To be assured of victory, Labor needs to show it has more going for it than simply not being Tony Abbott. Plus, raw prawns, unemployment and other political snippets.
July, 2010
Video of the Day: The 100 greatest movie insults of all time
Fancy a crash course in the best put-downs in cinema history? Here is a spectacular profanity-laden pastiche of 100 of the greatest movie insults of all time.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Conroy hates the Twitter
He may be the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, but that doesn’t mean he likes social media.
Vintage First Dog: Kevin Rudd’s cat – A life
Julia Gillard’s ascension to Prime Minister proved all too much for Crikey’s cartoonist extraordinaire First Dog on the Moon so he’s off to holiday with the elephants. Until next Monday we’ll bring you a collection of First Dog’s finest work (sans Avril Lavigne). This cartoon is from Monday, 15 September, 2008.
Asylum seekers mathematics
The footage of the latest boatload of people to chug through our waters is currently on loop on Sky News. Images of our Prime Minister parading around on a patrol boat dominate the front pages today.
PHOTO GALLERY: The Tour as told by crashes
You wouldn’t usually think of cycling as a blood sport, but this photo gallery of crashes and injuries from this year’s Tour de France is quite a gruesome affair.
Washington, we have a problem
The space race is over and NASA now struggles to justify its existence. Instead of moon landings, diplomacy with Muslim majority countries has become of its main aims.
PHOTO GALLERY: The history of the boob tube
Now that analogue TVs are virtually extinct, it’s a good time to reflect on the history of television manufacturing. And yes - we’ve come a long way.
Blowing the whistle on the BER whistleblower
Much of The Oz’s criticism of the BER revolved around “whistleblower” Craig Mayne, but his claims don’t stack up.JohnL delves through Mayne’s false credentials and dodgy figures.
The Church of Pixar’s secrets of success
For a decade and a half Californian-based production company Pixar Animation Studios have maintained an unblemished record of popular and successful flicks. How do they do it and what lessons can be learned by their competitors?
Sheridan: East Timor is not the solution
Finally common sense has returned to Julia Gillard’s actions with asylum seekers, writes Greg Sheridan. But it is a bare bones plan that deserves intense scrutiny.
Troeth to Libs: more women equals more talent
Victorian Liberal Senator Judith Troeth used to be against party quotas for female MPs but now says they are an effective way of equalising the gender divide, arguing more women in parliament means a larger talent pool.
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BP followed me and nabbed me
Freelance photographer Lance Rosenfield explains his brush in with BP and the police after he took a couple of snaps of a BP sign and was subsequently accosted.
The latest trend: lying at the NY Times
NY Times may be a quality publication, but its also known for producing completely bogus “trend” articles based on anecdotal information and weasel words, writes Jack Shafer.
PHOTO GALLERY: 40 deadly American burgers
In the industry of artery choking culinary flab-makers, the USA is surely second to none. Here is a list of 40 of the unhealthiest burger the country has to offer.
Saving the soul of BP
The current workload of beleaguered BP CEO Tony Hayward can be encapsulated in two words - damage control - but he is failing to save the company’s reputation and the powers that be are preparing to get rid of him, says Tom Bower.
Monbiot: Oh, the joyful vindication!
When the Climategate scandal broke out, George Monbiot called for the main scientist involved, Phil Jones, to resign. Now following the Russell review, Monbiot admits he was wrong.
Memo to Oz public: politics ain’t TV
Real life politics doesn’t exactly follow the ebb and flow of scripted television dramas. At its heart, poll-driven politics is about selling policies that aren’t as crap as the other party’s, writes David Bonnici.
Clearing the Climategate debacle
The ‘Climategate’ scientists have finally been exonerated, following a six month investigation by Sir Muir Russell which found no problem with the honesty and rigour of the scientists, but did note that the scientists weren’t open enough about their work.
Rundle: Goodbye Faulkner and the Labor Left
With the resignation from the Ministry of John Faulkner, a great part of what was left of the Left has left the centre of the ALP. Guy Rundle charts its demise.
Tweet tweet: social networking beckons Julia
Kevin Rudd’s manipulation of social networking websites became a powerful campaign tool in election ‘07. Gillard, who has just joined the Twitterverse, ought to learn from his successes as well as his mistakes, says Bella Counihan.
Wright: Bye bye thick-rimmed Labor machine man
For many years John Faulkner has been the wise owl of the ALP, a man who prides himself in keeping confidences. After such a rich history it’s hard to see him sitting idly on the backbench, writes Tony Wright.
Nixon nearly nuked North Korea
New documents reveal that a nuclear attack on North Korea was planned in 1969 after a US spy plane was shot down, with a bomb 20 times the size dropped over Hiroshima.
Confessions of a fake businessman in China
A story that has to be read to be believed. Mitch Moxley worked the lucrative industry of fake white businessmen living in China, getting paid thousands to be a “respectable” company face.
