2010 Andrew Olle Lecture: Guardian ed Alan RusbridgerAlan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian gave this year’s prestigious Andrew Olle Lecture. He spoke about the splintering of the Fourth Estate, how the media is currently experiencing its own vicious case of “the bends”, which will be the end of the media as we know it.
November, 2010
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Even the TSA hate the TSA’s pat downs
The American public is currently in a rage over the new, intrusive “pat downs” occurring during airport security, but now 17 TSA officers have admitted that not only do they not like the new pat downs they are expected to perform, the job disgusts them.
Nielsen: 51-49 to Coalition
The latest Nielsen poll sees a lean to the Coalition in the two-party preferred vote of 51-49 and Labor trailing in the primary vote, but Julia Gillard’s personal ratings remain higher at 54%, reports William Bowe.
Will you pay for this?
So, it’s official, the News Ltd paywall will be here next year, in the same style as the Wall Street Journal. It’ll be an interesting experiment. I wonder what Rupert’s pitch for my money will be, ponders Jeremy Sears.
2010 Victorian Election Sausage sizzles and cake stall map
Forget those small inconsequential election details such as policies and who to vote for. What is truly important - at least in terms of satisfying the stomach - is election day sausage sizzles and cake stalls.
In Ireland: time for a government to go
The headlines on page one of the Irish Sunday Independent say it all about the state of Ireland and its attitude to the government really, notes Richard Farmer.
The good news about locust plagues
Locust plagues are not generally considered a good-news story, owever, the locust onslaught is also opening up some productive conversations between Muslims and Jews, says Shakira Hussein.
aviation industry Boeing versus the bloggers
Plane Talking has removed two images of the fire damage inside the second Dreamliner test and certification aircraft, ZA002, from the preceding article at the request of Boeing.
Vic election: 5 days to go
Victorians head to the ballot box this weekend to decide whether to oust Labor or maintain the Brumby government. With five days to go, William Bowe provides a snapshot of recent happenings.
travel Climb aboard my sweaty, slum-filled Cambodian ride
Allan Soutaris is an AYAD, part of a government program shipping young Australians off to work in developing countries, where the first week in Phnom Penh, Cambodia includes cultural misunderstandings, lots of bowing and a planned trip to the slums…
Ask a climate scientist: straight, peer reviewed answers guaranteed
What would Crikey readers ask a climate scientist? Quite a lot of questions, actually. Amber Jamieson is taking full use of the American Geophysical Union’s service where climate scientists answer all your questions about climate change and global warming.
Brumby government facing fresh child protection crisis as lawyers plead for help
The Brumby government is facing a fresh child-protection crisis on the eve of the state election, with bureaucrats inside the Department of Human Service’s Court Advocacy Unit rebelling against the department’s conditions and alleging several serious breaches of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
The Brumby Dump: women in jail on the increase
The number of female prisoners in Victoria has increased by 32% over the past two years, writes Swinburne University journalism student Cassie Zervos.
Ask a climate scientist: straight, peer reviewed answers guaranteed
What would Crikey readers ask a climate scientist? Quite a lot of questions, it turns out.
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement: not so evil after all
The final text of the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has been agreed upon following a flurry of phone calls and emails.
Guy Rundle: Rundle: limited refuge options left for Assange. Try Cuba.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s Swedish lawyer Bjorn Hurtig has described his warrant request as “exaggerated” and “out of proportion”.
Gore deal: creditors better off getting .66 cents in the dollar
Disgraced businessman Craig Gore has pulled off the business deal of his life, managing to avoid the ignominy of a second personal bankruptcy with a remarkable arrangement.
Joe versus the banks — the regulation debate devolves into belting CEOs
What started as a debate about regulating systemic banking issues has turned into a game of bash-the-bank-CEO.
Woolies, Brumby — a story of pokies, planning deals & hypocrisy
With planning one of the hot-button issues in the Victorian election, it was perhaps a tad unsubtle of Woolworths CEO Michael Luscombe to go out of his way at the AGM in Brisbane yesterday to thank John Brumby for completely side-lining local communities and councils.
The Brumby Dump: how it all came out in the wash
For journalism students, The Brumby Dump provided lots of ways to say welcome to the craft, write Swinburne University journalism staff Margaret Simons, Andrew Dodd and Denis Muller.
The Coalition’s hypocritical line on transparency
Coalition demands that the government release the NBN business plan are pretty funny coming from the mob who wouldn’t even release documents when their own senators demanded it.
Equal pay sacrificed for the sake of the budget surplus
Equal opportunity as a policy change process doesn’t work if the failed equal-pay commitments of our first female PM are an indicator.
Political snippets: Dear valued client… When a group email to prospective buyers goes wrong
Yesterday, Crikey received the below email from a tipster in the latest installment of “what happens when you don’t b’cc a group of people in an email”.
A ‘safe’ investment turns sour
Financial markets are becoming increasingly anxious about the mauling in the US municipal bond market, which has seen borrowing costs for state and local governments jump sharply in recent weeks, writes Karen Maley, of Business Spectator.
Life after Kerry: Sales, Uhlmann could front revamped 7.30
Leigh Sales and Chris Uhlmann could both front a revamped 7:30 Report next year as the ABC’s flagship news program continues to furiously plan for life after Kerry O’Brien. Jason Whittaker and Cat Wall report.
