Why all the moaning from the food industry about nasty Coles and its price cutting and naughty imports?
March, 2011
It’s official: Australia is the No.1 place to be
While nobody was noticing, late last year Australia pipped Norway to achieve the highest standard of living in the world.
climate change The Australian Academy of Science: what is climate change?
The period for estimating climate is usually 30 years or more, long enough to sample a full range of weather.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Bradley Manning: human rights martyr?
Crikey readers have their say.
Daily Proposition: Take your evening jog bare — from the ankles down, at least
Go barefoot. Provided you dodge any real nasties — glass, sharps, bear traps — your feet might just thank you for it, writes Crikey reader Jim Forbes.
Media briefs: A James Packer exclusive? … NT News, the cat and the UFO …
Here’s a press release by The CEO Magazine titled “The CEO Magazine Exclusive Interview With James Packer”. We can’t tell if they have an exclusive interview with James Packer or not… Plus other media tidbits of the day.
Political snippets: No signs yesterday of parliamentary reform
Attempts by members of the cross bench at the start of this parliament to make question time in the House of Representatives a meaningful part of parliamentary democracy have clearly failed.
Video of the Day: Downhill bike riding madness in Chile
Are you in the mood to watch crazy downhill bike riding through an obstacle course in Chile? Of course you are.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Budgets get cut, but not air-conditioning. At a very large Queensland state primary school in the outer western metropolitan suburbs of Brisbane, teachers’ resources budgets were cut from $500 to $400 per year (when in fact many teachers spend upwards of thousands of dollars). Within a month of this, the principal and deputy principal offices had […]
Crikey Says: Crikey says: a meeting with the most powerful person in the world
Julia Gillard leaves tomorrow for her first American Journey as prime minister.
Libya 
Gaddaf’s slick charlatan son
Muammar Gaddafi’s charismatic son Saif, long celebrated as a liberal-minded advocate of civil society and democracy, was last week exposed for what he is: the ferocious son of a diabolical dictator, says Judith Miller.
The Middle East revolution that you haven’t heard of yet
Oman is traditionally one of the most stable countries of the Middle East, but recent anti-government demonstrations left six dead from clashes with authorities. It’s not the youth-led furious protests of Egypt and others, so how will it end?
Why tabloid media prefer doom and gloom, and why people believe it
According to most tabloid media, society is on a devastating slide towards anarchy and chaos. Jeremy Sear reflects on tabloid’s doomsday attitude and why consumers lap it up.
Baby dolphins washing up dead in the Gulf
Alarming numbers of bottleknecked dolphins are dying in the Gulf of Mexico this season, with a large percentage just babies. Is it due to the infamous BP spill from last year? Scientists aren’t ruling it out.
Music’s latest phenomenon: the Tuk-Tuk sessions
Allan Soutaris and a fellow Aussie living in Cambodia created the Tuk-Tuk Sessions to share music and provide friends and family with a visual tour of the vibrant street life in Phnom Penh.
How corporations are attempting to cash in on Charlie Sheen and “winning”
Charlie Sheen’s new catchphrase “winning” has bounced around the Twitterverse and companies such as Ford and McDonalds are trying to make the most of it, reports Alexis Madrigal.
My Cup Of Tea: Taxpayer dollars head to Hollywood
In screen policy, an open-ended and uncapped tax subsidy is considered a good thing. The bigger the film, the larger the tax-payer contribution, writes Ben Eltham.
Google an easy SEO target but retribution can be brutal
A couple of recent instances of shady search engine optimization techniques proves how easily Google rankings can be manipulated but the search engine’s response may be swift and brutal, writes Edward Wasserman.
Australia has a dancing Senator, the House of Commons an air guitarist
Our Senate might have SA Liberal Senator Mary Jo Fisher dancing the Hokey Pokey in her speech against a carbon price but Britain’s House of Commons has an air guitarist. Rock on! writes Richard Farmer.
Changes at the top of Federal Department of Health and Ageing
Two senior executives in the Department of Health and Ageing are moving on. Melissa Sweet explains who they are and what their positions entail.
film reviews Hall Pass: valid for easy laughs
Hall Pass, the latest blokey fart-jokes filled bonanza from the Farrelly brothers — previous hits include Dumb and Dumber and There’s Something About Mary — is more charming than expected. Luke Buckmaster gives it the green light.
Senate inquiry into training and safety extended
After the shocks that emerged in a Senate committee hearing last Friday concerning pilot training and airline safety in Australia the inquiry has been extended to May 4, reports Ben Sandilands.
