Crikey media wrap: It’s the first day back at school for all the enthusiastic parliamentary members, even though the class hasn’t voted on a deputy speaker yet. But Gillard turned up with a new climate change policy tucked into her lunch box.
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Iran web virus created by a “government or well funded group”
According to new analysis from a US web security firm, a web virus Iran claims was targeted at its nuclear program was initiated by a highly organized outfit: either a government or a well resourced private group.
North Korea’s next leader: Kim Jong Un
Kim Jong Il’s son Kim Jong Un has frequently been touted as the next leader of North Korea. In another sign that he is being groomed for the status of “Supreme Leader,” Un has for the first time been named in public and appointed the status of a four-star general.
Hand on Koran, page in history books
Today the first Australian MP in history will be sworn in with their hand on the Koran. From the Western Sydney seat of Chifley, Labor’s Ed Husic - also the first Muslim elected to parliament - will bring with him a family owned copy of the Islamic religious text.
Timor-Leste: mohawks and a touch of the untouched
Timor-Leste is not for the unadventurous — it has little tourist infrastructure, the language barrier can be a challenge, the US dollar means that it’s expensive when the Aussie dollar’s not doing so well, it’s hot and dirty. But there’s much beauty amongst it, discovers Rebecca Arnold.
Dear AFL, don’t ditch the draw
Footy fans are still coming to grips with the first drawn AFL grand final since the 1977 decider, with many calling for extra time instead of the contentious replay rule. But, as Caroline Wilson writes, there is much to gain out of another grand final.
Commonwealth shame — why the Indian Games should go private
New Delhi’s turn to host the Commonwealth Games was supposed to showcase India on the world stage. Instead, the build up has been plagued with problems. An efficient private sector should be running the games, not the Indian government, writes Salil Tripathi.
The new New Yorker
New Yorker is finally available on the iPad. But how does a magazine which is primarily about writing move onto the iPad with all its whiz bang new media-ness?
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Tea party art: not just finger painting
A Tea Party rally brings out a plethora of posters and t-shirts based on manipulating Barack Obama’s face, favouring a communist China artistic style or just a direct rip-off of Shepherd Fairey’s iconic poster.
Game on: the politics of Presidents in video games
Representations of Barack Obama are strewn throughout popular culture, from coin banks to condom packaging. The President is set to make his second video game appearance in as many months, prompting a range of questions involving litigation, bias and celebrity, writes Owen Good.
Essential: Labor edges ahead – and voters want an NBN and carbon price
Essential Report’s latest poll shows the Coalition seriously at odds with voters over the NBN and a carbon price.
The whys and wherefores of bureaucratic blogging
The first was a fundamental rule that every public servant must live and breathe: that your personal views must be strictly separate from your professional conduct.
Virgin computer crash vergin’ on a disaster
How does Virgin Blue rate in the continuing, if gradually clearing, crisis computer crisis that started yesterday morning and wrecked travel plans right across Australia?
Will algae save us? Seriously, will it?
Super fuel or super hype? Algae harvesting has become one of the hottest technologies in the world, writes Giles Parkinson.
Richardson: pundits risk burning fingers in Victoria
Two months to go to the Victorian state election … and the hard evidence all seems to point to a clear Labor win
7.30 Report’s O’Brien reflects on the challenges for the ABC
Kerry O’Brien’s presence at the ABC is not over. He is in conversation about a new role in 2011, but not one that will dominate his life in the way that the daily treadmill of The 7.30 Report has done.
Rundle: MiliE v MiliD could make Blair/Brown rivalry look like European handball
Younger brother Ed Miliband has narrowly won the five month contest to be the new leader of the UK Labour Party, defeating his older brother David by 50.65% to 49.35% of the vote. The vote was close all the way, with MiliE (the shorthand adopted by UK papers) trailing 34.3% to 37.8% in the first […]
ASIC slow off the mark to act on collapsed companies
It appears that ASIC is almost frozen in the aftermath of the global financial crisis.
Investor ire could shake Europe
Will this week mark a turning-point in the sovereign debt crisis, with governments finally resolving to shift some of the pain of bank bailouts back to investors? asks Karen Maley.
Why Abbott can wreck with impunity
The Government can attack Tony Abbott as a “wrecker” all it likes, but it’s unlikely to have any impact on his electoral standing.
Grand final viewers: doing the after maths
The television audience figures for the drawn AFL grand final on Saturday tell us two things.
Should you have to be wealthy to be healthy?
Those in the lowest socio-economic group die three years earlier than the rest of the nation, writes Martin Laverty, CEO of Catholic Health Australia.
Grog’s Gamut: Spartacus no more
The man behind the Grog’s Gamut blog has been outed “in the public interest”, writes Grog.
Extra, extra, read all about it: get your free newspaper here
We asked, you delivered. Free newspapers, that is. Spotting stacks of free papers has long been a nerdy sport for Crikey readers and the tips have been pouring in.
Mungo MacCallum: Mungo: pig drama, an anagram of paradigm, seems appropriate
Tony Abbot has now made it clear that his lust for power is absolute; he will stop at nothing.
