Public health organisations and the peer-reviewed literature increasinge recognised the serious impacts for our health should we fail to tackle climate change, write David Shearman, George Crisp and David King.
May, 2011
The Qantas list of woes continues to grow
Qantas is getting hammered, it seems, from all quarters.
Cyberspace freedom … except where they upset the copyright industry
The Obama Administration’s Cyberspace strategy places heavy emphasis on freedom, but in practice it’s only as much freedom as the copyright industry wants
Stand-off as housing prices take a tumble
As clearance rates slump in capital cities across Australia, vendors appear to be quickly realising that what they thought (or have been told) their properties are worth is not quite accurate.
The rise and rise of LinkedIn … but devil’s in the detail
LinkedIn’s float on the New York Stock Exchange has blown away expectations, delivering the company a valuation of about $US10 billion, writes Charis Palmer.
Carbon capture is doomed — is government finally backing away?
If CCS is a failure, then we deserve to know where our money has gone.
Another bad week for the IR reform crowd
Wages data keeps stubbornly refusing to reveal the wages blowout we’ve been warned about for months.
The Greenspan Putsch and the GFC
There is a cast of villains that led to the near-collapse of the global banking system, writes John Addis, founder of the Intelligent Investor.
Richardson: opportunity abounds for the Palestinians
The Middle East has unexpectedly become the land of opportunity, and attention is starting to be drawn to whether the Palestinians can take advantage of some of it, or will miss out again.
Budget breakdown: making a society more fragile
The federal budget uses social stereotyping to show the government as tough.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Emissions impossible
Crikey readers have their say.
Morning Market Report: LinkedIn launch boosts market
The big news overnight was the listing of LinkedIn, which closed its first day of trading up 109% to $94.25.
Media briefs: Crimes’ quiz mystery … mis-tweeting Rudd …
The quiz that appeared in Wednesday’s Times2 section of The Canberra Times — with the not-so-coincidental similiarities in answers — has got even the paper’s staff scratching their heads. Plus other media news.
Political snippets: Keeping an eye on petrol
Petrol is still near its high point but no longer rising steeply and when it comes to this quarter’s inflation figure it is the increase that counts.
Video of the Day: Letters have a mind of their own
Sometimes the universe comes together in perfect alignment, such as in this episode of SBS’s Letters and Numbers where the host randomly picks letters from a box. You think it’s already hilarious and then it just gets better…
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Mary Jo called out for tardiness. Why did it take Senator Doug Cameron to finally call the chair of the environment committee, Senator Mary Jo Fisher, out for her chronic lateness to Senate hearings? Are all her Coalition colleagues too gutless to confront the growing problem? Her lateness, and the delays to the start of […]
Crikey Says: Gambling with our money
A fascinating, and depressing, graph popped up in The Economist this week …
Life in the Amazon: e-books outsell the printed word
Powerful bookseller Amazon announced that for the first time since it began selling e-books — and its succesful Kindle e-reader — four years ago, it now sells 105 e-books for every 100 printed book.
How the BBC verifies social media content
Verifying eyewitness accounts submitted via social media is a sophisticated process that can take hours. Alex Murray explains how the BBC go about it.
The Right kind of letters to the editor
Less JuLIAR, more public executions hosted by Karl Stefanovic and no more use of the phrase ‘it beggars belief.’ Tony Martin opens an envelope of angry letters on The Scrivener’s Fancy.
TV review: Cloudstreet — quality Australian viewing
Based on the best-selling Tim Winton novel, Cloudstreet is a high quality mini-series with good performances and lush cinematography, writes Dan Barrett.
