So much for avoiding a bloodbath in West Africa’s war-torn Ivory Coast. It is now clear at least 800 people have been massacred in the small cocoa-growing town of Dekoue, near the Liberian border.
April, 2011
AFL controlling ABC state footy broadcasts, or a contract misunderstanding?
The ABC rebutts claims by the AFL that it had effectively bought the right to control which state league matches got screened by the national broadcaster, in breach of editorial independence.
A striking set of numbers in New South Wales
A week after the massacre, and the New South Wales election is wrapping up. The last doubtful seat in the lower house was decided on Friday, when the Greens claimed victory in Balmain — comfortably from the Liberals on preferences, but by just 205 votes ahead of Labor at the critical point. (They will almost certainly also […]
Why we have to hope that Bolt wins his case
It would be a strange law that said the minute you become influential, you are less free in what you say.
Andrew Bolt on trial: stories in the clear, but HWT to apologise
Andrew Bolt will not be forced to apologise over a series of articles on lighter-skinned members of the Aboriginal community, the Federal Court was told this morning.
Essential: forget the surplus, voters say, and save us from cuts
Most voters would rather the federal government delay its back to black strategy and extend the deficit to stave off service cuts and tax hikes.
‘Location disadvantage’ experiment yields results in Miller
“Locational disadvantage” has an enormous impact on the lives of residents in many Australian suburbs. But an experiment in Sydney’s 2168 postcode area is yielding results.
Crikey Says: The magic S word
Today Bernard Keane writes of a time when politicians treated voters like they actually had half a brain …
Morning Market Report: Unemployment at two-year low
Jobs numbers were better than expected in March — the unemployment rate fell to a two-year low of 8.8%.
Media briefs: Bolt quits Insiders … more from the Mercury subs …
Controversial right wing columnist Andrew Bolt has quit his decade-long, $800-a-pop gig on ABCTV’s Insiders, apparently to focus on other projects. Plus, more on The Mercury subeditors and other media news.
Political snippets: Global worming, aka Mr Squiggly with bias
Killjoy academics have struck. The worm, it seems, is positively undemocratic.
Renewable energy targets: 10 years on, will we ever hit them?
Here’s a question: when do you expect Australia will be able to produce 25% of its electricity needs from clean energy sources. By 2020? 2030? 2050? The numbers crunch numerous ways, says Giles Parkinson.
Review: Arj Barker’s Eleven (MICF)
Arj Barker has long been considered one of the top returning acts of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, but his latest show feels like a phone in, writes Matt Smith.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The NSW blame game continues
Crikey readers weigh in on John Robertson, Andrew Bolt and Dick Smith.
Video of the Day: John Silvester at the Quill Awards
Veteran crime reporter John Silvester was guest speaker at last Friday’s Quill Awards. In his speech Silvester explains how crime reporting has changed over the past 30 years and canvasses the subjects he knows best, which are “drug-addled psychopaths and women who perform lewd s-xual acts — and that’s just at the Quills after-party.”
Gillard may deny it, but Greens and ALP overlap in minds of voters
Julia Gillard might want to distance Labor from those “extremist” Greens but a large proportion of Labor voters are not having a bar of it, writes Hall Greenland, editor-in-chief of The Week.
Tweet tweet, beep beep! How Twitter may change the way we drive
Given Twitter broadcasts tiny updates, information such as mini traffic reports may be perfectly suited to its platform. Tom Vanderbilt explains how a Seattle driver and his broken down car may have prompted yet another use for social media.
The media’s outrageous addiction to outrage
Conflict is the driving force behind the news industry, which is why media outlets intentionally dillute complex issues into black and white opinions. Mr Denmore discusses how the culture war is being used as a business model.
Maley: an inflation clampdown, made in China
The Chinese government has signalled a new approach to combating rapidly rising inflation, writes Karen Maley, of Business Spectator.
Green wins Balmain and joins an exclusive club
The last remaining uncertainty about the composition of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was resolved with a full preference distribution delivering Balmain to the Greens.
Gillard’s extraordinary ordinary
Australians
There was a great deal we’d heard before in last week’s Whitlam Institute much-debated speech by the Prime Minister. In fact, we’ve been in this grimly Spartan territory on several previous occasions.
Daily Proposition: Read a thorny fantasy before its TV debut
The next big thing from US blockbuster TV network HBO premieres next month in the US, based on the best-selling epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin. The books are worth visiting, says William Fettes.
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Top 10 funny old school mobile phone commercials
Remember when mobile phones the size of small bricks were all the rage? Mashable rewinds the clock to present ten amusing mobile phone commercials from yesteryear.
