The global risk advisory firm Maplecroft has ranked Australia second among six countries it ranks as “extreme risk” on the basis of their high CO2 emissions from energy use.
November, 2010
Video of the Day: Jimmy Fallon acts Young
It’s an impersonation that deserves to keep on rocking in the free world: Jimmy Fallon as Neil Young singing Willow Smith’s Whip My Hair, with a cameo from The Boss.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Lucky Photios isn’t running. Some supporters of the NSW Coalition were glad last night that former Liberal Party minister and now party vice-president Michael Photios is not seeking public office. During an auction for election funds at Sydney’s Athenian Restaurant, an event where four journalists were present, Photios made some off-colour gaffes before claiming the Keneally government […]
Crikey Says: The Coalition’s NBN credibility problem
There has been considerable puffing and posturing from the Coalition in recent days over the National Broadband Network, and it continues…
A Warnie social media fail
It’s only natural that Channel 9, premiering a new talk show fronted by Shane Warne, would want to promote it through Facebook. However, the Facebook crowd seem far from enthused, writes Dan Barrett.
Amazon cuts ribbon for new cyber movie studio
Online giant Amazon have taken an unexpected detour into the movie biz with the recently launched Amazon Studios, an online user-based production company that aspires to create new distribution channels for filmmakers.
Leigh Sales: Behind-the-scenes at my Hillary Clinton interview
ABC journo Leigh Sales spills the beans on meeting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on her recent Australian visit, from making small-talk with Hillary about the security risks of kangaroos to her promise of a future one-on-one interview.
Theatre review: The Bougainville Photoplay Project — Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney
In around 75 minutes Dr Paul Dwyer has reinvented theatre with a poignant, personal, affecting and detailed history of Australia’s involvement with Papua New Guinea, writes Lloyd Bradford Skye.
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Inside Palin’s new manifesto
Get the scoop on Sarah Palin’s latest memoir/manifesto America By Heart, a week before it’s officially made public. It includes her laughing about misspelt Tea Party signs, talking about Australian Idol and her thoughts on her daughter Bristol’s teen pregnancy.
Ice Ice Baby: the NHL gets into the swing of things
Just over a month into the American sporting season and things are finally getting exciting. Sea Ross wraps what has happened so far in the NBA, NHL and the NFL, plus a dash of awkward handshakes.
Shame on Kellogg’s
For the fourth year running, Kellogg’s has been dubbed the worst advertiser of junk food to children in Australia by The Parents Jury. It sure knows how to cash in on kid’s pestering,reports Melissa Sweet
Twitter Analytics: coming soon to a screen near you
Twitter has begun testing a new official analytics service set to debut by the end of the year, which will include a range of analysis components and snazzy graphs. Mashable takes a peek.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The pros and cons of marriage equality
Crikey readers have their say.
A special Royal Engagement edition of Leigh Josey’s Morning Media Mauling
Did you hear? Prince William and Kate Middleton are getting married! As a proud member of the Commonwealth, Leigh Josey believes we should do everything in our power to be embarrassingly sycophantic in the rush to praise our Royal overlords. And it appears Australia’s newspapers agree…
PHOTO GALLERY 
Putin, lover of Russia and furry animals
A most wonderful photo gallery of Russian PM Vladimir Putin posing with different animals. Yes, it’s topless Putin swimming with dolphins, military Putin the horse-whisperer, wild Putin patting a tiger and many more goodies.
This Charming Town: An outsider looking in
There’s often a lot you don’t appreciate about a city until you see it from a tourist’s perspective and, being Perth born and bred, I imagine that applies to Melbourne too, says Cat Wall as she takes a stroll through Australia’s culture capital.
Pomeranz: Don’t mix business with art
While wannabe sports stars gets thousands in government support and sponsorship, young Australian film makers struggle to make a living in Australia and that talent heads overseas, writes film critic Margaret Pomeranz.
Christians under attack from homosexuals
It’s bemusing that a Cardinal of the Catholic Church under attack for child abuse of a homosexual kind chooses to attack the gay rights movement but that is what Cardinal Giacomo Biffi, the retired archbishop of Bologna, has chosen to do, explains Richard Farmer.
Victorian election minus nine days
From dodgy phone polls to the current betting odds and the Brumby vs. Baillieu showdown, William Bowe wraps up the latest news from the upcoming Victorian election.
An autopsy of the QF32 near disaster
Reviewing the damage done to the Qantas Airbus A380 QF32 on November 4 makes it clear why Qantas was quick and correct in grounding its A380 fleet. Ben Sandilands gets out the scalpel.
Crowd-sourcing your apartment
A fascinating initiative and competition called LifeEdited, in which designers compete to offer the very best environmentally sustainable, space saving, practical yet attractive design options for a small apartment in NYC.
Tales of child labour in the USA
Check out these incredible-but-heartbreaking photos of child workers in America at the turn of the century, smoking cigarettes and walking on the railways. Their eyes look older than their bodies do.
The AFL Draft: good, but not quite NBA standard yet
The AFL Draft has become a spectacle unto itself, full of gangly teenage boys and carefully manufactured events but, as Back Page Lead’s Ashley Browne writes, it has a little way to go yet.
