Cyclone Yasi hit Australia more than a month ago, but one town that wasn’t even damaged by the storm is still suffering the consequences of a mass evacuation.
March, 2011
Political snippets: Labor’s big tax negative
That NSW Liberal Leader Barry O’Farrell bothered to include criticism of a carbon tax in his presentation last night to a voters forum on the State election tells me that the pollsters are finding that this is a very big negative for the Labor Party.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Japan crisis: words from US consulate. My son is a 15-year resident of Japan and has many contacts with expatriates, including embassy and media executives. To help balance the skewed reporting on the “nuclear meltdown”, here’s a release from the US ambassador to Tokyo: Subject: Message from the US Ambassador in Tokyo: positive news Dear […]
Crikey Says: When will Murdoch disown phone tapping?
As the UK phone-tapping scandal envelops News Corporation there’s one highly conspicuous missing element: Rupert Murdoch.
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Inside the iPad 2
It’s a shiny little tablet, but Bill Detwiler cracks open his iPad 2 — using a hair-dryer to prise the glass off — to reveal what lies inside.
How Hollywood reacts when art too closely resembles life
The Atlantic presents a timeline of how Hollywood reacts when fiction errs uncomfortably close to reality, including how real life events prompted changes to Dr Stangelove, Melrose Place, Bruno and many other productions.
So long, farewell, or maybe another president Clinton?
Hillary Clinton has announced she will not stand for a second term as Secretary of State, and The Atlantic notes the four clear reactions to the news: sadness, scepticism, speculation or succession.
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How small businesses use social media
Did you know small business social media accounts get on average more comments than personal accounts? Or that Twitter is the best online forum to engage customers? Mashable presents a small business and social media infographic.
NSW election minus 10 days
William Bowe wraps the latest news and updates — from the latest Newspoll to where Greens preferences will be going — from the upcoming NSW election.
France and Germany urge nationals to leave Tokyo ASAP
While it may seem unduly dramatic, France and Germany have urged their nationals to leave Tokyo as soon as possible and Air France has been directed to provide an emergency airlift, reports Ben Sandilands.
Gazing into the pocket-sized crystal ball of mobile gadgetry
What does the future have in store for mobile gadgets? We know they will get thinner and lighter, but how will they change our lives and what will they do? Farhad Manjoo discusses the big future of small devices.
Rundle: Libya and the anti-imperialist left (part 2)
The second part of Guy Rundle’s examination of ideology, audacity and politics in Libya (head here for part 1). If you share the cause of a people’s revolution, and express solidarity with them, then a request for support from a legitimite leadership shines the light back on you.
Nuclear radiation diverts flights
Qantas insists its decision to ensure flight crews do not overnight in Tokyo is for logistical reasons rather than radioactivity concerns, but the Australian and International Pilot Association sees it differently, reports Ben Sandilands.
Netflix launches original programming
Netflix are set to upset the apple cart in a serious way with a report filed by Deadline Hollywood revealing that they are set to launch a $100 million original TV series, with the pilot to be helmed by David Fincher.
Bitar’s reign of mayhem comes to an end
Karl Bitar departs Labor’s national secretaryship, leaving a smoking ruin where viable political parties once stood.
An economic recovery not led by housing
Australian Bureau of Statistics figures for dwelling unit commencements give a seasonally adjusted estimate falling 5.3% in the December quarter which follows a fall of 13.0% in the September quarter.
Mysterious anti-piracy report to be released ‘this week’
An anti-piracy lobby group has bowed to pressure and released a controversial report on the impact of internet piracy on the Australian economy, following howls of protest over its existence and veracity.
NSW Labor faces a leadership vacuum
Ten days to go now to the New South Wales election, and Labor, not surprisingly, just wants it to be over.
Essential: What do voters think about Territory rights?
Labor, Liberal and Greens voters all feel strongly on the idea that territories’ laws can be overridden on the whim of Federal Ministers — they dislike it.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: Japan? Ask Kevin Rudd…
With news dominated by the devastation in Japan, the Australian media again somehow managed to briefly turn it into another Kevin Rudd issue.
Japan’s nuclear farce
A plume of radioactive particles extending into the stratosphere from the Fukushima Daiichi reactor complex makes a mockery of claims that Japan’s nuclear crisis isn’t comparable to the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.
Australian Academy of Science: climate change to continue well after 2100
It is expected that, if greenhouse gas emissions continue at business-as-usual rates, global temperatures will further increase significantly over the coming century and beyond.
CEOs … just when does the use-by date kick in?
One of the most vexed questions in high-level corporate decision making is when is the appropriate time for a successful executive to retire or resign.
News of the World scandal looms as company’s Watergate
The ever-developing News of the World phone-hacking scandal is taking on a full baroque complexity, with the latest being the bizarre failed trial of corrupt private detective Jonathan Rees for murder.
