Let’s move on from our obsession with surgery waiting timesThe Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s latest report on Australian hospital statistics will trigger another round of journalistic hand-wringing and governmental self-congratulation, writes Philip Davies.
April, 2011
The Fairfax data trail that shows Schembri only ‘punk’d’ himself
Troubling new evidence has emerged in the scandal surrounding Age film critic Jim Schembri’s infamous Scream 4 spoiler, with secret Fairfax files contradicting the scribe’s official explanation for the snafu.
Still the Millionaire Factory, just sharing the moolah around
When does a Millionaire Factory stop being a Millionaire Factory? Not when it makes an annual profit of $956 million, pays its top 12 executives $59 million and has 15,325 staff earning an average $254,486 in the austere post-GFC environment of the past 12 months.
Guy Rundle: Rundle: Gary Johns’s new book, Noel Pearson, The Oz and sonderweg
Former Keating minister Gary Johns has a new book: Aboriginal self-determination: The Whiteman’s dream, but why won’t Noel Pearson promote it?
Convergence and the great tradition of stifling innovation
History shows big media have successfully used regulation to stifle competition. The Convergence Review poses the same threat.
News Corp running out of puff as Sky deal looms
It’s going to be a big week for Rupert Murdoch and News Corp next week.
Why would Seven help Ten with AFL games?
Seven wants a permanent 40% share of free-to-air ad dollars and by keeping the two extra AFL games it achieves that and strengthens itself in the southern AFL markets.
Simons: Linnell goes to ground, and Mitchell says he barely knows him
Garry Linnell, who has just departed as editor of The Daily Telegraph, is not normally slow to say his piece. Which makes his silence this morning on the question of why he has left News Limited rather deafening.
Queensland floods: disaster plan a disaster
A young shire engineer in Gatton pointed out the failure of the local council to have current disaster plans four months before the flash-flood disaster, writes Amanda Gearing.
‘My’ MS, a magic pill, and what the PBS fight means to me
The politics of turning the final approval of new medications into a Cabinet decision at the least, delays treatment to patients who may benefit from it. At the worst, it turns them down. Here’s what that means for me, and “my MS”, writes Shakira Hussein.
Rundle: a boringly genuine marriage
Our Kate is no Diana, although the eating disorder appears to be coming along nicely.
NT Intervention: the divide between opinion and evidence
The over-publicised tweet by Larissa Behrendt needs to be seen as part of a wider issue.
The mysterious maths of retailing
Claims about the impact of online retailing would be more convincing if manufacturers weren’t preventing growth of the local version.
Tired Microsoft delivers solid profits, for now
Microsoft’s online services have now clocked up 21 consecutive loss-making quarters.
My Cup Of Tea: Crean gets to work on Labor’s cultural fabric
Some broad outlines of Labor’s National Cultural Policy are beginning to finally emerge. But arts minister Simon Crean faces some big questions from industry and artists.
Morning Market Report: Local markets down as US dollar hits two year low
The US Dollar index fell to its lowest level in over 2 years.
Wankley Awards: A right royal fawning over Big Willie and Babykins
Crikey sends a very special 21-gun-salute to Australia’s newspapers in celebration of their fawning coverage of today’s royal wedding.
Daily Proposition: How to watch the royal wedding
Which channel deserves your attention when choosing who your preferred broadcaster for tonight’s Royal Wedding? White Noise blogger Dan Barrett is here to help…
Media briefs: Media briefs: Stock & Land crosses thin blue line … Oz hot property … Al Jazeera quits Syria …
Copy killing laughs at Stock & Land. It seems the anonymous author behind the “Blowflies and Bulldust” column in the Fairfax-owned Stock & Land is a closet Body Count fan. The Cop Killer rappers famously glorified pinging the pigs in their 1990s Los Angeles hood, but the sentiment never really took off in Middle America. […]
Video of the Day: Overton’s tour of royal wedding media HQ
Peter Overton from Nine News takes viewers on a tour of the royal wedding’s massive media complex built opposite Buckingham Palace. The complex includes 27 studios, caravans, Portaloos and countless squawking journalists.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Is the flu vaccine making people sick? I know of two people in the 1960s and 70s in Melbourne who had very bad reactions to their annual flu vaccinations in the past month. One was so bad that the person was admitted to intensive care for several days and the doctors thought he had some […]
