News Limited’s hypocrisy on nepotisim, The Age’s Saturday media column ‘Media Browser’ as dead as a carbon-tax promise and other media tidbits of the day.
March, 2011
Political snippets: Dear Labor MPs: remember, we don’t have a majority government
Don’t let the majority rule. Just as there are many in the Liberal and National parties having difficulty accepting that they did not win the last election, there are a fair number of Labor Party MPs who don’t understand that their lot are not in control of the Parliament either. Greens senator Christine Milne put it […]
Video of the Day: A hokey political speech, with pelvic thrusts
SA Liberal Senator Mary Jo Fisher took to dancing the Hokey Pokey and The Time Warp in her speech against a carbon price, resulting in one of the most memorable political speeches we’ve seen in a while. And not memorable in a good way.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Doctors wait for pay in NSW. Visiting specialists at NSW public hospitals have not been paid for any work done since the end of November 2010. There has been no official communication about this, although rumour suggests everything from computer problems to ministerial direction as a cause. Is it any wonder morale is so bad […]
Crikey Says: Climate change: the long view
Today, Crikey kicks off a new series we like to call Climate Change: The Long View.
The stories that cost $40,000 to write
While popular opinion indicates that journalism stories are getting shorter, the former editor of the NY Times magazine says it was the indepth, long-form journalism that were the best-read and the most-emailed stories. But who’ll pay for them?
Mendoza: The lack of mental health funding is killing our citizens
John Mendoza, former Chair of the National Advisory Council on Mental Health attacks the systematic failures of mental health care in this country, saying that facilities are grossly underfunded and suicide has become a serious national issue.
Wasilla or the White House?
Slate put together a brilliant Palin-o-meter, tracking the “will she, won’t she” rumours of whether or not Sarah Palin will run a 2012 Presidential Campaign. Current stats: 51% chance Palin will go for it.
Farewell to the mercury thermometer
Do you have fond memories of when the thermometer broke and little balls of liquid mercury rolled across the floor? Now regulations are tightening over the use of mercury in thermometers and Sam Kean pays it tribute.
Cover design mulched on The Book Show
Book designer and blogger W H Chong was interviewed by ABC Radio’s The Book Show about the recent cover he designed for Lloyd Jones’ Hand Me Down World and the unique process that is book cover design.
Jetstar’s ingrained culture of bastardry
Less than a week after it was caught demanding a higher airfare from a nurse that broke her journey on a Jetstar flight to look after a dying passenger, the airline is making headlines for disgraceful conduct following the Christchurch earthquake, reports Ben Sandilands.
The Unhinging, in interpretive dance
South Australian Liberal Senator Mary Jo Fisher yesterday cast caution, sense and dignity to the wind with an extraordinary performance in the Senate, busting out the Hokey Pokey and The Time Warp to complain about a carbon price. Dear god, why? asks Jeremy Sear.
Libya I’ve just backed the dictator
Now I know the odds are against him. But 6/1 ($7.0) about Colonel Gaddafi still being in charge of at least part of Libya at the end of the year just seemed to good to me to resist, writes betting man Richard Farmer.
20 classics in 2011 #3: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
As part of her quest to read 20 classics in 2011, Angela Meyer read Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. While it was great fun:”I wish I’d read it as a kid of about 11 or 12. It would have been absolutely thrilling, then.”
Could someone win the Nobel prize twice?
The betting markets on who will win the Nobel Peace Prize have opened Aung San Suu Kyi as the favourite. She, after-all, won the prize back in 1991 and it would be an amazing thing to win again 20 years later. Can she win again? asks Richard Farmer.
What voters think of a carbon price
Over the next 12 months, we’ll have more polls on pricing carbon than we can poke a stick at. So it’s worth taking a squiz at where public views of carbon pricing sit at the starting gates of what will probably be a bit of a rollercoaster, writes Possum Comitatus.
Tweet your way to success
There’s plenty of examples of celebrities struggling with social media (Stephanie Rice, anyone?), but that doesn’t mean your own business should avoid interacting with customers online. Oliver Milman offers his best business tips.
Jason Wharburton announced as Ten CEO
James Wharburton, the Chief Sales and Digital Officer of the Seven Media Group, has been appointed as the new CEO of Ten Network Holdings Ltd, reports Dan Barrett.
Apple staffer: don’t bother buying the new iPad
Tomorrow marks the release of the iPad 2, the first big news since the original iPad came out last year. But according to an anonymous Apple staffer, the iPad 2 is only a minor update, it’ll be the iPad 3 that’ll be worth the Apple fan boy screams.
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The new Tiananmen Squares
As the revolution domino effect topples through the Middle East, Foreign Policy goes on a tour of the town squares where the democracy demonstrations — and the murders — are taking place.
healthcare Why the tobacco industry is bad for public health (beyond the obvious reasons)
Everybody knows the basic reasons why the tobacco industry is bad for public health. But here are five examples of how tobacco giants block potentially important policies.
Guy Rundle: Eye on The Guardian and Assange
Private Eye hit the UK streets with a long story detailing a rather bizarre conversation between Julian Assange, the grey blur, and the Eye’s editor.
National accounts numbers have us right where the RBA wants
After talk of a recession, the Australian economy grew in the last quarter of 2010, but with no signs of inflation.
