All power to our high profile artists, like Cate and Tim Winton, who refuse to be intimidated into silence, writes David Williamson.
June, 2011
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Morally defending refugees
Crikey readers have their say.
Morning Market Report: US markets continue slump
Wall Street fell sharply late in the session after a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke which talked about the economic recovery being ‘uneven’ and the recovery “frustratingly slow”.
Media briefs: No Olympics Fox … NotW apologies — again
The perils of the 24-hour news clock in the News Corporation empire. Plus, paywalls a premium model across News Corporation and other media news of the day.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: Carbon tax, refugees and war get Gillard coverage. Shock.
Julia Gillard’s carbon tax and asylum seeker policy continued to get attention.
Political snippets: Better housing news but trend still down.
An encouraging sign in the official Australian Bureau of Statistics figures for April.
Video of the Day: What is dark matter?
New data from an experiment conducted in Minnesota reveal a “seasonal signal variation” in dark matter, which accounts for almost 90% of matter in the universe. But how can your average Joe and Jane get their heads around terms such as “weakly interacting massive particles”? This informative video presented in the style of an animated […]
Crikey Says: A gratuitous opportunity to say Weiner
Besides bequeathing that glorious surname to headline writers the world over, congressman Weiner is also a cautionary tale for politicians.
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Global newspaper map
Almost every newspaper in the world — more than 10,000 — are represented in an innovative new Google map loaded with customisable features, writes Meranda Watling.
The fish was a little….wormy: worm found in Jetstar’s nasi lemak
Jetstar’s recent worm incident makes airline history in that it is the first time on the public record that an airline has voluntarily identified an object in a meal as a ‘worm’ rather than a ‘maggot,’ writes Ben Sandilands.
An interactive timeline of revolution in the Middle East
The Guardian have built this impressive interactive timeline chartering protests in the Middle East from December 2010 until the present, including an overview of political moves, regime changes and international responses.
An epic fail for the inaugural Miles Franklin Literary Award
What are the publicists for the Miles Franklin organisation doing? This week’s inaugural Miles Franklin Literary Award Oration from author Peter Temple should have been packed to the rafters but sadly this was far from the case, writes W H Chong.
podcast Canberra Calling: The happy days are at an end my friends podcast
This week Canberra Corespondent Bernard Keane and Crikey’s editor Sophie Black tackle the live export trade, Labor’s divide over the Malaysian detention of asylum seekers and … Bob Katter.
podcast Interview with Mark Lewis, director of Cane Toads: The Conquest
Director Mark Lewis’s Cane Toads: The Conquest is an uproariously entertaining nonfiction feature about the devastating effects the introduction of cane toads have had on the Australian environment. Luke Buckmaster sat down for a yak with Lewis about many of the film’s talking points.
W H Chong on the Chinese banquet of book fatigue
Reader’s block: if that’s alarming for a writer, it’s crippling for a reader. W H Chong hasn’t stopped reading but surveys unread book stacks with the same attitude he feels when he’s half consumed a Chinese banquet: bilious and bloated.
When stand-up gigs go bad
Support act stand-up comedians aren’t exactly synonymous with glitz and glam. Trasv Nash opens the drawers of his repressed memories to recall one hellish night in 2007.
Why is the federal government always in such a hurry?
One feature of this federal government is that it is always in a hurry. There is no patience to wait until everything is in order before making an announcement. Slow down! says Richard Farmer.
healthcare Adverse events, vaccination and the case for a no-fault compo scheme
Adults who believe they or their children have suffered a serious adverse event from a vaccine are required to prove this through the court system. This expensive and stressful process is the last thing a family needs, writes Heath Kelly.
The torrent of climate scientist abuse
Climate scientists in Australia have been threatened with death threats and abuse due to their stand on climate change. But what do these emails actually say? Graham Readfearn has the scoop.
Put your Weiner away and stop blubbering
Democrat Anthony Weiner admitted he was sending out photos of himself in underwear over Twitter, after he first claimed his account was hacked. Weiner’s as slick at apologising as he is at lying, says Jack Shafer.
2011′s best of the blogs
Check out Time’s annual roundup of the best of the blogs, from kooky travel blog The Everywhereist to a list of blogs — hello birther Dr Orkly Taitz! — that the world could do without.
Introducing Apple’s iCloud
Apple CEO Steve Job’s unveiled the hyped new cloud computing hub iCloud, putting much more emphasis on the digital data moving between devices rather than having all your data on one computer.
