August, 2010
The front pages: a prime ministerial face-off
How some of the nation’s newspapers are leading this morning.
Keane’s Talking Points: cue the ‘late swing’ headlines
In last night’s “community forum”, half the questions were “swinging voters” demanding to know what politicians are going to do for them personally or for the industries they work in.
Crikey Says: Campaign Crikey morning edition: Day 33
”I’m hoping the election on Saturday isn’t mirroring the current fortunes of the Bulldogs…I’m also really worried about the strength of Collingwood currently…”
Election Tracker: Day 32
Yesterday Julia Gillard was copping jibes from everywhere - including brussel sprouts - and Abbott was once again touring the Queensland marginals. Both visited Brisbane for a town hall style forum.
A narrow win for Gillard and an eye on costings
Daily Media Wrap: It was the battle for Brisbane last night, when Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott faced up to questioning in a peoples’ forum in Kevin Rudd’s hometown. Neither emerged as the obvious victor.
Savva: Labor will nudge across the finishing line
At this Saturday’s election the ALP will move forward to victory, but not because they’ve run a better campaign, have a better leader or have superior policies, writes Niki Savva.
Pirate Party pledges to host WikiLeaks
Infamous whistleblower website WikiLeaks has found ideological and technical support in The Pirate Party, a Swedish pro-privacy anti-copyright group that also hosts the contentious BitTorrent website The Pirate Bay.
Kelly: Gillard had policy, Abbott had personality
During last night’s town hall style forum in Brisbane, Julia Gillard presented a much more substantial plan than Tony Abbott but Tony - as the crowd liked to call him - was considerably more personable, writes Paul Kelly.
Hartcher: The Greens are as red as ripe tomatoes
Lack of climate change policy from both major parties has made the Greens’ prospect of winning the balance of power in the Senate a virtual cert. But given their penchant for wealth redistribution, red is a much more appropriate colour to describe them, writes Peter Hartcher
Frankie-ly, this is how you should run a magazine
Indie girl mag Frankie has proved to be Australia’s latest publishing success in an industry of dead titles and dropping circulation. Editor Jo Walker explains how it was done.
Film review: The Ghost Writer — a classy Hitchcockian thriller
76-year-old auteur Roman Polanski’s latest film is a slick thriller about a ghost writer who gets embroiled in high profile political conspiracy. The story may be forgettable but the small touches ooze style and grace, writes Luke Buckmaster.
You say “Miranda Devine”, Google says “gerbil”
So much joy can be found with Google autocomplete and Mumbrella provides wonderful Australian examples. What topics are automatically associated with NSW Premier Kristina Keneally? Try “hair”, “hot” and “nobody’s puppet”.
PHOTO GALLERY: Ghana’s cemetery for dead computers What will the election mean for divisions of general practice?
The latest installment in Croakey’s ongoing election coverage examines the future of divisions of general practice, which will face considerable uncertainty no matter which party wins on Saturday.
Is vegetarianism safe for dogs?
A growing number of vegetarians are bringing their pooches along with them, cooking up wholesome veggie meals for Rover and Lassie. Like humans dogs are omnivores, but is it completely safe for them to consume zero meat diets?
Who won the news cycle? A draw as the leaders debate to debate
If there is anything that most of the public find less interesting than a debate between political leaders I am sure it is a debate about whether they should have a debate.
Abbott and the economy: best of enemies
Tony Abbott’s economic credentials are no worse than any other recent Prime Minister’s. It’s his temperament that’s the problem.
Is Fosters’ new brew a fizzer?
Australia’s most expensive beer has been sent to the laboratory for testing after fears that the brew may be contaminated with undesirable qualities.
Knox: the gap between Ben Cousins’ party image and the reality
The Ben Cousins I have got to know is neither a f-ck-you hedonist nor an NA-speaking repentant sinner, writes Malcolm Knox, the ghost writer of Cousins’ forthcoming autobiography and Back Page Lead columnist.
Liberals quietly go monarchist under Abbott
The Liberal Party under Tony Abbott appears to have quietly thrown its support behind the monarchy, according to a letter published on a monarchist website, writes freelance journalist David Donovan.
Coalition’s infrastructure policy: good if you’re paranoid about debt
The Coalition finally offers some sensible policy on infrastructure, but it’s on the wrong track in a few areas.
Well hung: Bob’s voting for survival
Over the next three days Crikey will run a ‘Well Hung’ series, profiling the independents who could hold the balance of power in their hands. Today we spoke with Bob Katter, the “anti-green” with a heart of gold.
Possum: some new election simulation
With today’s combined two week Newspoll breakdown released over at the Oz, we can aggregate the results with the past two Nielsens and the JWS Godzilla poll to run some simulations.
Campaign Crikey Leftovers: spinning the supply … the view from Herbert … Latham was ‘moving forward’ …
The view from Herbert… If ALP candidate Tony Mooney wins Herbert it will be a miracle — he is not necessarily liked by the ALP branches (many people are upset by the lack of a pre-selection ballot after the previous disastrous Townsville Council election) and is having trouble manning the polling booths for the election. For similar […]
