There’s a dirty fight in Western Australia over pigs. And some pollies are telling porkies. Journalist Kayt Davies reports from state parliament on the fight to ban sow stalls.
April, 2011
Probability and responsibility at Fukushima
Insurance companies are reluctant to underwrite nuclear power stations for the simple reason that, although the probability of catastrophe may be low, the potential magnitude and cost of a meltdown is staggeringly large, writers John Hepburn.
Review: Catherine Deveny’s God is Bullshit (MICF)
Catherine Deveny’s “comedy” show gives atheism a bad name. Atheists aren’t arrogant – they’re just smug, she claims. None more smug than her, writes Matt Smith.
Review: Cal Wilson’s The Great Intender (MICF)
Procrastination is the theme of Cal Wilson’s show this year. Wilson does nice rather than edgy and, not withstanding a cherry popping joke, it’s the kind of show you could take your mother-in-law to see, writes Vince Chadwick.
travel Istanbul: eat a borek, wander bookstores and soak up the exotic
Possessed of a vast history and sitting at the border between Europe and Asia, Istanbul, Turkey exists in popular imagination as both exotic and cosmopolitan, writes Nicola Heath.
Play it again, Sam: Gillard and Abbott sing the greatest dole bludger hits
The Prime Minister and Opposition Leader are in a “welfare-off,” happily playing all the tabloid media’s greatest dole bludger hits! Classics include “everyone who can work should work,” writes Jeremy Sear.
Maley: will collapse follow Greece’s debt marathon?
The eurozone’s sovereign debt crisis is again threatening to erupt, with growing disquiet that Greece’s rescue plan is in deep trouble, and the country could be forced to restructure its debts, writes Karen Maley.
Our leftover police firearms headed for the streets of America
Is there a difference between exporting arms to Palestine, Vanuatu, Myanmar or Detroit? If Canberra follows precedent, around 10,000 surplus Australian police firearms will soon be for sale in the United States, writes Philip Alpers.
State polling: WA, NSW, Victoria
Newspoll’s first quarter survey of 827 respondents in Western Australia shows the Coalition government maintaining its commanding position. In other news, Roy Morgan has conducted two micro-polls for NSW and Victoria, writes William Bowe.
Gillard: ‘hard decisions lie ahead’
Julia Gillard used her speech at the Sydney Institute last night to reiterate the government’s familiar “tight budget, tough choices” message, paving the way for Wayne Swan to hand down the Federal Budget next month. Here is the full text.
Review: Andrew McClelland in Truth be Told (MICF)
Andrew McCelland’s new autobiographical comedy show isn’t pun heavy, so it relies on McCelland’s stories and command of language. Simply put: it’s brilliant, writes Matt Smith.
Hey ASIC, try these fluff-filled prospectuses
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission’s commendable move yesterday to tackle glossy retail prospectuses (prospecti?) inspired Crikey to examine some of the more egregious examples of fluff and bubble when corporates raid the wallets of middle Australia.
When tax sends a powerful message of official values
Taxation is an essential part of our support for the public sphere.
Video of the Day: Oregon lawmakers never gonna give you up
It’s the Rick Roll that took one year and two months to make. US politician Jefferson Smith brought together political colleagues from both sides of the Oregon House of Representatives to work lyrics from Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up into their official speeches on the floor of the House, one line at a […]
A good sub, close to your elbow, helps too shape braking gnus
All good and honest writers would admit it, unless they are too conceited to do so. A good sub is a very fine thing, and the closer they are to one’s elbow, the better.
Ask the economists: how should we be compensated for a carbon tax?
How many Australians should be compensated for the carbon tax, and what’s the most effective mechanism for doing it? As the government reveals more detail on its compensation package, Crikey asked some of Australia’s leading economic minds.
Down Mexico way with Shanahan’s ADFA coverage
It’s stand-offs and resignations everywhere as The Australian deals with the ADFA scandal.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Women on the front line
Crikey readers have their say.
Morning Market Report: The biggest US market fall in a month
The Dow Jones closed down 117 overnight.
Daily Proposition: Make brownies, not war
My family has refined this brownie recipe since, many soggy Victorian Easters ago, mum found it in a 1960s American children’s cookbook, explains Crikey intern Laura Griffin.
Media briefs: Soldiers outed on Facebook … five myths about the future of journalism …
Soldiers outed on Facebook, the BBC news chiefs admit that flying in big-name anchors to breaking news stories has — on occasion — been a waste of money and other media news.
Political snippets: Put the civilian boss back on top of Defence
The time has surely come to return to the days when senior military brass were clearly under civilian control.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Queensland ALP shuffling decks. The suggestion in this column yesterday that Jackie Trad, Linus Power and Chris Forrester are fighting over the Queensland state secretary spot is just silly. The Australian Workers’ Union owns the spot, and Power would be the only one in the running unless the AWU have an outside candidate. Incidentally, Anthony Chisholm […]
