Australian Bishop William Morris says Pope Benedict XVI has “made a mistake” in forcing him to resign as Bishop of the diocese of Toowoomba. And there are questions about his role in speaking up for s-x-abuse victims, writes Amanda Gearing.
May, 2011
Simons: Fairfax’s decisions agonising for all
You really have to feel for Fairfax CEO Greg Hywood and CEO of Metropolitan Publishing, Jack Matthews. Though not as much, obviously, as one feels for the subeditors who are about to lose their jobs.
Canada votes and reshapes the political landscape
The big news in Canada is the election of incumbent Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper to his first majority government, writes Michael Richardson, former speech writer to just-elected leader of the Official Opposition Jack Layton.
Sub standards: Pagemasters to change the way we read
Pagemasters is now a major employer in its own right, and it’s going to get bigger.
Deaths in custody: mental health assessments fail suicidal inmates
One quarter of inmates who suicided in NSW prisons in the past nine years did so within days of having been assessed as no longer at risk of self harm or suicide. In her continuing investigation, Inga Ting highlights how health agencies failed inmates.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: No Gold Logie for Gillard … but there was an Osama…
Julia Gillard’s attendance at the Royal Wedding and comments about the death of Osama bin Laden kept her well ahead this week.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The death of Osama bin Laden
Crikey reads have their say.
Morning Market Report: Markets close up as silver falls to 20 year low
The silver price had its biggest 2-day fall since 1987.
Media briefs: Meakin and Seven … is the WSJ really No.1? … a sub’s value …
In today’s Media Briefs: Meakin and Seven: ‘till death do they part … Journal trumpets rise, but papers in decline … A subeditor’s value … Headline of the Day … and more …
Video of the Day: Jon Stewart on bin Laden’s death
Monday night’s episode of The Daily Show focused on Osama bin Laden’s death and the White House’s media roll out, with a delighted Jon Stewart moving through puns at breakneck speed and stretching his smile from ear to ear. The Daily ShowTags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook The […]
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Tardy senator delays hearings. Which Coalition senator caused a committee hearing to be delayed by half an hour yesterday because of “running late”. It’s not the first time this senator has delayed committee proceedings and inconvenienced witnesses due to their tardiness. Colleagues are starting to notice. ABC parachutes reporter into Pakistan. At great expense, the […]
Bin Laden and iconography
Osama bin Laden icongraphy gripped the West at least as much as it gripped Muslims, but his demise will be most significant in the context of the death of America’s demon, writes Shakira Hussein.
How the White House steered the bin Laden death narrative
The White House undertook two major Osama bin Laden operations: the first his assassination, the second how it was rolled out to the media. The WH proved it understands how journalists work, writes Gabriel Sherman.
Henderson takes on the Sideshow
Gerard Henderson has made some odd observations about former Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner’s new book Sideshow. Dave Gaukroger dissects a few of them.
Income inequality is not exclusively American
American society is more economically unequal than most other OECD countries, but global rather than national factors are mostly to blame, says The Economist.
PHOTO GALLERY 
Stars Wars propaganda posters
The Star Wars franchise has spawned countless merchandise bits and bobs, including some corker posters. This collection of propaganda posters is up there with the best.
White House: don’t blame us, blame the fog of war
The White House has acknowledged that US officials spread false stories about bin Laden using his wife as a human shield and blames inaccuracies on ‘the fog of war,’ reports Garance Franke-Ruta.
Osama bin Laden movie on the way
It seems rather early to be discussing an Osama bin Laden movie, but it was nevertheless confirmed this week that an upcoming flick from The Hurt Locker team will feature the compound firefight in Pakistan, reports Luke Buckmaster.
podcast Pure Poison Podcast: the royal wedding, Atlas Shrugged and more
A Royal wedding, two twittering Jims and Atlas Shrugged all make an appearance in this week’s Pure Poison podcast. It has a lot less outrage than usual and a lot more giggling.
AF447 wreckage gives up its voice recorder
The cockpit voice recorder has now been recovered from the wreckage of Air France flight AF447, joining the flight data recorder retrieved earlier from the depths of the mid Atlantic, writes Ben Sandilands.
Was it legal to kill Osama?
It’s much easier for US authorities that Osama resisted arrest and was shot dead. But the laws around assassination are confusing and the public needs to be aware how easy it is for the government to abuse them.
