Love your fat-laden fast food offerings, but watching your carb intake? KFC has the meal for you — spruiked far and wide in a marketing blitz costing the company virtually nothing.
March, 2011
Dictator Watch: Ethiopian despot hides behind snakes, dogs and guns
Behind the gates of this ‘luxury villa’ in Harare lives another member of the World’s Worst Dictator club — or so says our special Zimbabwe correspondent, who wasn’t mad enough to brave the snakes, dogs and guns and knock on the door to say G’day.
The extraordinary assault on Andrew Bolt
Again, the courts have been the venue for a savage attack on free speech, this time involving Andrew Bolt.
Bartholomeusz: is a Facebook bubble brewing?
There is a raging but inconclusive debate occurring in the US as to whether soaring valuations for so-called “social” companies are reflective of a boom or a bubble.
Stacking the shelves: the rise and rise of home brand products
As the pricing war between Coles and Woolworths heats up, there are concerns the push toward home brand products could see consumers left with less choice in their trolley. In part one of an ongoing series, Crikey examines the rise of generics — and market power.
Poll-bound Canadians at sixes and sevens over coalition concept
Canadians head to the polls on May 2 for the fourth time in just seven years, writes Greg Barns and Randall White.
Rundle: Libya still fluid, but rebels on the road to Tripoli
There is by now no question that allied support has been applied in favour of the revolution.
Crikey Says: Robbo offers no redemption
In 2008, at the height of the electricity privatisation saga, former Unions NSW secretary John Robertson took his seat in the NSW Upper House.
Morning Market Report: Quiet day at the market
A quiet day with trading volume at its lowest for the year. Personal spending rose more than expected in February.
Political snippets: No coalitions for us
There’s one theme Tony Abbott will not be able to borrow from the election campaign now under way in Canada. The Canadian Conservative government, forced to an early poll after losing a parliamentary vote, is running hard on the claim that re-electing it is the only way to avoid a coalition government.
The monstrous beauty of John Martin
Nineteenth century artist John Martin presented painting as theatre, with huge and colourful pictures full of shock and awe pitched to the bible reading public. Richard Dorment reflects on the provocative and enthralling nature of Martin’s “monstrosities.”
Good news and bad news for NSW Greens
There are still a few doubtful seats in New South Wales, with most of the remaining interest focused on the legislative council.
Media briefs: FOI on ABC News 24 … Delightful Dubai junket …
Today Tonight last night ran a suck piece on a rich horse race in Dubai and disclosed it was carried there by Emirates Airlines, so that’s why it didn’t mention any of the financial issues currently plaguing Dubai. Plus, other media news.
Melbourne Uni ‘restructure’ will cut expertise: staff
The University of Melbourne will restructure its senior professional staff and cut six jobs. Affected staff will have to reapply for new positions and have expressed concerns about a loss of professional expertise, writes Elizabeth Redman of Farrago.
Video of the Day: Airline safety, Richard Simmons-style
Airlines have always faced challenges in trying to engage passengers with safety instruction videos. Enter Richard Simmons, who finds a way to transform an ordinarily dry experience into a fabulous, high-octane fitness routine.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Fight against tree-rotting Rust. Myrtle Rust is the horrendous new leaf fungus from South America that may eventually infect half the trees in Australia … and kill a good proportion of them. Despite having authorities in a panic for nearly a year now, it has largely been ignored by government and the mainstream media. Maybe […]
How medical, nursing unions are blocking rural health solution
In a few months, the University of Queensland will graduate the country’s first crop of home-grown physician assistants, but it is far from clear whether they will find jobs.
How Twitter presents anti-playstation news reporting
The key difference between news anchoring on Twitter versus TV is disconnectedness. The TV safely removes us from the scene while Twitter invites us to react and remain human through its “anti-playstation” approach, writes Zeynep Tufekci.
China and the Matryoshka doll bubble-within-a-bubble
The China bubble is a story that doesn’t look like it’s going away.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Debating the NSW election
Crikey readers weigh in on the NSW election outcome.
Japan earthquake 
Leaked emails from Tepco employees provide on the ground insights
The Wall Street Journal presents a rare first person insight into the Fukishima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster through three verified translated emails from Tepco employees.
Fukushima and rational thinking versus populist panic
The managers and officials involved in Fukushima should face prosecution for their failure to act on earlier warnings, writes Allan Patience, a professor at Sophia University, Tokyo.
