Much has been made around the traps of the fact that Colm Tóibín published a story in his last collection that used the word empty (and words deriving from it) fourteen times, though no one has bothered to acknowledge that the story in question was about an Irish bank robber trying to move a Rembrandt […]
November, 2010
Daily Proposition: Examining The Empty Family of Tóibín
Media briefs: Sometimes a correction isn’t enough … Oakes live tweets Insiders …
Commonwealth Bank CEO Ralph Norris took a pretty unusual — and assertive — step on the weekend, when he decided to run full page ‘correction’ ads in all metropolitan Fairfax and News Limited Saturday newspapers to refute a damaging story that ran in the Murdoch press last week. Plus other media news of the day.
Political snippets: Richard Farmer’s chunky bits
Little difference in the real world of politics. A seat or two in the lower house is of no real consequence when it comes to the influence the Greens will have on Victorian politics after this month’s election. If anything the decision of the state Liberals to follow the advice of John Howard and deny […]
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours:
The NHMRC has commissioned a review of the evidence about the use of naltrexone implants for opioid dependence. It was slated for release in September, then October, then November. Now word is that the review will not be released. Why not? Has the NHMRC been nobbled because the findings of the review don’t suit someone? […]
Video of the Day: West Wing Week
After reading in the New York Times about Obama’s official videographer, we had to check out the latest West Wing Week video, a weekly behind-the-scenes look at the US presidency. Michelle and Barack even busted out some Bollywood moves on their latest trip to India.
Crikey Says: Crikey says: Voters recognise that China is the main game
Australians, it seems, are well aware that their governments must operate in a far more multi-polar world than in previous decades.
Beware the beleaguered superpower
The international press is littered with stories discussing the butchered state of America’s economy. But beware any humiliated superpower, writes David Llewellyn-Smith, because they ain’t going to go quietly into the night. One word: tariffs.
12 ways to enhance/hack Youtube
Many of us have spent inordinate amounts of time on Youtube watching enlightening accounts of dogs running into walls and the latest installment of the OMG Cat. Mashable presents a bunch of ways you can enhance the Youtube experience.
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Nazi war criminals given a CIA-sponsored safe haven
New evidence has emerged from a 600 page report written in 2006 that the CIA collaborated with Nazi war criminals and granted them a safe haven in America, writes Toby Harnden.
Inside the Sarah Palin reality TV experience
Sarah Palin’s new reality TV program could very well qualify as the most expensive political advertisement ever made, writes Shushannah Walshe.
Reflections from a growing-up Harry Potter generation
Ten years has passed since the first Harry Potter movie waved its wand, and the fan boys and gals enrolled in Hogwarts appreciation society are older and maybe even wiser. Daily News presents a handful of then-and-now reflections.
Grattan: Gillard’s got her game on
While overseas at the G20 and APEC summits, Julia Gillard has impressively balanced foreign affairs with her home ground agenda. She’s also hobnobbed with Obama and gained substantial cred on the international circuit, writes Michelle Grattan.
The Event set to re-launch
Many people wrote off the SCI-FI television series The Event before we’d even seen it. There was a stench of death in the air but now the show is getting a mid-season re-launch, reports Dan Barrett.
Theatre review: Songs for Nobodies — completely transportive
Jukebox drama Songs For Nobodies - currently playing at Fairfax Studio in Melbourne - is unashamedly crowd-pleasing entertainment, as we’ve come to expect from our most successful female playwright, Joanna Murray-Smith. It is also a masterclass production, writes Jason Whittaker.
Andrew Bolt, the NBN and the supposed magic of wireless
In his latest sledging of the National Broadband Network, Herald Sun columnist Andrew Bolt has had another go at the “wireless will do everything ” argument. Pity it is ill informed and illogical, writes Dave Gaukroger.
Oakes: The new parliament is a snoozer
Australia’s federal hung parliament and the “new paradigm” was supposed to be an exciting and tumultuous time for politicians and the press. However, Julia Gillard’s determination to play it safe has resulted in an ass-numbing yawn fest, writes Laurie Oakes.
Farmer: Labor still ahead but Brumby’s a proven loser
There’s one thing we know about John Brumby as a political leader: he is a proven loser. So now the man who a decade ago was deemed by his own team as virtually unelectable is leading Labor to an election contest for the second time.
Victorian upper house tickets: Libs put Greens last
With their cards now on the table, the Victorian Coalition has indeed come good on its talk of putting the Greens last, writes William Bowe.
The Libs drop a preferences
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Crikey Media Wrap: The big bombshell of this year’s Victorian election campaign was dropped yesterday, with the Liberals’ shock announcement that it will will direct preferences to the ALP ahead of the Greens.
Introducing the new beast: The Daily Beast to merge with Newsweek
Popular news website The Daily Beast will merge with Newsweek, reports Tina Brown.
Good Feud Guide: Gerard Henderson vs. Peter Butt and Geraldine Willesee
John Gorton biographer Ian Hancock has denied claims by Sydney Institute director Gerard Henderson that he told Henderson there was “no evidence” ASIO spied on the former PM.
Remind me why I installed solar panels…
Yesterday The Australia Institute released a damning report on the federal government’s solar PV rebate program, written by associate director for the ANU Centre for Climate Law and Policy Andrew Macintosh. Here, a Crikey reader shares their solar tale of lament.
