Why John Henry will reverse Liverpool’s fortunesLiverpool fans are sceptical, but American businessman John Henry once turned the vaunted Boston Red Sox around — and he’ll do the same to Liverpool, writes Sports Illustrated’s Dan Shaughnessy.
October, 2010
Junta the sole winner of Burma’s sham elections
The eyes of the world will turn to the secretive state of Burma next month, as the country prepares for its first election in 20 years. But, as Burmese refugee Waihnin Pwint Thon writes, the poll will neither be fair or free.
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Why we’re not paying much attention to polling at the moment
Recently we haven’t been paying much attention to polling. The reason is because the results have been a little…odd. Not necessary wrong, but odd, writes Possum Comitatus.
Senate race snapshot:
California
California is the largest state in the United States, and despite being strongly slanted towards the Democrats, it is currently facing fiercely-contested races for both the Senate and the Governor’s office, writes Ben Raue from California.
Audit Bureau AGM announces circulation shake up
The Audit Bureau of Circulations convened its annual general meeting yesterday and announced that a special rules subcommittee would review current circulation definitions that enable cut-price secondary and tertiary sales to be hidden from advertisers in a publication’s average net sales figure.
Vic election: hardball preference game could keep Brumby in power
Labor cares a great deal about whether the Liberals give preferences to the Greens, but for the Liberals it shouldn’t be a matter of much importance.
The Brumby Dump: State Trustee report kept a secret
The Victorian Treasury is refusing to release a report on how State Trustees administers the financial affairs of vulnerable Victorians, writes Skye Castle.
A reform government? Gillard is all talk
Julia Gillard talks incessantly about reform. It’s a shame that Labor is incapable of delivering it.
Self flagellation in the ALP Left; deckchair shuffle on the Right
The National Left of the ALP will move beyond Doug Cameron’s pronouncements on caucus democracy and gay marriage and strive to implement a wide ranging program of party reform, according to key resolutions of the faction’s weekend talkfest seen by Crikey.
Maley: the hidden trouble under US housing
Global sharemarkets were cheered by a rebound in US home sales last month but top US officials are grimly aware of the damage that the impending foreclosure debacle is about to unleash, both on the country’s housing market and on its banking system, writes Karen Maley.
Thumbs up to Singapore takeover of ASX … but with caveats
There are quite a few reasons why the Singapore takeover offer for the ASX should be approved, but with suitable caveats.
Concerns raised over alternative breast cancer screening devices
Safety concerns have been raised about the increasing use of breast imaging devices for breast cancer screening that are not part of the mammography screening program, writes Loretta Marron.
The Brumby Dump: age discrimination complaints at the double
Complaints of age-based discrimination in the Victorian workforce have more than doubled in the past year, writes Swinburne journalism student Meredith Foster.
Crikey Clarifier: Crikey Clarifier: what exactly is a property bubble?
A bubble occurs when the price of an asset class rises well beyond its intrinsic value.
Qantaslink’s pilot training to come under Senate inquiry scrutiny
Serious deficiencies in Qantaslink are understood to have been drawn to the attention of the forthcoming Senate Inquiry into pilot training and standards.
Higher ed in trouble: fix visas, increase funding, or bailout with billions
Despite a 49% increase in foreign enrolments in universities alone in the four years to 2006, the committee said five of Australia’s top 10 markets had been in decline over recent years, writes Geoff Maslen.
WikiLeaks and what it means for the public good
, writes Dr Helen Young, School of Communication Arts/Centre for Educational Research, University of Western Sydney
Lance Armstrong: ‘dancing on the pedals*’ all the way to the bank — again
Over the years the speculation over how much Lance Armstrong has been paid for each visit to ride here varies between $1.5 million and $3 million … but the SA government is being shy about saying.
Shonky products and shonky ploys: our worst of the worst
Check out the shonkiest products and ploys in the shops, with consumer watchdog Choice naming its annual worst-of-the-worst awards in Sydney this afternoon. The Commonwealth Bank, Coles, Nurofen and LG have all been named and shamed for ripping off consumers.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Bravo John Howard, bravo
Crikey readers have their say.
Morning Market Report: US dollar copntinues to slide
The US dollar continued to slide on a weak statement from the G20 and the absence of a concrete plan to support the US$.
Daily Proposition: Come on in for a movie fright
A great film remade into a great film is exceptionally rare - like finding four leaf clovers in a nuclear fallout. But director Matt Reeves has pulled off a corker with his remake of the Swedish vampire film Let the Right One In.
Media briefs: Harold Mitchell offside … Nintendo saves lives … why Newsweek deal collapsed …
If the ABC sports comment program Offsiders on Sunday thought it was getting an unbiased commentator in media buyer Harold Mitchell, they would be thinking ‘never again’ after Mitchell was appointed to the Crown board yesterday. Also life imitates art and why the Newsweek deal collapsed.
Political snippets: China to the fore for four
Dealing with China is becoming more difficult if we want to avoid upsetting our biggest ally, the United States of America.
