Just how much trouble is Barack Obama in for the US mid-term elections? Guy Rundle and Alan Mascarenhas offer some answers.
October, 2010
Herald Sun inflates circulation by 100k each day: Guthrie tell-all
The circulation of the nation’s biggest selling tabloid, News Limited’s the Herald Sun, is artificially inflated by up to 100,000 copies per day, according to the paper’s former editor-in-chief Bruce Guthrie. Its one of many revelations on the newspaper industry in Guthrie’s tell-all Man Bites Murdoch.
Case study: the ripple effects of water on regional communities
The impact of changes to water allocations in the MDB will be felt most in a single Federal electorate, that of Farrer. We asked its MP, Sussan Ley, to talk about how communities are likely to be affected.
Daily Proposition: See a sweaty, claustrophobic thriller
Buried lacks a damatic oomph that might have kicked it into ‘must-see’ territory. But it’s a classy piece of work, a condensed thriller that takes an arguably silly concept and shapes it into a tense and sweaty ride.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Of progressives, conservatives, The Oz and The West Wing
Crikey readers have their say.
Morning Market Report: Markets up as gold, oil and Aussie Dollar rise
The Dow closed above 11,000 for the first time since May 3.
Media briefs: Language and animals … Ten snares Negus …
You may have heard in the news this week that linguists have discovered a new language. Cue Indiana Jones-like reporting. Plus, George Negus on Ten and other media news of the day.
Political snippets: Punishing the victims
It seems a rather perverse system to me when Federal funds are taken away from a State or Territory Government that does not meet some welfare spending target.
Video of the Day: Grover does Old Spice
A wonderful version of the award-winning Old Spice commercial, this time starring Grover from Sesame Street. This video was brought to you today by the word ‘on’.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Hills’ new ABC show. Spicks and Specks host Adam Hills is testing a new pilot idea with the ABC. Don’t know what it is, but if it works it will run in the first half of the year and Spicks and Specks will run in the second. Subbing editors out of pay. When is a […]
Crikey Says: Compromise required on Murray-Darling basin
Very few issues are as critical or imminent as dealing with the problems confronting the Murray-Darling basin in a decisive and fair way.
The (smart) casualisation of our workforce
Every day is casual Friday in the workplace now, with 43% of workers now donning casual business wear in the office. Do office workers need lessons on appropriate work-wear or is it OK to don jeans at work?
Putting the environment over people
The Murray Darling Basin Plan released last week and the proposed cuts to water are extreme. The high social and economic costs just aren’t worth the environmental savings, writes Judith Sloan.
Crippling Obama: no we can’t
Expect the upcoming US midterms to be brutal for the Democrats, with the Republicans likely to get significant increased power. But will Obama — thanks to a fracturing of the Republicans with the Tea Party — still control the foreign policy debate? Unlikely, says Matthew Hill.
Apps not just for Apple fan boys
Major news organisations — think NY Times and Wall Street Journal — are busy building software applications for Samsung’s new Galaxy Tab, the iPad’s next big competitor. It’ll run on Google Android, meaning that one app should work on several different upcoming tablets.
The death of picture books
In sad news for First Dog on the Moon, pictures books are experiencing a decline as parents instead choose to buy text-heavy books for their children. But pictures books serve an important literary purpose.
Hartcher: Angry Abbott in Afghanistan
Tony Abbott sprayed Julia Gillard for her “act of low bastardy” in politicising his missed visit to Afghanistan last week. For nearly ten years the Afghanistan War has been a bipartisan issue. Not any more, declares Peter Hartcher.
Why is Google wasting its money?
Driverless cars appeal largely on a safety level. But why is Google — a company focused on search engines and other internet things — making cars? It’s a stupid business decision, says Henry Blodget.
Google’s robot cars
Google is currently testing cars driven by artificial intelligence, with seven test cars driving 1,000 miles through California without human intervention. Will road deaths one day be relegated to the history books?
Savva: This discriminating thing has gotten a little old
Remember Janice at Rooty Hill, the women who declared “I want to be able to say to that woman that I love, ‘Will you marry me?’, not ‘Will you civil union me?’”. PM Gillard — now living with her defacto partner in the Lodge — owes her an explanation, says Niki Savva.
What do you do when you win 15 grand? Give it away…
Artist Chips Mackinolty won the $15,000 prize in the TOGART Awards and immediately gave the cash away to three different live music venues in the NT, reports Bob Gosford.
