Thousands of Australian investors rue the day they invested in the Centro Group of companies, writes Martin Dougherty, a former senior journalist and part-time business consultant.
March, 2011
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Why carbon pricing is a taxing issue
Crikey readers have their say.
Morning Market Report: Markets down as China downgrades forecast
China downgraded its GDP forecasts from 7.5% to 7.0% for the next five years
Daily Proposition: Exercise, religiously
There’s something very Catholic church about the gym. If you don’t fancy yourself the exercising type have no fear, says Alexandra Patrikios — just have a little faith.
Media briefs: New-look 7.30 … YouTube gets professional … Murdoch at this most powerful …
Finally, it appeared — all shiny and new, fronted by Leigh Sales and Chris Uhlmann. So what did the media make of the new-look 7.30? Newsreader on gays: from ‘disgusting’ to support.
Political snippets: Time to do it not talk about it
In his role as acting Prime Minister this morning, Wayne Swan was talking the talk about the need for Labor to sell the reasons why Australia has to do something to combat global warming.
Video of the Day: This week in RE:VIEW
The latest episode of RE:VIEW, Crikey’s weekly video program featuring Crikey website editor and film blogger Luke Buckmaster. This week he checks out animated film Rango and the Farrelly brothers’ latest Hall Pass.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
President reserved ‘for one of us’. I thought you might be interested in the following forwarded email doing the rounds of Canberra APS offices… Nominations for SNoG Executive close this Thurday 3 March with voting from next Monday 7 - Friday 11 March. Through an agreement of reciprocal voting with DIISR, FaHCSIA, ANAO and DMO […]
Crikey Says: Crikey says: the f-word
From someone who knows what they’re talking about — Eva Cox in today’s Crikey (she’s on your postage stamp for a reason)…
Charlie Sheen officially fired. Still “winning,” Charlie?
Charlie Sheen has now officially been fired from Two & a Half Men. With no mention of a show cancellation, it will probably continue without him, reports Dan Barrett.
Australian domain names: two million and counting
The number of .com.au domain names registered in Australia has now exceeded two million. The industry is currently going gangbusters, with nearly a quarter having been sold in the last 12 months, writes Patrick Staffords.
Could we have a Chinese Jetstar-like competitor?
There are some awesome implications in this morning’s announcement of a new memorandum of agreement between Australia and China on increased flights, being a 50% rise in available seats to China and a possible low-cost regional Chinese airline, reports Ben Sandilands.
The feminist struggle: a lot like Groundhog Day
It may be International Women’s Day but the feminist struggle is about a lot more than high-profile advocacy and public campaigns, writes Shakira Hussein.
From tiny Tuvalu: the island being destroyed by climate change
Tuvalu local Reverend Tafue Lusama tells the tragic tale of climate change destroying his homeland, from increasing king tides to coral bleaching and salt water destroying local crops and industry.
A Community Service from First Dog on the Moon
Much loved Crikey cartoonist First Dog on the Moon explains the unfortunate incident of the “Miss March” imaged used in this year’s Crikey calendar, offering instead a variety of less-offensive substitute images.
Video RE:VIEW — Rango and Hall Pass
In this week’s episode of Crikey’s video show RE:VIEW Luke Buckmaster discusses Johnny Depp’s performance as a law enforcing lizard in Rango and Hall Pass, the latest comedy from gross out kings Peter and Bobby Farrelly.
Hackers, loathsome characters and antisocial cinematic behaviour
W H Chong discovered striking similarities between The Social Network and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo: both feature a fiercely antisocial protagonist who is surrounded by loathsome characters and computer hacking hijinks.
Who has snagged @medicarelocal and www.medicarelocal.com.au?
Who had been so canny as to secure a spot in cyberspace for medicarelocal.com.au? asks Melissa Sweet. Apparently the Eastern Ranges GP Association had the foresight to grab a Twitter account name and web domain in the Medicare Local name.
Abbott’s amazing ability to make an audience of supporters cheer
The ABC online reported that Tony Abbott found an enthusiastic cheering audience in Adelaide. What it neglected to mention was that the crowd were Liberal supporters, writes Jeremy Saunders.
Newspoll: 54-46 to Coalition
The first carbon tax Newspoll has Labor receiving roughly the expected hit on voting intention, with a double dose for Julia Gillard personally, writes William Bowe.
Why is Bradley Manning forced to sleep naked?
Bradley Manning, the young US soldier accused of leaking classified military information to WikiLeaks, is banned from wearing clothes at night thanks to half-hearted claims he is a suicide risk. Army court-martial defence specialist David E. Coombs explains the bungled logic.
Did 60 Minutes break the law in revealing girl?
Putting the underage girl-of-the-moment involved in the tawdry AFL scandal was a ratings success for 60 Minutes, but did Channel Nine break the law by naming and revealing her identity?
