journos beware: the era of the whistleblower is here
Journalists have been letting the state, big business and vested interests get away with it for too long. Now there is an army of whistleblowers and hackers out there to lead the way, says WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
BBC joins the land of the free
In a bid to grab more US media dollars the BBC will today launch its own US news site. But will an editorial expansion prove to be a smart move?
Trouble in #twittertown
It appears there’s trouble in micro-blogging paradise, with Twitter co-founder and CEO Evan Williams in danger of being ousted. But if history is anything to go by, Williams’ departure is far from a sure thing.
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VIDEO GALLERY: The business of being Green
Energy entrepreneurs across the globe are not waiting for politicians to get their acts together on climate change. Check out this video gallery which showcases individuals whose ideas are creating new ways of producing renewable energy - plus a few dollars along the way.
Is France right to ban face veils?
International pundits weigh in on the decision by the French National Assembly to ban the face veil worn by many Muslim women. What does this mean for freedom, religion and national identity? And which country will be next?
Google to Apple: quit rewriting history
Google’s attempts to crack into Apple’s dominance of the smartphone market ignited a war between the two companies. The most recent right-hander comes from Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who has accused Steve Jobs of “rewriting history.”
Leave it to Mel to bury The Beaver
Mel Gibson’s latest tirade may have cost him more than he bargained for, with possibly his biggest film yet, The Beaver , now likely to never see the light of day. But does anybody actually feel sorry for him?
Rove: I should’ve fought back harder
Former senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to President George W. Bush, Karl Rove, laments his time in the White House, saying his biggest mistake was not retaliating against the wave of Democrat attacks on his old boss.
Evans weasels out of asylum seeker confession
Immigration Minister Chris Evans’s ‘truth explosion’ yesterday and his subsequent backdown shouldn’t be considered a crime, writes Samantha Maiden, but trying to stop a journo from publishing it should be.
Where can you earn the most money in America?
Want to know the best cities to work in in America? A new national average incomes index reveals Greater Washington DC, San Jose, Stamford and Connecticut top the list - but they also have high costs of living.
Tanner: Labor’s reform record speaks for itself
Everyone is in favour of reform except when it’s happening to them. The Rudd-Gillard government can be proud of their reform agenda regardless of what the skeptics are saying, says federal Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner .
Keating: Hawke was lucky to have me
Former PM Paul Keating gives his predecessor a serve ahead of the release of Blanche D’Alpuget’s new biography, likening Hawke to Narcissus and claiming that he “carried” the PM through his troubled years. Ouch!
It’s the Gillardonomy,
stupid
Daily Media Wrap: Australian political debate moved onto economics turf yesterday, with Wayne Swan announcing Treasury’s revised budget forecast figures. The numbers aren’t half bad, but how will Julia Gillard “sell” the economy?
A grand unifying theory of Asia
In honour of the great other inventors and philosophers, Kevin O’Faircheallaigh attempts to create one all encompassing grand theory about Asia. Something better than “land of contrasts”.
Domestic growth down but the foreigners love our dirt
Today’s economic forecast revisions confirm the mining boom is taking off again and propelling government receipts upwards. To return to surplus quickly, the government just needs to keep a lid on spending.
Swan’s new numbers, ALP’s Little Australia, Brumby’s rail may run through my laundry, PNG’s ghost glaciersBurnside fires up as Greens rekindle Senate flame
The mirror ball shone brightly at FAD Bar — the site of numerous fundraisers usually connected with ALP-dominated student unions — for the Greens’ Senate launch. Andrew Crook was there for the dance music and curry puffs.
Brumby’s rail may run through my laundry
Details remain incredibly sketchy, but it looks like my modest weatherboard may be spared from the Brumby Government’s decision to clear between 26 and 50 houses in Footscray to make way for a new rural rail corridor, writes Footscray resident Pat McGrath.
