Singapore Airlines controlled Tiger Airways is under immense pressure in its Australian operations this morning even after it says it has satisfied safety concerns raised by CASA, writes Ben Sandilands.
April, 2011
Woodside resists perfectly reasonable shareholder resolution on carbon
Woodside initially rejected a standard shareholder resolution calling for greater disclosure of carbon costs.
Leaked: 30,000 BP oil spill memos, emails and transcripts
Greenpeace has obtained some 30,000 memos, emails and transcripts which document last year’s disastrous BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Here’s what Tom Cowie and Amber Jamieson pulled out of the WikiLeaks-style document dump.
Jetstar to sue over airport
evacuation
Sydney Airport did its best to gloss over the security fiasco at its T2 domestic terminal yesterday.
A strange absence in the palm oil labelling controversy
While Malaysian industrialists and local food manufacturers were railing against food labelling, there was a convenient omission from their story.
Rundle: anatomy of a Larissa Behrendt beat-up
What do you do if you’re on a roll with a major beat-up, and you don’t have a full story? Run it anyway, and let the headline do the work.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Leave Jim Schembri alone
Crikey reads have their say.
Morning Market Report: Good data pushes markets up
Better than expected earnings results and positive economic data provided the catalyst.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: Combet runs a Mokbel as Rudd’s media coverage sleeps with fishes
Greg Combet making his first ever top three appearance.
Political snippets: Boring is a speech by Wayne Swan
No people in their right mind would go to listen to a speech by Treasurer Wayne Swan to be spellbound by great oratory.
Video of the Day: A musical ‘tribute’ to 3 and Vodafone
Ever been a customer of 3 or Vodafone? Know what it’s like to get consistently bad signals on your mobile? This might be the musical for you.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Sky’s the limit for Ten News. Sky News is full of smiles as staff confidently forecast their efforts will be seen on Ten sooner than anyone thinks. Has Ten late-night news host Sandra Sully a key role in this, with reports she has been seen at Sky for test runs? It was always James Packer’s […]
How well do you really know your Federal Treasurer?
Purchase your very own First Dog on the Moon “Deep Cuts” T-shirt now!
Crikey Says: Good question, prime minister
Julia Gillard has always been good at calling a spade a spade. And that’s exactly what she’s done in her letter to the Business Council of Australia today.
As housing credit collapses, carbon tax an even tougher sell
Pricing carbon to reorient Australia’s economy away from carbon-intensive activities looks to be one of the most difficult yet. Rob Burgess explains how the ‘at least it’s a boom’ argument isn’t that accurate.
Fashionable and aggressive: why Zara will test local retailers
World-famous fast-fashion chain Zara has finally opened the doors on its first Australian store in Sydney’s Pitt Street Mall. Its aggressive pricing and business model will test local retailers, says Smart Company’s James Thomson.
Media briefs: The cost of ABC 24 … why NYT didn’t win Pulitzer … phone hack latest …
Front page of the day … Why didn’t WikiLeaks reporting earn a Pulitzer? The NY Times didn’t submit it … Phone hacking: Ed Miliband calls for inquiry into press abuses …
Video 
Bloody iPad ads that actually bleed
An American animal rights advocacy group has taken iPad advertising into weirdly macabre territory. Users try to move on from their ad only to discover that their screen bleeds, writes Joanna Zelman.
Are Australian governments ponzi merchants?
By pumping demand and limiting supply, Australian governments are doing their darndest to keep the housing bubble alive. But when banks or households reach their limit the bubble will burst, writes Leith van Onselen.
Review: Greg Proops (MICF)
A snappy dresser with equally snappy jokes, Greg Proops is well known for his improv skills in Whose Line is it Anyway?. His stand-up is very solid as well, writes Matt Smith.
Syria to lift state of emergency
Syria has officially been in a state of emergency for decades, but that is set to end and laws allowing peaceful protests have been approved, reports BBC News.
Deaths in custody: medical warnings on suicide risk weren’t delivered
The hanging death of Aboriginal inmate Larna Louise Ryan could have been avoided had prison and health authorities simply checked her medical and case history, reports Inga Ting.
