Australian rare earths exporter Lynas Corporation’s plans for a controversial Malaysian refinery could be delayed or shelved as locals continue to swamp the company with protests and the Greens expand their campaign to halt radioactive shipments from its Mount Weld mine.
April, 2011
Rundle: worse than horse love
There is only one thing worse than be taken as an enemy of News Limited, St Oscar might have written, and that is to be taken pup as their friend.
Glencore and the cautionary tale of Zambia
While a transnational company was ripping off Zambia, the mining industry here was claiming it was a model for Australia.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Local government’s right to take a stand
Crikey readers have their say.
Morning Market Report: Local markets up after poor week in US
All three major indexes in the US finished down for the week.
Media briefs: Adelaide media Facebook ambush … more NotW phone-hack victims
How desperate is The Advertiser for readers? Well, desperate enough, it seems, to post a plug on a competitor’s Facebook page. Plus, Fairfax’s autoplay video ads backfire and other media news.
Political snippets: Insulting Abbott is not cuttting through with voters
Calling Tony Abbott a scare monger for his views on what a carbon tax would do to employment is not working for the Gillard government.
Crikey Says: The Duntroon Society circa 1983
This morning a Crikey reader sent us a copy of the November 1983 edition of The Duntroon Society for our perusal.
The precarious nature of endangered species
How do governments and science organisations help to maintain biodiversity and limit the extinction of species? Crikey intern Laura Griffin examines the latest in biodiversity news.
Cleantech trends: the missing links stifling development
Cleantech may well be the industry of the new millennium, but even in a year when investments in clean energy outstripped those in fossil fuels the Australia sector remains a mere blip on the radar of local investors. Giles Parkinson reports.
Video of the Day: Tony Martin as an Arrabella Twat listener
Spoof right-wing shock jock Arrabella Twat appeals to average Aussie blokes who don’t need barrow-pushing scientists to tell them about climate change. One of them is Michael Munna, played in this hilarious video by a nearly unrecognisable Tony Martin.
There’ll never be a better time for a carbon price
Saying you support a carbon price but not if it costs any jobs is nonsensical. The point of a carbon price is change.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Deaths in custody: prison paperwork. I know from a friend who used to work in WA Corrective Services that they were in the process of converting from paper “prisoner in custody” records to electronic records, which they have now abandoned and gone back to paper records. They had even trained a large number of prison staff in the electronic system. Seems […]
podcast A chat with Lawrence Mooney (MICF)
Lawrence Mooney talks to Matt Smith about donuts, his habits of procrastination, the web series The Match Committee and his recent forays into more serious acting roles.
Soy sauce a symbol of Japan’s steely resolve
Michihiro Kono recently took over as the head of a soy sauce company that has been in his family for nine generations. It now doesn’t exist, but Kono’s unshakable determination to rebuild encapsulates the national spirit, writes Justin McCurry.
Daily Proposition: Watch the battle of Kong
Seth Gordon’s 2007 debut documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters? follows Steve Wiebe’s struggle to be recognised as the world Donkey Kong highest score holder. It’s a fascinating insight to men’s self-perception and self-worth, says Laura Griffin.
How I made a blank book an Amazon bestseller
Author Shed Simove desperately wanted a bestseller, but even he was surprised when his self-published blank book — titled What Every Man Thinks About Apart From Sex — sailed up the Amazon charts.
In defence of a spinner in the works
If the public don’t really care about spin, why are journalists so preoccupied by it? Brent Hooley, an author and former government media adviser, discusses.
Law: Why Clubs Australia loves Asians
The new “It’s un-Australian” campaign website funded by Clubs Australia to fight pokies laws comes translated in Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean. Why are Asian communities so caught up in gambling and will this campaign slow it down? Benjamin Law investigates.
Fairfax’s autoplay video ads backfire
Fairfax’s obnoxious autoplay video ads are to be abandoned. For once annoying advertising behaviour actually had consequences for management, writes Jeremy Sear.
Majak Daw: pure breathtaking athletic awesomeness
Take a look at this video from the ABC’s coverage of yesterday’s VFL match between Collingwood and Werribee. Majak Daw, the first Sudanese-born player drafted by an AFL club kicks a magic goal, writes Leigh Josey.
Review: Reginald D. Hunter (MICF)
At his Melbourne International Comedy Festival show, Reginald D. Hunter appeared to be a bit drunk. His material was half written and shaky, writes Matt Smith.
