This year was the year of the iPad. It’s hard to believe that Steve Jobs revealed it to the world just 11 months ago and that 7 million have been sold. But it wasn’t the only media blockbuster of the year…
December, 2010
Hamilton: the politics of WikiLeaks
The leaking of police reports detailing the victim statements of two women accusing Julian Assange of r-pe is a serious denial of justice.
Maley: Asia’s growing Euro angst
Asia might be enjoying booming economic growth, but officials in the region are worried about the potential of the European sovereign debt crisis to trigger a new global financial crisis, writes Karen Maley.
Were Customs and the Navy ready for Christmas Island rescue?
Questions have been raised about the preparedness of Australian Navy and Customs personnel in responding to last Wednesday’s Christmas Island asylum-seeker boat wreck.
Boobs, booze and planes: Crikey’s top stories of 2010
In a year that saw the federal election, a hung parliament and the WikiLeaks embassy cable scandal, what was the biggest Crikey story of the year? Why, it’s a Crikey Video of the Day. Sometimes we hate the internet.
New York shows ASIC the way to pounce on GFC villains
While US authorities have taken legal action against failed companies, ASIC, Australia’s so-called corporate watchdog, has laid no criminal charges and only a smattering of civil actions against the villains of the GFC.
Wankley Awards: And the Gold Wankley for worst media stunt of the year goes to …
The 2010 Crikey Wankley Awards offer a roll-call of the worst of the worst in Australian media — the beat-ups and bust-ups; a who’s who of shameless spinners, choleric columnists and starry-eyed, scandal-seeking gutter rats. But who’s the ultimate winner?
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: No easy answers on asylum seekers
Crikey readers have their say.
Daily Proposition: Float into Coppola’s new slice-of-life
Writer/director Sofia Coppola’s slow-moving slice-of-life drama Somewhere follows the day-to-day routine of a Hollywood star as he drifts between hotels, press junkets, floozy women and juggles the duties of being a father. Stephen Dorff plays Johnny Marco, a big-name Hollywood actor forever whisked between photo ops, publicists and gushing fans. The focus is very much […]
Media briefs: Laboring over Vic loss … editing the NT News
Surely, entrusting an unqualified novice with the institution that is the NT News — home of headlines such as “Man Bashed By Prawn” and “Garden Gnomes Busted For Drugs” — was a dangerous move? Plus, rats in the NSW Labor ranks and other media snippets of the day.
Political snippets: Gina and tonic of strange bedfellows
And the end result of that invasion of Iraq? Christians are trying to quit the country to avoid being murdered and those that remain are too scared to celebrate Christmas.
Video of the Day: Grandma reads 50 Cent tweets
A lovely old lady reads out tweets by rapper 50 Cent.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Climate Change in debt… The Department of Climate Change is planning a major debt recovery program in the New Year to recover hundreds of millions of dollars rorted under the Household Insulation Program/Low Emmission Assistance Program for Renters, and rescue packages including the Insulation Industry Assistance Program. The Department continues to mismanage not only the […]
Crikey Says: Is gotcha journalism the only scoop left?
British politics is in uproar today because a senior cabinet minister, Business Secretary Vince Cable, made a whole lot of indiscreet comments published in The Daily Telegraph about Rupert Murdoch.
Rundle: the trouble with being Assange
Julian Assange has begun to be pilloried not merely for the mass release of diplomatic material, or for alleged transgressions in Sweden, but also for, well for being him.
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St Kilda sex scandal photos revealed (if it were the Renaissance)
What if the widely circulated images at the centre of the “NickiLeaks” saga of St Kilda players Nick Riewoldt, Zac Dawson and Nick Del Santo were released during the 16th century? A time before Twitter and Facebook? A time when a compromising image was considered a work of art.
Sonic Mulchings 2010
From the godfather of rap to sonic poetry and classical tunes, W H Chong offers his best musical encounters of 2010. It’s an eclectic mix of videos, podcasts, albums and live performances.
Ask a climate scientist Is ‘natural’ climate change just as bad as ‘man-made’?
So what happens if we finally get all the climate policies into action, cut down carbon emissions, sign a global agreement etc and then Mother Nature throws us severe droughts, floods and other major natural disasters anyway? Amber Jamieson asks a group of climate scientists.
Two internets: one for the rich, one for the poor
The US Federal Communications Commission has approved a set of net neutrality laws granting concessions to carriers and continuing to allow them to create “fast lanes” which may see the internet be split into a fast service for the rich and a slow service for the poor, writes Dan Lyons.
Risks for the Australian economy in 2011
Strong commodities for 2011 will keep Australia’s national income and employment rate solid but the economy faces numerous risks to its growth, and the key for next year will be coupling the forces of market inflation with Western deflation, writes David Llewellyn-Smith.
Health reform: where have we been and where are we headed?
Drawing breath after a very busy year, Carol Bennett from the Consumers Health Forum reflects on what has been achieved in health reform in Australia and what lies in store for the future.
Going to the flicks: still Australia’s #1 cultural activity
Figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show going to the movies is still Australia’s most popular cultural activity, with over two thirds of Australians aged 15 years and over attending the cinema at least once in the last 12 months, reports Richard Farmer.
Coalition strains in the UK
The coalition in the UK between Conservatives and Liberal Democrats struck Richard Farmer as mightily strange from the moment it was formed. It’s like the Australian Democrats supporting the GST — the party never recovered from that.
