Why not do a cost-benefit study on the costs of quarantining income voluntarily or compulsorily versus the benefits of more cash, direct services for children and some widely available financial education for the same groups?
October, 2010
International nursing students left in limbo by English tests
International nursing students have accused Deakin University and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency of misleading and bungling their nursing registration after introducing new English language standards, says freelance writer Euan Thomas.
The WA ‘precedent’ that opens old native title wounds
A Federal Court decision that a traditional landowner did not have the legal authority to challenge the Kimberley Land Council is “questionable”, according to former Federal Court judge Murray Wilcox QC. It puts the native title issue back on the agenda, writes student journalist Tom McPherson.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: A Senatorial correction, all the way from the USA
Crikey readers have their say.
Morning Market Report: US markets close up as Aussie markets start down
The Dow Jones closed up 3 overnight and the S&P 500 was unchanged.
Daily Proposition: Look up, to a starry, starry sky
Tonight, if the skies are clear, pop outside long after the sun has set and look up. There is so much to ponder about ourselves, our evolution and our destiny, writes Dave Sag.
Media briefs: Charity starts Inside … Tors’ favourite days …
Online media outlet Inside Story is putting out a call for readers to start ponying up the dough for content. Plus, NT News watch and other media news.
Political snippets: Abbott is a big sook
The macho Leader of the Opposition is coming across as a big sook.
Video of the Day: There is nothing like a Dame
Australian opera great Dame Joan Sutherland passed away yesterday in Switzerland. If you would like to reminisce about her “voice of the century”, check out this aria from Bellini’s I Puritani.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Hills gets chatty in 2011. Regarding Adam Hills and his new ABC project. Whispers are it is a talkshow/variety show and it was part of his agreement to come back and do one more series of Spicks and Specks. Thanks polling workers, from Crikey. During the recent election I worked at the local polling booth […]
Crikey Says: Pimply? Angry? Drunk? Yawn.
“Most citizen journalism strikes me as nothing to do with journalism at all.” Are we still using this old argument?
Xiaobo’s Nobel win another own goal for China
Chances are democracy advocate Liu Xiaobo would not have won the Nobel Peace Prize if China hadn’t made loud and angry noises warning against it. This is the latest example of how China’s reputation has suffered from its own fierce patriotism, writes Phillip Bowering.
Gawking at his blog empire
Chinese drinkers guzzle Aussie wine exports
While Australian wine exports continue to decline in the US and Britain, exports to China are up a soaring 34 per cent, with Chinese drinkers swilling an estimated $122 million in fermented Aussie grapes.
Old, grumpy and whingeing about it
It’s not just an amusing stereotype: men and women (but particularly men) get grumpier the older they are, according to a new study. And the age where everything begins to go downhill? A sprightly 52 years.
It’s just not cricket
Corruption is a way of life in Pakistan and India, so why are we surprised and punish cricketers when they do it? Because sport needs to exist on a higher holier ground or the entire notion of it collapses, argues Rahul Bhattacharya.
Labor set to re-think battle for the middle ground
Labor have long considered occupation of the political middle ground a precondition for success, but the arrival of the Greens as a major power broker will challenge the traditional way of thinking, writes Peter Lewis.
Film review: Eat Pray Love — sickeningly sweet cinematic soufflé
Director Ryan Murphy’s adaptation of author Elizabeth Gilbert’s best selling novel is an implausibly handled romantic drama that manages to offend both genders, writes Luke Buckmaster.
Ideas for how Medicare Locals can engage their communities
Some of the questions about the government’s health care reform plans are around whether Medicare Locals will manage to genuinely engage their communities. Scott White asks Croakey readers for their suggestions.
On disliking must-see tourist sights
Being herded onto a bus with 40 other tourists and being driven from sight to sight, stopping only to let people off to take a few snaps before re-boarding the bus, is not my idea of a good time, says Rebecca Arnold.
great read 
Meeting the silent boy emperor
North Korea welcomed Western journalists to report on last week’s ceremony starring future heir Kim Jong Un, which demonstrated a very clear dynasty succession plan. Journo J.M. was in Pyongyang for the parade.
It’s time for Queensland to modernize the abortion debate
Queensland’s first abortion trial in almost a quarter of a century begins this week. The state’s out-dated Criminal Code lumps abortion together with other “repugnant” acts such as bestiality - a pertinent reminder that the time for reform has well and truly arrived, writes George Williams.
