According to The Oz, management of ABC News and current affairs is reviewing its business coverage “after plummeting ratings for Lateline Business and amid management fears the reporting is “stodgy” and “boring”.
June, 2011
Rundle: Labor’s half-existence won’t be fixed by an admin review
Labor, at is heart, for all the anti-intellectualism and pseudo-gangsterism that sometimes surrounds it, Labor is an existential party, or it is nothing at all.
Eurozone headaches: Greek credit rating cut, Berlusconi defeated
Europe is approaching one of those big points in history, courtesy of a broken, almost bankrupt Greece. Overnight Standard & Poor’s hammered one of the final nails in Greece’s coffin by slashing its credit rating to Triple C, two levels above default (bankrupt).
Hey regulators, remember the GFC?
Amidst the economic gyrations of late 2008 and 2009, regulators and commentators evinced a steely ‘never-again’ mentality. But almost three years on, little has changed, writes Adam Creighton.
Essential: PM’s standing takes a hammering
The Prime Minister has recorded her worst-ever personal ratings in today’s Essential Report.
Melbourne papers at war over Labor’s voter database
Another amusing instalment to Melbourne’s newspaper wars over the long weekend with Damon Johnston’s Sunday Herald Sun deciding to splash with a double page spread excoriating The Age for accessing the ALP’s Eleczilla database in the lead-up to state election.
Public health advocate in court as SensaSlim flexes legal weight
A company that is promoting a “revolutionary slimming product” has issued an $800,000 damages claim against a prominent health marketing watchdog and public health advocate, Dr Ken Harvey, writes Loretta Marron.
Turkey blazes the trail for a democratic Mid-East
It’s a bad time to be an autocrat, especially in the Middle East, but incumbents in democracies are not doing too badly — and few better than Turkey’s prime minister Recep Erdogan, who won re-election for a third term at the weekend with a substantial majority.
Who’s right in the great volcanic ash safety debate?
On the third full day of havoc resulting from clouds of volcanic ash from a Chilean eruption being blown into Australian and New Zealand airspace it remains Qantas versus everyone else (even the RAAF) when it comes to its insistence on grounding any flights.
White House race begins: Republicans debate in New Hampshire
The first major debate of the 2012 US presidential primaries took place in New Hampshire Monday night, giving each of the seven candidates a chance to rise above the widespread view that the field is a poor one.
Barker: has ANZUS passed its use by date?
Would abandoning the ANZUS treaty substantially affect Australia’s strategic circumstances?, asks Geoffrey Barker.
ABC internal emails: knowing your heifers from your steers (minus the jatz crackers)
When is a slaughterhouse not a slaughterhouse? An amusing ABC News internal email exchange obtained by Crikey reveals the debates over language use and the disquiet from rural reporters about how the inner-city “latte set” are covering the live cattle exports story.
The Gillard government’s anti-gay marriage policy goes global
As well as not allowing same-sex couples to marry in Australia, the Gillard Government does its best to block Australians from entering same-sex marriages overseas, writes Rodney Croome.
McKinsey’s record on deforestation under microscope at UN talks
There may be no honour among thieves, but things can be pretty fierce among consultants, too, writes David Ritter, from the UNFCCC Intersessionals in Bonn.
Morning Market Report: Market bouncing on Chinese economic numbers
Inflation at 5.5% up from 5.3% … high but only as high as expected.
Daily Proposition: A mysterious mockumentary
You can be forgiven if, for a moment, you mistake Leigh Hart’s Mysterious Planet — airing tonight on ABC2 — as a serious documentary. But host Leigh Hart is taking the piss, says Matthew Smith. And it’s very funny.
Media briefs: Gillard bio dumped … Press Club stoush … Murdoch sends US lawyers …
Gillard biography not lost to shelves … ABC taking care of Business … Melbourne Press Club stoush … Free TV calls for cheaper fees and less content restrictions …
Political snippets: More Bangkok for your polling buck
I know I have regularly criticised those of my peers who slavishly rely on opinion polls published well before the actual polling day to predict election outcomes but, I’m sorry, I cannot resist this one that appeared at the weekend in the Bangkok Post.
Video of the Day: Broadway, it’s not just for gays anymore
Neil Patrick Harris opened up the Tony Awards, Broadway’s night of nights, yesterday with a song about the inclusive nature of musical theatre.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Insurer looks to Indian outsourcing. Which major insurance group — which has just announced it is closing all the branches of one brand because it claims customers prefer doing business by phone — is about to send a senior management team to India to investigate outsourcing? We’re not sure, but according to one tipster the team leaves in two weeks […]
Vintage First Dog: the world’s endangered species: what’s on their iPods?
Surprise! A vintage First Dog on the Moon today. Today’s cartoon is from 16 June 2008.
Crikey Says: Splitting climate change on party lines
One of the striking elements about the public’s belief in climate change that emerges from today’s Essential Report findings is its highly politicised nature.
