Public transport capacity has to increase enormously to deal with expected higher demand driven by issues such as peak oil, climate change and unprecedented population growth, writes Alan Davies of the Melbourne Urbanist blog site.
September, 2010
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The Liberal Party and the Republican Party
Crikey readers have their say on Australia’s political climate.
Morning Market Report: Markets down as Wall St takes a breather
The Dow took a breather after an impressive rise on Friday.
Cox: a form guide to Parliament’s first-week agenda
The PM has listed 42 pieces of legislation for tabling in the first week. They are a very mixed bag but at a very rough glance, less than 15% of items are likely to be controversial and may be debated.
Media briefs: The Oz’s Bolt loose … science of pop-news …
Twitter: it’s a minefield for people in the media who don’t take the time to check their information. But mis-attributing quotes from a fake account to one of your own star columnists? Plus, NT News gold and other media news.
Political snippets: Why inflation sucks in France
When you are in too much of a hurry to get the words out, things can go wrong as the former French Justice Minister Rachida Dati found to the amusement of many watchers of political television interviews this week.
Video of the Day: Spike Jonze’s short film I’m Here
The latest twisted vision from American filmmaker Spike Jonze (director of Where the Wild Things Are and Being John Malkovich) is this strange and poignant short set in a world shared between humans and atavistic looking robots.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Demi’s settlement — more to it? Is it true that one of the reasons why Demi Moore settled her court case yesterday in Melbourne against No Idea is that the US star’s American lawyers stuffed up her case? Her pleadings in the case were found to be defective the week before and the judge refused to allow […]
Crikey Says: Meanwhile, in Manchester…
Meanwhile, over in Manchester, the UK Labour Party conference is in full swing. Crikey’s correspondent-at-large Guy Rundle reports from the Old Dart…
Hardy: Is Christopher Pyne the most despised man in Australia?
Liberal MP Christopher Pyne is a special sausage. Sure, there are other figures that unite the country in outrage — think Kyle Sandilands and Brendan Fevola — but none evoke that same Pyne hatred, writes Marieke Hardy.
5 ways to rejig your Segway
Following the freak accidental death of billionaire Segway tycoon Jim Heselden, Gizmodo suggests his life can best be celebrated by making five modifications to your Segway. You do own one, right?
Van Onselen: Gillard’s already choking
Should Labor be celebrating its election victory or staying quietly grateful that it held on? PM Gillard can’t just pander to the Left and the Greens now or she’ll lose her narrow lead, says Peter van Onselen.
A new generation of locusts set to plague Australia
Heavy rains have dramatically reduced the Darling river drought but also provided perfect breeding grounds for billions of Australian locusts. Some locust experts are predicting a plague of biblical proportions - or rather, the worst the country has seen in 75 years, writes Paul Rodger.
Let the carbon games begin
Like Noah and his Ark, Julia Gillard has made an effort to have two of almost everything on the committee that will guide Australia’s near-term efforts on climate change, and prepare the economy for the carbon challenges of the future, writes Giles Parkinson.
The good and bad of WA’s two-speed economy
While the retailing and housing sectors in Western Australia continue to struggle, the economy is facing a two-speed economy in which those enjoying the benefits of a renewed resources boom are leaving behind those who aren’t, writes Shane Write.
Regulation takes a back seat: ASIC asleep at the wheel
It’s the ultimate disgrace for the ASX Ltd and market regulation, and especially for the now all-powerful ASIC.
Film review: Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps — Gordon Gekko returns
After more than two decades, Gorgon “lunch is for wimps” Gekko returns to the big screen. Unfortunately this belated sequel to Wall Street has a sluggish pace and a lackluster storyline, writes Luke Buckmaster.
Reviewing Windows Phone 7
Next month Microsoft is set to unveil Windows Phone 7, the latest operating system to challenge Apple’s reign over the smartphones market. If one word could be used to describe its interface, that word would be “calm,” writes Charles Arthur.
Ladies who launch successful media careers
From Helen Thomas to Katie Couric, Good offers the most influential female journalists ruling a once traditional male profession. Unfortunately Michelle Grattan is a glaring omission in this US list.
Which high profile US celebrities are packin’ heat?
New York paparazzi might want to avoid nasty confrontations with the likes of Robert DeNiro and Howard Stern, who are part of a growing number of A-list American celebs who have permits to carry concealed weapons.
Profile on prize-winning Paul Krugman
Well known NY Times economic columnist Paul Krugman predicted the latest US recession, called for a bigger Wall St bailout and warned that Barack Obama didn’t have the balls to do it. Why does he do what he does?
Coorey: Back to the drawing board for climate change
Julia Gillard’s new climate change committee, which includes representatives from Labor and the Greens plus independent MP Tony Windsor, signals a full circle return for Labor’s core emissions trading issue: putting a price on carbon, writes Phillip Coorey.
