Local bourse operator ASX Ltd has unveiled a $US12.3 billion merger with Singapore Exchange (SGX) this morning, the first major consolidation of bourses in Asia-Pacific. Intelligent Investor’s Steven Johnson answered some of our questions over the deal.
October, 2010
Inner-city voters hot under the collar on climate: Vic election poll
Melbourne’s ring of inner-city seats increasingly populated by iPhone-wielding professionals remain a hotbed of climate concern as the fight between Labor and the Greens warms up before next month’s state election, according to exclusive Roy Morgan research released to Crikey.
Impact on native vegetation a glaring omission for Murray-Darling report
Why just cut allocations to irrigators without also addressing these critical forest and plantation management issues properly? asks Lionel Elmore.
Packer’s formula for Channel Ten just not the One
The solid ratings yesterday on Ten’s sports channel One for the Formula One race from South Korea expose the nonsense at the heart of James Packer’s arguments that One should be closed and something cheaper broadcast.
Iraq War Iraq War Logs: the Australian contingent
Crikey has started sifting through the nearly 400,000 US military records that make up Wikileaks’ Iraq War Logs and has identified over 60 reports as most likely referring to Australian troops, writes freelance writer Luke Miller.
If the Liberals oppose the NBN, they have to back splitting Telstra
If the Liberals are serious about an alternative approach to NBN, they have to start with the vertical separation of Telstra, write Bernard Keane and Glenn Dyer.
Hockey to Labor: get serious about banking reform
Joe Hockey has outlined an ambitious reform agenda for banking regulation. Now over to the Treasurer. That’s you, Swanny.
Mungo MacCallum: Mungo: cue applause for Greens on Afghanistan … but what have we learned?
The debate on Afghanistan was long overdue and the Greens are to be congratulated for forcing it upon a reluctant Government. But it must be said that we have learned very little from it to date.
WA persists with zombie legislation
The Western Australian stop-and-search legislation is now a dozen pages of condemned product, writes Luke Walladge.
Iraq War Logs: one day in Iraq — 128 dead
Over the weekend Wikileaks released the Iraq War Logs — a database of nearly 400,000 military logs recorded over six years of the Iraq war and covering the years 2004 to 2009. This is one of those stories.
Rooted: David Suzuki … the legacy tour
According to David Suzuki last night at the Opera House, humanity is in the 59th minute, and we’re on a suicidal path of economic growth, writes Anna Rose on the Rooted blog site.
It’s the great Howard-Costello book tour
The latest yawn-worthy chapter in the John Howard/Peter Costello spat can still tell us something interesting about how political power works in Australia.
Higher ed in trouble: the Indian market has ‘dried up altogether’
Australia’s vice-chancellors are not usually given to wild alarmist cries but the sudden collapse of the Indian export education market has caused consternation in their ranks, writes Geoff Maslen.
Euthanasia and the fine line walked by nurses
When you are about to pick up the phone to call an ambulance for a palliative, ill or dying family member: strongly consider whether you are making the right decision as you may just be prolonging their death, not giving them life, writes a nurse from a Sydney hospital.
The Brumby Dump: dignity, rights of most vulnerable ‘under threat’
Staff in Victoria’s mental health and disability support homes lack adequate training, and many of the houses have no active night support, meaning that residents are at risk, according to a report by the Office of the Public Advocate, writes Swinburne journalism student Megan Baker.
Paperlinx shareholders show their displeasure at huge exec pay
Wham, smack, pow. The results of the Paperlinx annual general meeting would have made Batman blush. Last Friday, shareholders delivered a stunning rebuke to Amcor’s bumbling board.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: “Too big to bail” should be our regulatory motto
Crikey readers have their say.
Morning Market Report: Markets up as SGX goes after ASX
According to The Wall Street Journal, the Singapore Exchange will bid (possibly this morning) $48 a share or $US8.2bn for the ASX Ltd.
Daily Proposition: Review a Melbourne cultural icon
Heide Museum of Modern Art showcases works old and new from one of Melbourne’s true cultural icons, Mirka Mora. Dan Rule of Melbourne print and online bible Broadsheet says it’s worth a visit.
Media briefs: The Sphere goes the Tonc … NT News croc ‘exclusive’
Laurie Oakes rarely gets it wrong. So you’d think The Australian’s media diarist Caroline Overington would have believed the veteran Canberra player when he told her he’d previously won a prized Walkley Award. Also the NT News croc ‘exclusive’ and see it first on Channel Nine news.
Political snippets: Why would anyone be surprised about the polls?
The media obsession with opinion polls continues
Video of the Day: GenerationOne address to the nation
GenerationOne is a new “bridge the gap” movement that aspires to end indigenous inequality in one generation. This is their opening address to the nation, from a 13-year-old indigenous girl from Adelaide.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
What’s Samuel’s next move? There has been quite a bit of media about Graeme Samuel recently. The word is that the various groups, including the Pratt family, Goldberger and Wieland of DFO, are trying to destroy Samuel’s legacy before his term ends on June 30 next year. Pundits are trying to work out what Samuel’s […]
