Gideon Haigh: Pakistani cricket is corrupt? Duh…Of course cricket is suffering from massive match-fixing scandals, the maladministration in Pakistan has meant ethics in cricket was a bomb waiting to explode, writes Gideon Haigh.
August, 2010
PHOTO GALLERY: The saddest missing pet posters
Here’s one to tug at the heart strings: a collection of lost animal posters. The saddest include the obviously-written-by-a-child poster for a lost cat who “answers to the name meow” and the photo of a young girl desperately clutching her puppy.
Fate and a Moroccan sheep head (or: Why I’m glad we missed the train)
Dave Keetch missed catching a train by thirty seconds. Because of it he ended up nibbling from a boiled sheep’s head in the lounge room of the Moroccan family.
Media briefs: Courtroom musical chairs … no ABC conspiracy …
It’s musical chairs in court, no conspiracy at Tony Abbott’s presser last week, why NT News is the holy grail of newspapers and why Wiki doesn’t have anything to do with Wiki.
Essential: Australia is neatly divided
Most voters had already made up their minds how to vote when the campaign started, this week’s Essential Report shows. Those who didn’t appear to have swung heavily to the Coalition.
Wilkie, the pokies and the need to Do Something
Not for Andrew Wilkie: this business of establishing the Government’s fiscal position and identifying the impact of election commitments on the Budget before entering substantive negotiations with the major parties.
The Oz leaks case returns to court, and the Feds report lies in wait
The Australian newspaper’s campaign against the Victorian Office of Police Integrity is hotting up again, spurred in part by the release of a book by Stephen Linnell, the disgraced former head of Victoria Police’s media unit.
DJs will be keen for a settlement after publicity blitz
The sheer amount of publicity generated by yesterday’s Federal Court directions hearing in Sydney means David Jones would still be keen for a settlement.
Takeovers? Investors want to know just who benefits
As BHP’s mega hostile takeover of Canada’s Potash Corp continues, investors continue to question the value of takeovers.
Why we should only guarantee a minimum 18-month term
Whoever secures an extremely fragile minority government in the coming days will have an incentive to perform sensibly for a few months and then dash to an early election once the polls improve.
Poll Bludger: the moral majority and how it pans out
Very little actually changed in yesterday’s counting, which saw a continuation of the slow decline in the Labor total that is the usual pattern of late counting.
Murdoch and the BBC: they both lose
More and more, the MacTaggart lecture is a formal attack on either Rupert Murdoch or the BBC … it’s time to let it go, writes Michael Wolff of the Newser website.
When swearing at police is a cop-out
Even as our potty-mouthed politicians were grabbing all the attention in the final weeks of their campaigns, offensive language was the subject of a legal dispute in Townsville, writes Piers Kelly on the Fully (sic) website.
Why workplace sexual harassment may never be the same again
David Jones aside, the make-up of the new government will determine exactly how sexual harassment is dealt with in our workplaces. Luke Williams reports.
The Bank of Japan is firing blanks
Analysts were quick to point out that the Bank of Japan’s measure to allow domestic financial institutions even more money from the central bank at extremely low rates would do little to boost Japanese growth.
Daily Proposition: Have a cup of tea
After a childhood of grandma’s milky brew and dunking “family assorted” biscuits, Matt Smith has learnt to appreciate the calming effects of tea. Like anything that’s given the benefit of time, tea isn’t like it used to be.
Underpaid and undervalued: a woman’s work is never done
The problem is that despite nearly 40 years of equal pay legality, there is still evidence that the valuing of jobs is inequitable because there are still gender prejudices operating.
A parliamentary budget office — great idea, but don’t get carried away
A Parliamentary Budget Office is a good idea, but it should be done properly and don’t expect it to settle any arguments.
The Age gets bitten by puppy ad scam
Fairfax has been enticed into prominently promoting an infamous classifieds rip-off in the news section of The Age, with a fraud expert confirming to Crikey that the ad for female English bulldog puppies was almost certainly a scam.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: A pox on the undeciders
Crikey readers have their say about the election.
Morning Market Report: US markets rollercoaster continues
Wall Street closed down 140 overnight almost wiping out Friday’s gain of 164.
Political snippets: The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s failings
The InterAcademy Council found the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) had some major failings in the way it went about “providing policy-relevant information”.
Video of the Day: Restoring honour to crazy white people everywhere
Barack Obama is a racist, a Muslim at heart and also divides the US along race lines. What, you didn’t know? Don’t worry. The attendees of Glenn Beck’s ‘Restoring Honor’ rally are here to straighten you out. God bless freedom of speech.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Who’ll replace Hamish and Andy? Forget the rumours that Tom and Alex from Triple J’s breakfast show may replace Hamish and Andy. It’s actually another former Triple J star (and high-rating TV host) who was spotted in the 2Day studios recently doing a pilot for the national drive show with Fifi Box … The slow […]
