Wilson Tuckey’s tips for the CupIt is the race that stops the nation, but, with 24 runners doing battle over 3200 metres, it is also one of the toughest horse races to punt on. Former MP for O’Connor Wilson Tuckey gives his advice on picking a winner in the Melbourne Cup.
October, 2010
Banks to drop $1 billion on RiverCity
RiverCity Motorway has the ignominious distinction of being the first ever toll road to be worth more if they shut the gates than it is as an operating toll road, writes Steven Johnson of the Intelligent Investor.
James Packer should run the gauntlet of an AGM vote at Ten
Having triggered the first ever contested election at the 2009 Ten Network Holdings AGM 11 months ago, the temptation to enter the fray as control of the network hangs in the balance was just too much to resist. Ten’s general counsel is not replying to correspondence but assuming Ten’s constitution requires 35 days lead time […]
The Brumby Dump: DPP Rapke takes aim at lenient judges
Another deep rift between the controversial Victorian Director of Public Prosecutions, and some of the state’s most senior law officials has been exposed in the annual report of the Office of Public Prosecutions, writes Swinburne University journalism student Jake Colosimo.
Flight crew training: a last-ditch stand between old and new
A Senate inquiry into airline flight crew training and standards in Australia has turned into a last-ditch stand by “the old Qantas” culture against “the new” Jetstar culture.
Hey Hey it’s The Sunday Times’ Saturday ‘lunchbox edition’
Perth’s newspaper war has jacked up a notch with News Limited’s Sunday Times set to launch a Saturday “lunchbox edition” next week to take on bitter rival The West Australian, Crikey can reveal.
ANZ’s Mike Smith is the problem … Hockey is offering solutions
The ANZ’s Mike Smith and Wayne Swan don’t want to acknowledge the reality that Joe Hockey’s banking regulation proposals are anything but “out there”. Just ask the IMF.
Why are outer-suburban houses so damn big?
Everyone knows that Australians build the largest new houses in the world. According to the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank, real expenditure on each new dwelling is now 60% higher than it was 15 years ago, writes Alan Davies of the Melbourne Urbanist.
Expert slams WA government’s deal with Monsanto
A report due out in the next two weeks will reveal whether global bioscience company Monsanto was given special treatment by the Western Australian Liberal Government when it acquired shares of InterGrain.
Guy Rundle: Rundle’s mid-terms: a Rhode well travelled … oh, and we killed Bambi
I’d come to Rhode Island to see what a New England campaign was like. Now I knew. It was like Old England, or Europe at least. , writes Guy Rundle, in Providence, Rhode Island.
US mid-terms: Senate race snapshot — Washington
It’s hard to see a scenario where Republicans reclaim the Senate without Washington. Still, we could be sweating on a close result for a while, writes Alan Mascarenhas from the US.
Singapore ASX takeover: writers should stop rolling over
Business writers shouldn’t roll over on to their backs and say, ‘Tickle me Elmo’ at every deal. They should maintain their scepticism about all sides in the deal and keep the bastards honest.
McGorry: doesn’t the Left care about mental health?
The ALP and Greens created barriers where there were none and as a result found themselves this week voting against providing services that they genuinely believe are vital to our young people., writes Professor Patrick McGorry, the Australian of the Year.
Vic election: education cruels Labor in inner-city marginals
Voters in marginal inner-city ALP seats under threat from the Greens are rebelling on the question of education, with Fiona Richardson’s wobbly seat of Northcote the most militant in the state when it comes to backing blackboards, according to exclusive Roy Morgan research commissioned for Crikey.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Why the media misunderstands broadband
Crikey readers have their say.
Morning Market Report: Markets down, gold the biggest mover
A quiet session with most company results beating earnings expectations.
Daily Proposition: Race a cane toad
The cane toad is a pest. So before you kill them, try racing them. They’ll love it, says Matt Smith. (They won’t really love it. But you’ll have some fun, and they had it coming.)
Wankley Awards: And the Wankley goes to… Lleyton Hewitt’s SMS baby name service
Lleyton Hewitt has never been afraid of cashing in on his fame but charging fans to receive a text message of the name of your third child? This could be a new low in the sordid commercialisation of celebrity.
Media briefs: Putting words in Mia’s mouth … Scott stays at ABC … Packer’s impact at Ten …
In today’s Media Briefs, Mia Freedman heads out on the town, Mark Scott confirms he ain’t going anywhere, Conan tackles Leno and more.
Political snippets: Nobody likes NSW Labor
The New South Wales state Labor Government is now being ranked by the pollsters as the most unpopular in polling history.
Video of the Day: Barack Obama on The Daily Show
In the lead-up to Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity (“and/or fear”), Barack Obama appeared for a chat on The Daily Show, talking up his achievements and discussing the discrepancies between expectations and deliveries.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
The disappearing containers of drugs. Containers of prescription counterfeit medications (yes, all the well known ones) are found by Customs and nobody is told. How would you like to have a stroke because your blood pressure meds are talc and colouring? Nobody is alerting the public nothing is being done. If we can follow a […]
Generation gap over Twiggy’s indigenous jobs campaign
Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest’s GenerationOne movement is a “pernicious smokescreen” which will not further the rights of Aboriginal people, says an anti-NT intervention group opposed to the campaign.
