The push to present very young women being at significant risk for breast cancer may be lining pockets of private radiography providers, but it will be causing an alarming and avoidable incidence of unnecessary investigation.
September, 2010
Guy Rundle: Rundle: against male same-sex couple adoption
To not have a father, because they were distant or absent from the start by choice is a sad thing for most kids. To not have a mother for the same reason seems somehow abominable.
We should stand up for Assange: Geoffrey Robertson
Human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson tells Guy Rundle that the Australian government should stand up for WikiLeaks’ spokesperson Julian Assange.
National curriculum debate looking in the wrong direction
Australia’s first national curriculum, currently under construction, is in danger of having such a minuscule influence as to be completely ineffectual, says freelance writer and former teacher Celia Parham.
Daily Proposition: Read about a Utopian Man
Edward Cole was the forward-thinking, optimistic and eccentric founder of Cole’s Book Arcade. He lived a colourful life, and Lisa Lang’s book Utopian Man captures it beautifully.
Video of the Day: ‘We’re going to Australia!’
Watching Oprah Winfrey announce to her 300-strong audience that she is taking them all on a trip to Australia is terrifying, hilarious and a strong lesson in building suspense. Beware, there is a lot of screaming.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
News cuts off its rich. It’s discrimination against the rich at News Limited with the well-to-do hacks up in arms. Apparently News has had the temerity to demand in the latest round of pay negotiations that no journalist on over $125,000 gets a pay rise — not even the usual CPI increase. Surely this is not something […]
Apple’s strict app diet
I can’t think of many markets where a single corporation gets to decide if a product is fit for sale, based on something as notoriously difficult to judge as good taste.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Gillard’s Ministry of Unsound
Crikey readers have their say.
Morning Market Report: Wall Street gains keep on keeping on
Wall St closed up 81 overnight. This was the seventh rise in eight sessions and the S&P 500 rose above its 200-day MA for the first time in a month.
Media briefs: Journos union talks merger … Kochie’s bad joke …
Amalgamation talks are proceeding nicely between the country’s main public service union, the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU), and the media union, the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA). Plus David Koch’s sexist joke and other media news.
Political snippets: Rudd doing what he should
The new Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd is doing what he should be doing. Going off to the United Nations.
Sleep soundly Australia, we’ve got you covered
For a democracy sized version of this so-called cartoon do the clicky dance…
Crikey Says: Australi-Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
By now you’ll have been horrified to learn that Oprah Winfrey — along with 300 underprivileged, upper-middle-class, diamond-earring-bedecked, screaming American women — are set to rape and pillage our fair nation.
Tuning into Ten in 2011
The Ten Network today announced it’s 2011 lineup. Australian TV networks are in a difficult place in that the Australian TV ratings season runs from Feb-Nov each year, while in the US their season is from Sept-May, explains Dan Barrett.
Best of the Aussie business blogs
They may be web 2.0 savvy, but when it comes to blogging small companies are streets ahead of larger organisations. Smart Company offers its picks for the business blogs worth clicking on.
Mon dieu! Versailles gets a modern makeover
Traditionalists have got their brocade and gold gilt in a twist, following a modern art exhibition inside the famed French Palace of Versailles. A petition of 5000 signatures pleads authorities not to “shatter the harmony” of Versailles.
The net makes Americans hungrier for news
Arguments about the quality of online journalism aside, the internet appears to be giving Americans a more voracious appetite for news. According to a survey of more than 3000 participants, the net is adding to rather than replacing news consumption in the US.
How Mad Men brings peace to the culture wars
Cult TV show Mad Men focuses on a highly contentious time in American history: the early 60s, post Happy Days and pre free love. It’s a good antidote for the anti-60s — and its sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll — crew.
A love letter to the humble tie
Ties aren’t just a capitalist noose or an outdated trend. As well as adding a much-needed dash of colour, ties serve as nod to respect, a hungover cure and hint at sexual tension, says Jeremy Langmead.
How to manufacture artificial skin
Artificial limbs are becoming increasingly commonplace in medical procedures, but what about the skin to match? British research teams are using plastic, rubber and electronics to flesh out artificial skin technology.
Scientists warn of Gulf of Mexico “slime highway”
Alarming claims from scientists on a research vessel in the Gulf of Mexico have raised concerns that oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill may have sunk to the seafloor, in turn creating a “slime highway” consisting of a long and thick layer of oil.
