Fairfax has once again been criticised for changing its stories online to avoid embarrassment, after a fiery video of celeberity chef Matt Moran turned out to be a fake. Plus other media news of the day.
May, 2011
New media v old media: a question of moderation
The question of pre-moderation vs post-moderation of reader comments on a publisher website is a fascinating one. It’s also increasingly integral to modern news outlets, writes Jonathon Oake at blog The Spongeist.
How does the Coalition really feel about asylum seekers?
The government’s asylum seeker deal with Malaysia seems to have altered the Coalition’s own policy.
Mayne: Gillard’s surplus only delivered by breaking Future Fund promise
Having run out of cash after an almighty spending spree, Wayne Swan’s fourth budget is all about the federal government stepping aside to allow the private sector do the heavy lifting.
Virgin-Delta deal leaves Qantas at sixes and sevens over no 777s
Qantas finds itself surrounded on the once lucrative routes between Australia and the US by airlines that are capitalising on the biggest fleet blunder it ever made, in choosing NOT to buy Boeing 777s.
Possum: a budget so tough, Chuck Norris checks under the bed for it
Regardless of your politics, when politicians put some serious thought into public policy, they should be commended.
The after-party: tribal journos jostle with Abbott, advisers
Another year, another budget night binge drinking session that failed to reach even the middling heights of 2010, despite Tony Abbott’s best efforts at the notorious Portia’s Place Chinese restaurant.
Pobjie: welcome to the crumple zone
To say depression has only just wrapped me in its loving embrace would be wrong. I’ve been falling into that pit off and on for most of the last 20 years. But it was this year that everything came to a head, writes Ben Pobjie.
War on the middle class? More a war on our kids
The reaction to the budget shows Labor can’t win on middle-class welfare. But Coalition complaints about the lack of a carbon price don’t stack up.
Finance: bonds from the black lagoon a challenge to Abbott, Hockey
Do Tony Abbott, Joe Hockey and the rest of the federal Opposition have the real courage to do something that would block off their rabid attack on the federal government’s debt?
Welfare: government fails its social democracy obligations
This is not a Labor government budget in any serious sense. It does not take from the rich, except in very minor ways, and its redistributive tendencies are almost reversed.
Ask the economists: ‘more like a feather than a sledgehammer’
It’s a “softly, softly” budget, the economists say; it has “the appearance of a mouse”. Crikey asked the nation’s money men for their assessment of Wayne Swan’s fourth budget.
Defence: no longer untouchable, the ADF got mugged
For nearly two decades, Australia’s annual budget has been a bit of a ho-hum experience for Defence. But last night it got raided for the first time in years, says Graeme Dobell.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The Federal Budget
Crikey readers have their say.
Morning Market Report: Markets up as Federal Budget has little impact
The Dow closed up for the 3rd consecutive day.
See a near-classic sci-fi flick
If Alfred Hitchcock were alive and directed a cross between The Matrix, Groundhog Day and Murder on the Orient Express it would resemble something along the lines of Source Code, says Luke Buckmaster.
Taxation: cops target phoenixing and refund fraud
Tradesmen, building workers, elite athletes, cleaners and dodgy businessmen who collapse companies are on the tax office budget hit list over the next four years, writes Chris Seage, a tax consultant and former ATO audit manager.
Guy Rundle: Rundle: Assange accepts peace medal, attacks former partners
Assange slammed what he implied was a series of snobbish class judgments in The Guardian’s treatment of the phone-hacking scandal, which has centred on “red top” tabloid the News of the World.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: Wayne Swan moves in to the spotlight
Wayne Swan’s presentation remains dead ordinary, but his messaging has been reasonably good in the wake of the budget.
Political snippets: The budget attack to come
our sentences from this morning’s Liberal Party missive on the budget sum up the attack to come.
Education: researchers, regional universities rejoice
Within seconds of Wayne Swan finishing his budget speech, medical researchers were celebrating. And there was good news for regional universities too, writes Erica Cervini.
Energy: solar, wind technologies and a minister’s pessimism
Australia’s renewable industries already employ 8000-10,000 and turn over $2 billion. They deserve proper support, to help cut energy costs, employ Australians and reduce emissions.
IT: ritual shenanigans, but hey, this is government
Just be aware that all of this could be changed in an instant, budget process or not, if a minister gets on a plane with the Ranga-in-Chief with a few numbers scribbled on the back of an envelope.
