Ahmed: McGorry is screwy on mental healthFor the first time mental health has become a major election talking point. Leading the vanguard is Australian of the Year Patrick McGorry, but he has made several false and misleading statements, writes Tanveer Ahmed.
August, 2010
Gillard’s rail pledge ends decades of disgraceful mismanagement
NSW, no matter what the government, cannot be trusted with infrastructure dollars, as the mal-administration of transport projects is hard-wired into the state’s public service.
Murray-Darling Basin policies: bullshit detectors in overdrive
When politicians tell you that issues are “above politics” and that they’ll “end the politicking”, your bullshit detector should be twirling like a low-carbon wind turbine, writes Andrew Gregson.
Residential property prices: why the big ship is difficult to turn
Clearance rates are falling, stocks dwindling and even some real estate agents are expressing concerns about the prospects for the property market.
Bernanke’s baby steps towards an easing program
US markets heaved a brief sigh of relief overnight after the US Federal Reserve announced that it would reinvest the proceeds from maturing mortgage-backed securities into longer-term US government bonds, writes Karen Maley, of Business Spectator.
Hinch hits back at Greer’s Roxon death claims
A bitter stoush has erupted over the 1973 death of rock journalism legend Lillian Roxon, after Germaine Greer implied veteran broadcaster Derryn Hinch had contributed to her premature demise.
Campaign Crikey leftovers: Fielding’s wholesome fun … Search engine shenanigans … Ban the budgies …
Steven Fielding’s latest Family First video is an absolute cracker. Plus, the ALP are a bit useless with playing with search engines and other campaign leftovers.
How the Senate will inevitably turn Green
Today there’s an opinion poll with a difference — Roy Morgan Research has released a poll of Senate voting intention, showing the Greens set to take the balance of power.
The broadband battle: what will they really deliver?
The political message of the Coalition’s broadband policy is that they can deliver the same outcome as Labor sooner, for less cost and with less risk. But while both Labor and the Coalition promise the same speeds, they’re otherwise wildly different propositions.
Closing the book on retailing? Publishers nervous at giant’s health
Redgroup Retail — owner of Borders and Angus & Robertson — has been forced to jack up prices, increase returns and extend trading terms with its suppliers, leaving publishers anxious about the industry’s health.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Crikey should be on the side of Latham
Crikey reader Niall Clugston writes that, “on one hand, you bemoan the “hollowness” of the election, and on the other you howl with the media pack in the universal vilification of Mark Latham.”
Morning Market Report: Chinese and US markets down, Oz markets follow
The Chinese market fell 2.9% on weak economic numbers yesterday.
Daily Proposition: Drink from the world’s well (through a book)
The Well at the World’s End is a wonderful book. I particularly enjoyed his encounter with the secret tourist police in Laos, writes bookseller
Media briefs: Awkward ads for Azaria … journalism pays big bucks …
Today’s awkward ad placement award goes to the Herald Sun Azaria Chamberlain splash. Also serious journalism pays the big bucks and how editors make a good cover, as told by lol cats.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: Abbott and Gillard pump up the volume
The gap in volume between the two leaders narrows once again as the campaign enters the home stretch. Kevin Rudd is maintaining his “third leader” status.
Political snippets: Happiness takes a sentimental journey
. Australians are a happy enough bunch at the moment, according to the Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index. Plus, policy on the never never and other political news of the day.
Poll Bludger: Newspoll shows WA remains Labor’s weak link
How has state-level polling tracked through the campaign week-by-week, based on an aggregate of Newspoll and Nielsen results.
Video of the Day: Fox Business SA employment update
America’s Fox Business News is on top of all the big stories and in a recent job watch segment has identified some exciting employment opportunities in South Australia - the ones you don’t read about on seek.com.au. Jobs include becoming a koala catcher, a tuna toss judge, a beer taster or a roo poo harvester. […]
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Young Lib told to toe the party line. The president of the Young Liberals in Tasmania has been dragged into the office of Liberal Senator Eric Abetz and asked whether he is serious about having a future in the party. The Young Liberal’s crime was to have posted on his Facebook page comments that were […]
Extreme weather around the globe: manifestations of runaway climate change
This year is shaping up as the warmest in the instrumental record, writes Earth and paleo-climate scientist at ANU, Dr Andrew Glikson.
Exxon, the Walkleys and the abyss
Chris Warren is kidding himself if he thinks forming a relationship with an ethically challenged company such as Exxon won’t damage MEAA or the Walkleys’ public reputation, writes Julie Macken, MEAA member, Greenpeace Australia Pacific
Keane on the trail: the real population debate
It’s a very different campaign in regional Australia — and there are very different approaches to the issues that dominate nationally.
