The WikiLeaks cables — far more significant than anyone has acknowledged — will change governments. But both the mainstream media and the federal government appear to be completely oblivious to the fact.
December, 2010
Church campaign gets a win: ANZ turns its back on cluster bombs
ANZ will no longer have anything to do with weapons such as cluster bombs and land mines, after pressure from the Uniting Church prompted a change in lending policy.
Guy Rundle: WikiLeaks — time for a register
What is required now is a sign up registry for the two complete logs (with Cablegate still to come), by which media outlets, journo schools and individual groups could sign up to cover manageable chunks of the material, and then link back whatever work they get out of it, to the register.
Inside the Department of Health and Ageing: a document dump
A wealth of information about the structures, programs and processes of the Department of Health and Ageing has been released in response to FOI requests for the department’s brief to the incoming government.
Cheep, cheep, cheap they shrill … but what is a cheap property?
Is a 3% yield on a relatively risky asset (when you can get 6.5% in bank account) a cheap investment?
Australia never stood a chance in FIFA’s back scratching world
Australia’s rejection as host of the 2022 World Cup was as unsurprising as it was brutal, writes a disgruntled football fan and anonymous Crikey reader.
Letter from...: Qatar, their Cup runneth over
When the World Cup bid win announcement was made, the Qatar crowd erupted, as did several strategically placed glitter cannons loaded with little plastic Qatari flags. Parents hugged children, men hugged men, and ex-pats shook locals’ hands.
Mayne: CEO’s salaries, Rupert’s package and still counting the votes…
Beating up on executive pay is a no brainer for the tabloid media, but it seems the Herald Sun has differing standards when it comes to its own.
Why editors rarely sue for defamation
Editors rarely sue for defamation in the modern era, for many good reasons, writes Mark Pearson, professor of journalism at Bond University.
Fine mess looms in Fine Art at RMIT: ‘Hands off Cox’, say students
Now it is the RMIT’s School of Art’s turn for an internal dispute over a proposed restructure in the Fine Art program. It has turned into a public campaign, writes Crikey intern Alison Drew-Forster.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The WikiLeaks conundrum
Crikey readers have their say.
Big Ideas Larissa Behrendt: indigenous policy — three fixes in three minutes
There have been claims that plenty of money has been spent on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with little impact. Here are three targeted policy initiatives that would give guaranteed good results, writes Larissa Behrendt, Professor of Law and director of research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at the University of Technology.
Nine’s new logo motive a Clayton’s rebranding
PBL Media and the Nine Network are no more; it’s now Nine Entertainment Co and Nine Television, well sort of.
Morning Market Report: December is off to a flyer
Markets have their best two day gain since July.
Daily Proposition: Stop, look, listen
Turn off the iPhone and just sit and listen. Alison Drew-Forster practised the forgotten art of being idle and realised it was a cheap and easy form of entertainment.
Media briefs: More drama at Aunty … Robot Karl …
In today’s Media Briefs, Leigh Sales and Chris Uhlmann are confirmed as co-hosts for The 7:30 Report, Four Corners is set to turn 50 in 2011, The Daily Tele gets its knuckles wrapped, Robert Pattinson is a vampire pillow-biter and more….
Political snippets: An accurate description
I have yet to read anything in the current batch of Wikileaks that has changed my opinion about any of the countries reported on by those American diplomats in their dispatches back home.
Video of the Day: So many crocs, so few pages
We’re long-time fans of the quality NT News newspaper and you too can join in the “crocs! bikinis! beer! UFOs!” fun in their ‘Editor for a Day’ competition. While it’s good to know the editorial team are in on the joke, it’s a little worrying…
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Making plans in Victoria. Overheard on a Melbourne train late afternoon of December 1: two friends discussing the state election result, one a public servant who appears to be working on the new government’s legislative project. Said public servant seemed to be a Liberal supporter and seemed to be boasting that the majority of the […]
Controlling QF32 a constant issue for pilots, says new report
The controllability of the Airbus A380 — Qantas flight QF32 on November 4 — when a Rolls-Royce engine disintegrated after taking off from Singapore was a constant issue for its pilots, according to the preliminary report into the incident by the ATSB.
Opera float: national company looks for new harbour-side fans
It will be opera watered down, quite literally. Imagine 3000-odd people watching a Verdi masterpiece floating on the most photographed harbour in the world.
