It’s well known that over half the news consumed in Australia is PR, as Crikey revealed in March, but sometimes there’s a success story that deserves its own special golf clap.
September, 2010
Hung over dreams: Sleeping with Julia, Tony, Rob and Bob
Our parents used to tell us we’d have nightmares if we watched scary TV straight before bed. If that’s so, clearly many Australians shouldn’t have been watching last night’s Q & A.
The sharks are circling Macquarie, a factory on the slide
There is nothing intrinsically wrong with Macquarie, except that it is now just another investment bank that has run out of bright ideas, swimming at the back of a pack of larger, hungrier sharks.
Lessons from the last days of the Labor government
Before we focus on the new government, we should recall some of the lessons of recent months which may have been forgotten in the obsession with a hung parliament and a new government.
The hidden political perils for the RBA
If the Reserve Bank tries to compensate for the looming mining investment boom by bashing the heads of those who live in the major cities, the unstable political situation will become even more unstable, writes Business Spectator’s Robert Gottliebsen.
Is Nine really ashamed by Sam Newman’s monkeying-around?
Sam Newman has achieved another dubious first. He is the first television personality to be so persistently obnoxious as to cause his employer to commit to contributing to charity the next time he is racist or sexist.
A pain in the a-se: a diary about living with cancer … prose and cons? All pros
This is the fourth in an irregular series about Jonty Este’s experiences with cancer.
NBN a haven for criminality, say federal police
Wherever people gather, there will be crime and the internet is no different. But we shouldn’t exaggerate the risks, writes Electronic Frontiers Australia’s Colin Jacobs.
Snubs and surprises at the Helpmanns … so what’s the scandal?
That’s the Helpmann Awards for you — a bit all over the place, really; a grossly subjective and geographically-challenged absurdity to decide the best of the best on stages across the country.
Guy Rundle: Rundle: faith, hope and clarity? Nah, it’s faith no more
If there’s a mood that’s common to the UK and Australia at the moment, it’s one of political bad faith, the desperate scramble for evidence to back up a case one has already decided.
The Oz has trouble keeping its story straight
According to The Australian, the mining tax will either have too much effect on the mining industry, or not enough. Either way, of course, a partisan Treasury is to blame.
Macquarie loses its competitive edge as earnings slump 25%
Macquarie’s worsening performance and lacklustre return on equity is the inevitable result of a business that has lost its primary competitive advantage.
What did Murdoch (senior and junior) know, and when did they know it?
Murdoch can control the powers that be in London — and walk free. But if he’s going to take the New York Times down, its message is that he and his son are going down, too, writes Michael Wolff of Newser.com.
Letter from...: Letter from: Las Vegas, land of blue-collar plenty a symbol of US decline
Las Vegas is no longer the exception to the rule and is now a symbol of the broader social and economic problems the United States now faces, writes Crikey reader Clair MacDougall.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Returning to the polls
Crikey readers have their says
Morning Market Report: Interest rates to remain unchanged, markets up
The Reserve Bank of Australia’s monthly interest rate decision is due at 2.30pm. All economists expect interest rates to remain unchanged.
Daily Proposition: Daily Proposition: make broccoli health soup
Blast ill-health away — or at least get a soothing placebo effect — with this hearty soup full of healthsome broccoli, onion, garlic, ginger and chilli. Mel Campbell recites the recipe.
Media briefs: Sam’s costly monkey jibe … tweeting the news … journalism is not dead …
ACMA not monkeying around on Sam Newman, the Scotland Yard phone tapping scandal isn’t over yet and a viral video hits Billboard’s 100.
Political snippets: Farewell to the Crikey Indicator
After 53 days hopefully it is time to bid farewell to the Crikey Election Indicator
Video of the Day: The Three Amigos sing My Little Buttercup
It’s been an enjoyable post-election political purgatory, now hasn’t it? But the day of reckoning has arrived and it’s now time for the three amigo independents to determine which party will form a minority government. Whose little buttercup has the sweetest smile? And which little buttercup will stay for a while? Not long until we […]
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
An Independent speaker? And it has come to pass. The three wise and humble men have cast their votes and the speakers position has fallen to one of them in the review document. This is my final update on this matter. Until next time… Christmas is costly for Canberra. I was having a beer with […]
Crikey Says: Judgment day
At around 3pm today the nation can collectively exhale as the independents, after 17 days, announce who will make up our minority government.
