The typical story you hear relating to farm injuries is one of doom and gloom when a misfortunate farmer, worker or sometimes a child, has died or suffered serious lifelong injuries as a result of an accident. Thankfully this is not one of those stories, writes Tony Lower.
February, 2011
Lest we forget
London’s Daily Mail has not pulled any punches in remembering the way that Tony Blair’s Labor Government treated the Libya of dictator Colonel Gaddafi, writes Richard Farmer.
Newspoll: back to 50-50
The Gillard government pulled itself up two points this fortnight to return to 50-50 in the two-party preferred. Julia Gillard opened a 53-31 lead over Tony Abbott as preferred prime minister, up from 48-35, writes William Bowe.
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Ten top notch iPad paintings
Artists are increasingly turning to the iPad for new, rich digital canvases. Mashable list their favourite 10 landscape “paintings” from around the world.
The Four Estate’s corrosive effect on politics
Journalists often write stories about the dire state of contemporary politics but they fail to shine a light on how their own industry is making the political environment worse, writes Mr Denmore.
Uncertainty about Portugal continues
Confidence that economic problems in Portugal have been solved appears to be slipping. The yield on the country’s 10 year bonds rose as high as 7.59% on Friday, reports Richard Farmer.
healthcare What will we learn from the Medicare Locals tender documents?
The tender documents for the first of the new primary health care organisations known as Medicare Locals are expected to be released any day now. Dr Harry Hemley has some questions about how they will work.
Bob Gosford’s truck of the week: the Bedford J
Forty-five years ago a small group of stockmen at a remote Northern Territory cattle station made a decision that changed the industrial, political and social landscape of the NT forever, and they did it with a little held from the Bedford J, writes Bob Gosford.
NSW Libs: this century’s most soporific election launch
Tony Abbott summed up the state Liberal campaign in a sentence; Barry O’Farrell, the King of the small targets, will Get Things Done.
Essential: Labor edges up, but voters rate Rudd as PM …
Labor has edged ahead in today’s Essential report poll - but Julia Gillard doesn’t compare favourably to her predecessor.
The Golden Choc-Tops: drugs and debauchery, and the most under-rated film of 2010
Today we present the first two gongs in Crikey’s inaugural Golden Choc-Top awards: The Charlie Sheen Award for Most Spectacular Cinematic Display of Drugs and Debauchery and The Most Under-Rated Film of 2010.
Gaddafi reads the same script as Ben Ali and Mubarak — but headed for a bloodier end
The Gaddafi regime sounds just like the Ben Ali and Mubarak regimes — only, it is inflicting a far bloodier toll on protesters.
Some nuggets of interest in predictable Broadmeadows
It’s setting the bar pretty low to say that Saturday’s byelection for the Victorian state seat of Broadmeadows was more interesting than expected.
Frank McGuire for Vic Premier?
Will Frank McGuire be the next Labor premier of Victoria? That’s what Melbourne powerbrokers are mulling over this morning after the Broady boy turned Brighton silvertail completed his predictable victory waltz to a seat in the Victorian lower house.
Gottliebsen: the big holes in AXA’s valuation
The AXA affair is one of the most remarkable and disturbing takeovers in Australia’s history, says Robert Gottliebsen of Business Spectator. The real devil is very much in the detail.
Borders and A&R simply got the business model wrong
Should the demise of the mega bookseller come as a surprise? Probably not.
Faulkner, Bracks and Carr fight against the historical tide
Reversing Labor’s long-term decline in party membership looks unlikely when volunteerism is declining across developed countries.
‘Unhealthy’ pesticide use lost as Macadamia industry massages media
The Valentine’s Day Media Massage — 15 minutes head and neck — was part of the Australian Macadamia Society’s preparation for a coming campaign to market the humble nuts.
Libya ‘not like Egypt or Tunisia’: Gaddafi’s son
Anti-government protests in Libya have moved from the second city of Benghazi to the capital Tripoli, as Colonel Muammar Gaddafi cracks down on unrest that threatens to unseat him from his 40-year reign as ruler.
Stokes deal: WAN to become the new version of Seven Media
WAN will go from being undergeared and a sleepy Perth-based newspaper company, to being the new version of Seven Media Group.
In Bahrain, a bloody day for martyrs
“I’ve never seen such evil,” said one Bahraini protester as the people stormed the city and ambulances ferried the dead. Soraya Lennie, an Al Jazeera producer in Bahrain, reports on impending revolution.
PM Berlusconi facing two years as commondant klinked
Berlusconi’s lawyers may be skilful enough to keep him out of court on April 6 but he is facing a potential jail term of 15 years for these two charges, writes Jo McKenna from Rome
Daily Proposition: watch an Aussie musical, via Russia, come to life
It’s a rare all-Aussie musical, thanks to America via Soviet Russia. So is the highly-anticipated Anthony Warlow vehicle Doctor Zhivago any good? Lloyd Bradford Syke has the first review.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: ‘Islam in Australia’ a debate we should be allowed to have
Crikey readers have their say.
