Pat Byrne introduces “Game-in-a-box”: where he thinks outside the square in bringing you the game of the week as he sees it … in a box. This week its Rabbitohs vs. Bulldogs.
March, 2011
Televised Revolution Podcast – Episode 33
2011 really is the year where digital is impacting on the television in a big way. This week the Televised Revolution Podcast examines how traditional TV companies are exploring the online space, while reacting to the changes that online mean for them.
Gill, Burge depart Financial Review
News Limited defector Brett Clegg has been formally announced as CEO of Fairfax’s ailing Financial Review Group, with the paper’s editor, Glenn Burge, set to be moved elsewhere in the Fairfax empire.
Positive developments at Japanese nuclear reactors
The International Atomic Energy Agency believes there have been some positive developments in the last 24 hours, but the overall situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant remains very serious, writes Richard Farmer.
Final week of the NSW election
Less than a week before the axe falls in NSW, to the extent that the commencement of pre-polling at the start of this week hasn’t lowered it already. William Bowe offers local level intelligence from around the place.
Parting With My Sex by Lucy Chesser
Is a woman who travels from Ireland to Australia, poses as a man, marries three women, apparently fathers a child, and gets away with it for 20 years, boring? Or is this not the stuff of Australian legend? Matthew Giles examines Lucy Chesser’s Parting With My Sex.
Libya strikes heat up
Crikey media wrap: Libyan military forces announced a ceasefire early today between Muammar Gaddafi loyalists and protesters, but the news was met with more air strikes over the Libyan capital Tripoli, including near the dictator’s residence.
Limitless movie review: a rollicking SCI-FI druggy drama
Adapted from a novel by Alan Glynn, director Neil Burger’s Limitless imagines what life would be like if a designer drug were available that could unlock the human mind’s full potential. It’s a rollicking ride, says Luke Buckmaster.
travel Escaping capitalism (juste un peu) in France
It’s the social capital not the economic capital that runs the best businesses in France. Why go to an all-in-one supermarket when you can drop by your favourite bakery for a hot croissant and a chat? asks Carolyne Lee.
War of words over Australian profits, losses
Fading Financial Review supremo Michael Gill made the audacious claim that his main daily print competitor The Australian “loses $70 million a year”.
Essential: NSW Labor’s position getting worse, quickly
A week out from the NSW election, Labor’s poor position has deteriorated further, according to a new Essential poll.
Virgin Blue chief flies the Aussie flag at Senate inquiry
Virgin Blue’s CEO John Borghetti wrapped the group in the Australian flag and promised more local jobs and the reduction of existing off-shore activity where possible.
Crikey Clarifier: What’s involved in a no-fly zone?
The global response to the crisis in Libya finally came this morning: a UN-imposed no-fly zone over the disputed country. So what is it, and how will it be enforced? Crikey asked military expert Dr Garth Pratten.
Political snippets: Fukushima: who and what to trust?
I am in the ranks of the confused when it comes to understanding the seriousness of what is happening at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants.
Sockpuppets and screengrabs make for more fun for Anonymous
It pays to be careful what you allow to be filmed in an interview if you want to remain secret.
Tarkine wilderness area … Heritage Council’s assessment at risk
Our natural heritage is too important to leave in the hands of politicians and a politicised bureaucracy, write Andrew Macintosh and Deb Wilkinson, from the ANU’s Australian Centre for Environmental Law.
Garnaut injects some reform wisdom into an inept government
Ross Garnaut has given Labor some pointers on mixing policy with politics when it comes to carbon pricing.
Einfeld from hard cell to hard sell with a PR man
Disgraced former Federal Court justice, Marcus Einfeld, has engaged a flim flam man for his departure from Silverwater jail in Sydney’s west tomorrow morning, writes Candace Sutton, former Labor adviser and freelance journalist.
Kohler: fugitives of Japan’s climate fallout
We make far more money from coal and gas than uranium exports, so if worldwide uranium demand collapses and is replaced by demand for coal and gas it is fabulous news for the national economy.
NSW election: (not so) private member’s bill takes on a new meaning
The Nudist Party’s candidate, in an apparently self-defeating aim, wants to abolish the state government itself, writes Candace Sutton former Labor adviser and freelance journalist.
AFP struggles to regain control of ‘violent’ Christmas Is protests
Australian Federal Police are struggling to regain control of the ongoing situation on Christmas Island, as detainees continue their week of protests by burning down accommodation tents and throwing rocks.
Guy Rundle: Fukushima directly from the Dr Strangelove script
The Fukushima disaster is not merely about one event at one plant. A pause on nuclear power is spreading across the world, with China — China — the latest country to announce a pause on construction to examine the industry.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Radiation and cancer et al
Crikey readers have their say.
