The shake-up at the Victorian College of the Arts has claimed another victim, with its high-profile Deputy Dean Kristy Edmunds announcing her resignation to pursue other interests after just nine months in the role.
August, 2010
Essential: no Labor surge, still in the balance at 51:49
The federal election is on a knife’s edge, Essential Research reports, with Labor bleeding a point in two-party preferred polling in the past week ahead of its campaign launch today and a frantic five-day run to the line.
My Cup Of Tea: Garrett arts about with $10m, but nothing on Abbott’s agenda
Barely a week before the election, the ALP has finally released an arts policy. It won’t frighten the horses.
Mungo: double disillusion leaves spirit of the nation in jeopardy
We vote without enthusiasm or conviction, and often in the belief that whatever we do will make no real difference; that the ritual is no longer worthwhile.
Crikey Competition: Our Election Tipping Contest: it’s not too late to pick the winners!
I expect to find the eventual winner from among the early entries rather than from among you laggards! But come on. Try and prove me wrong.
Who won the news cycle? No weekend campaign winner
There are still very few signs that federal election fever is spreading through the nation.
Sunday editorials: who the papers are backing (and who cares?)
With yesterday the final Sunday before polling day, the Sunday papers gave their traditional editorials declaring which leader they are supporting come Saturday, with the majority supporting a continued Gillard government.
Bennelong despatch: yum cha and tears with Kevin Rudd
Losing the job of a lifetime is one thing, but following it up with an emergency gallbladder operation is bad luck, and Kevin Rudd looked like he had been through the wringer.
Virgin Blue quits NZ: fare fight looms with Qantas
Virgin Blue is quitting the NZ domestic market from October 18, but adding flights to its Australian domestic network and trans-Tasman, US , South African, Bali and Phuket routes.
Wild rivers — Trojan horse or election red herring?
All political parties should rightly be scrutinised for their indigenous policies, but this needs sophistication and nuance, writes Dr Tim Seelig, Wilderness Society of Queensland’s campaign manager
Mark Latham’s contribution to journalism not all bad
Given that the mainstream media will piss on Mark Latham’s contribution to campaign journalism from a great height, it might be worth thinking about what he did and didn’t do wrong over the last couple of weeks.
Maloney’s Marginalia: Lindsay — voting twice at Rooty Hill
The pantomime of a town hall meeting is many things, including all the fun of the fair. Oh, and they’re educational too, writes Shane Maloney.
Coalition broadband: a wireless tower in every street
“Wireless can never deliver equivalent services to fibre,” according to network engineering consultant Narelle Clark. But what the Coalition’s “affordable broadband” policy could deliver is a wireless base station at the end of every street in the outer suburbs and country towns.
Farming profits in the rich soils of carbon sequestration
All that glitters isn’t green when it comes to carbon sequestration - keep an eye on the real beneficiaries.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Why Sky News was the right forum for Rooty Hill
Foxtel’s Director Policy and Corporate Affairs Adam Suckling writes to Crikey to defend Sky News decision to broadcast the Rooty Hill forum.
Morning Market Report: Markets down on the back of a bad week in the US
It was a horrid week for US market last week.
Media briefs: Donkeys at the Tele … Gillard turns into Howard
On Nine’s Today show this morning, the prime minister morphed into a decidedly different political creature. Plus, Gillard advocates ABC News 24 over Sky News and other media news from around the globe.
Campaign Crikey leftovers: Latham not guilty … Boaties back Abbott … Crikey omen bet update
News Limited papers revealed today that Mark Latham ‘broke the law’ last night when he urged voters to hand in a blank ballot on election day has been confirmed as false. And other campaign leftovers from the day.
Political snippets: Markets, not polls, the best guide to public opinion
I just don’t believe that public opinion moves in as dramatic a fashion as these and the other polls so I’ll stick with the market as providing the best guide and it is suggesting Labor is just above 52% nationally.
Video of the Day: Introducing Jerkchoices
A new Australian S-x Party policy combining liberal views on same s-x marriage, expression and censorship now has a name: Jerkchoices.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Labor goes the Greens? Looks like the ALP is about to open a new front — www.areyouvotinggreen.com. The website doesn’t work yet, it just asks for a password with the message “ALP Stage Area”. It traces back to the ALP. Pyne spending to hang on. Christopher Pyne has been spending up big on his election campaign as […]
Crikey Says: 70,469km of campaign travel rorts
39,421km. That’s how much jet fuel Julia Gillard and her entourage have burned through during this election campaign on the way to Labor’s belated campaign launch in Brisbane today.
