So women and men’s wages are even-steven now, right?Recent stats revealing young single childless women in America get paid on average more than their male counterparts aren’t what they appear to be. Factors such as the rate of education between genders prove equality is some way off, writes Joanne Cleaver.
September, 2010
How new mobile technology is bring sport fans and clubs together
More sports teams and leagues are communicating with fans intensively by mobile devices — and it’s working.
Who’ll get the blame when interest rates next rise?
Glenn Stevens offered a different perspective on the “two-speed economy” yesterday. But there’ll still only be one result from the mining boom.
Oz Tea Party: we’re attracting angry Labor, Libs, Nats voters
Queenslander David Goodridge — who edits the Australian Tea Party’s website –- told Crikey there are already 17 local Tea Party branches across the country, including in NSW, Victoria, South Australia, the Northern Territory and his own state, reports freelance journalist Matthew Knott.
Victoria’s roads paved with Grand Prix red ink
The big furphy that is gradually being exposed is the size of the grand prix international TV audience, writes Geoffrey Harris of Back Page Lead.
Wireless on the rise, but fixed broadband still does the work
Mobile wireless is Australia’s fastest-growing internet access technology, says the latest ABS report on internet activity. This proves that eventually no one will want fibre, right? Wrong.
The 777-day election countdown is on … coming to a state near you
Today, 777 days ahead of the poll that will decide the next US president, Republican Fred Karger launched the first television advertisement of the 2012 campaign. And NSW wants the same sort of process, asks Harley Dennett from Washington DC?
Vic Labor MP lets loose on Gillard’s ‘messy, visionless campaign’
Victorian Socialist Left MP Martin Foley has penned a savage takedown of the federal ALP’s election campaign, saying the twin pillars of Labor’s traditional supporters had been callously abandoned by a “messy, contradictory and visionless campaign.”
Foster’s super premium brew not so super
Laboratory tests have revealed that Foster’s super premium $90-a-bottle beer has been found to contain brettanomyces, an unwanted yeast characteristic which an expert has described tastes like a “dry stable”.
Cry from Numbulwar: ‘They have broken Aboriginal law, but can’t be subject to it’
In a decision that has more than a few eyebrows raised and tongues wagging up north, all charges for desecrating a sacred indigenous site were dropped against the directors of S & R Building and the company fined just $500.
Jupiter, the giant catcher’s glove, puts on a show
Tonight Jupiter will also be a “little” closer than at most oppositions, which come around about once every 13 months. That is, 75 million kilometres closer than it was last August.
Herald Sun beats up on bureaucrats, censors Murdoch comparison
The Herald Sun’s decision to lead off with an attack on public service pay left the paper wide open to charges of hypocrisy.
Crikey Competition: Crikey election tipping competition winners
The result itself was not the only close run thing about last month’s federal election.
Daily Proposition: Go to the show
On the face of things, it is pretty hard to explain why the Royal Agricultural Show is an entertaining day out. An entire afternoon spent paying homage to this country’s agricultural roots, where’s the fun in that? Tom Cowie finds out.
Morning Market Report: High gold prices push markets up
Gold hit another record high and the S&P 500 broke above the 1130 intermediate resistance level.
Rundle: battle for UK Labour leadership down to teams Miliband
the competition only got interesting when Ed began to distinguish himself and his position from David’s assertion of a continuation of the New Labour great moving right show.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The Greens’ purpose
Crikey readers have their say.
‘Rate rise looms’ mob should expect the unexpected from the RBA
One of the oddities of reporting on what the Reserve Bank and its senior officials say each month is that each utterance is treated as “new” news when in fact they are quite often part of a continuing narrative.
Media briefs: Tuckey 2.0 away … ‘evil’ News sensitivities …
Wilson Tuckey, the 2.0 version, has shown he’s not immune to some of the teething issues that often plague online publishing, after his much-anticipated blog went live last week. Plus, other media news from around the globe.
Save the earth: print your emails. So says the paper lobby…
According to the Australasian Paper Industry Association, it is better for the environment to print your emails than to check them repeatedly. Not quite, reports Nick Johns-Wickberg.
Auction clearance rates: would you ask your barber if you needed a haircut?
Newspapers have a responsibility to ensure that the information they provide is as accurate possible — in continuing to use obviously flawed data, our major papers are failing young property buyers.
Political snippets: Missing an opportunity
The prospect of further narrowing Labor’s potential numbers in the House of Representatives is clearly attractive to an Opposition and why wouldn’t it be.
Video of the Day: Who said Irish dancing was lame?
Proving that Irish dancing is actually quite cool, former Riverdance stars Suzanne Cleary and Peter Harding engage in a contemporary Irish hand jig.
