If you can put aside the high and rising costs of failing to commence Australia’s transition from one of the world’s biggest carbon addicts to a low-carbon economy aside, our handling of climate policy has been the stuff of priceless comedy.
July, 2010
Who profits from our foreign aid? The untold story of GRM International
For nearly a decade one of Australia’s most successful aid companies and its biggest casino operator were owned by the same company.Wendy Bacon and Flint Duxfield tell the untold story of GRM International.
Mungo MacCallum: Mungo: Timor solution a stuffed-up version of whatever it takes
Timor Leste is a horribly cynical choice, and still would be even if the negotiations had been sensibly handled and the government and populace had shown themselves willing.
Who profits from our foreign aid?: the ‘technical assistance’ making business rich
Australia’s “boomerang aid” has been making corporate Australia very rich for years. In a new Crikey series, the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism will reveal the huge gap in accountability for taxpayers’ foreign aid funding
Housing shortage myth keeps bubble talk on the agenda
Australia’s residential housing bubble has been supported the myth that Australian capital cities are suffering a desperate housing shortage.
Getting sourcey: time to apply ethical standards to ‘bad’ journalism
Many journalists lean too heavily on PR. Surely the excitement of using your own brain to uncover fresh information is the right reason to work in the industry, right?
Media briefs: ABC News 24 is here (sort of) … the Hun plugs its holes …
MasterChef’s extravagant use of cross-promotions have been on the nose for a while now, but this time they may have promised something they can’t quite deliver. Plus, the countdown for ABC News 24 and other media tidbits.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Picking through policies
Crikey readers weigh in on the curtains at Curtin, commercial radio stations and how Gillard’s policies — from climate change to refugees — stack up.
Morning Market Report: Morning Market Report
It was the lowest volume session of the year. The S&P 500 had its biggest weekly gain in a year last week – up 5.4%. The market is up 10. The SFE Futures were up 8.
This day in Crikey: Wednesday, 12 July, 2006
Wednesday, 12 July, 2006, Wimps can’t win — but proven liars can, by Richard Farmer.
Political snippets: Richard Farmer’s chunky bits
Today in Richard Farmer’s chunky bits: Labor at 55% of the two-party preferred vote, how Newspolls got it wrong and the power of football.
Daily Proposition: A lifeline to the world in pictures
If you’re a connoisseur of photography, or just need a visual distraction, life.com is well worth the time visiting. It’s better than hunching over in a library with a photographer’s magnifying glass, says Crikey intern Michael Carter.
Video of the Day: A short animated history of Nikola Tesla
This month marks the 154th anniversary of Nikola Tesla’s birth. What’s that — you didn’t know? Tsk tsk. Time to freshen up on all things Tesla with this short cradle to the grave animation.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
In today’s Tips and Rumours: is Kevin Rudd leaking to promote himself and destabilise others in his own party, and what is happening with www.rankandfile.com.au?
Oakes: Rudd’s downfall was a hoot, but where was the sex?
Kevin Rudd’s downfall had all the hallmarks of compelling telemovie drama - ruthless ambition, bitter rivalries, back-stabbing, political assassination and more - but it lacked one thing: sex, writes Laurie Oakes.
Back to beauty: Iraq’s Eden slowly returns
In the early 90’s Iraq’s world famous Mesopotamian marshes were drained by Saddam Hussein as punishment for a local uprising. But the place once dubbed a “Garden of Eden” is slowly coming back to life, writes Juliette Jowit.
Are paywalls as evil as Rupert Murdoch?
Poor, filthy rich ol’ Rupert Murdoch may be widely derided for being a heartless money grubbing media baron, but does that mean his decision to paywall The Times is necessarily a bad thing?
The Tour de France Open Thread
With the World Cup final looming you could be forgiven for going to bed early last night, however if you did you missed a great stage in the French Alps. The big news was seeing Cadel Evans pull on the yellow jersey, writes Tom Cowie.
The FIFA World Cup open thread: España, Campeón del Mundo!
After 63 matches of football, we have our champions. Congratulations Spain on winning your first ever World Cup. Johnston Street, Fitzroy must be going off right now…
Is the Chamber of Commerce actually good for commerce?
President and CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce, Tom Donohue, mounts massive pro-business campaigns against the White House. But Donohue may be beholden to a small number of multinationals rather than representative of the wider industry, writes James Verini.
Haiti six months on
Six months after Haiti’s devastating earthquake much of its capital city Port-au-Prince remains a wasteland of shanties and slums. Only a tiny fraction of the 1.5 million Haitians displaced by the quake have moved into new homes, writes Deborah Sontag.
Digital news inching towards adulthood
Digital news has been around now for a decade and a half, but with problematic business models and ongoing experiments with pay walls it may be some time yet before it evolves from adolescence to adulthood, writes Mark Day.
Never let facts get in the way of a good democracy
The assumption that educated citizens make better decisions than uneducated citizens might not be true. In partisan politics facts often don’t make a difference, says Joe Keochane.
