Crownies is a new 22 part series that focuses on a group of young solicitors working as Crowd Prosecutors. It does nothing new with the genre but has a quiet, nuanced tone and complex character interplay, writes Dan Barrett.
July, 2011
NotW: Murdoch withdraws BSkyB bid
Crikey media wrap: The News of the World phone hacking scandal didn’t just bring down a paper, it also destroyed Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation’s £8bn bid to buy BSkyB.
10 years of drought: one farmer tells her story
For the past ten years Vanessa Drendel, a farmer in the Wimmera, has lived with drought and grappled with the hardships that come with it. Drendel writes about the decade-long drought’s impact on herself and her family, friends and community.
Carbon tax hit list: naming Australia’s biggest polluters
The Gillard government has released an industry and state-based breakdown of the 500 firms forced to pay up under the carbon tax. But who are they?
News will investigate contributor spending in Australia
News Limited will examine its books in Australia to look for payments to private investigators or other parties that aren’t “legitimate services”.
Daily Proposition: Adopt a kitty
Every year hundreds of unwanted street cats are euthanised because good homes cannot be found for them. But one organisation is attempting to change this one adorable kitty at a time. Michael McGowan adopts a cause.
Your cut-out-’n'-keep guide to News Int allegations
Finding it hard to keep up with the torrent of allegations being fired at News International? Here’s a guide to the allegations thus far.
Labor worries about Green preferences, again
Last year’s state election loss came as a major surprise to the Victorian ALP (and to most commentators), so there should be plenty to say in a review of what went wrong
Protecting yourself from phone hacking, a handy guide …
Mobile phone security expert David Rogers explains how phone hacking is done, and how you can better protect your mobile phone’s voicemail.
Crikey Clarifier: Do we have a handle on Hendra?
Since late June eight horses have died from the Hendra virus and dozens of people who made contact with sick horses are now being tested. So do we have a handle on it? Andrew Duffy spoke to Australian Veterinary Association president Barry Smith.
The gaping hole where a right to privacy should be
The phone-hacking scandal may have been hidden by Rupert Murdoch’s power, but its origins lay in the lack of a right to privacy.
Suppression-happy SA leaves naming of charged MP to social media
Can you guess the name of the South Australian MP who can’t be named on alleged child pornography charges?
Carbon tax just the first real battle in a very long war
Fergus Green, of Inside Story, unpacks the carbon pricing package to discover, at its core, a tension between fundamentally different visions for the future of Australia’s economy and environment.
Simons: News Ltd, Overington and an alternative universe
The Australian’s media diarist Caroline Overington is rather cross with Crikey.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: Press goes (Lady) Gaga over carbon tax
Lady Gaga received almost three times as much television coverage this week as Bob Brown and Wayne Swan combined.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: No accountability in the press
Crikey readers have their say.
Morning Market Report: Good Chinese data boosts markets
The Chinese economic numbers are out. Our market jumped 20 points on the news but settling now.
Media briefs: Origin IV and the law … welcome to Murdochia … Assange in court …
In today’s Media Briefs: Mal, the papers and one little word … Welcome to Murdochia … Julian Assange fronts court with new lawyers to fight deportation order and more …
Political snippets: Gutsy Gillard gets a 10
Why the delay in disqualifying Sky News from the tender process to provide Australia’s government financed international television service?
Video of the Day: Can-Do Campbell tears up the dance floor
If the polls have it right, Campbell “Can-Do” Newman will be the next premier of Queensland. Want to see him get down and boogie on the dance floor? Of course you do.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Moore info on media mayoral campaign. Yesterday we reported, from reliable sources, that shock jocks at 2UE were working to bring down independent Sydney lord mayor Clover Moore with background from NSW Liberals. Which is perhaps true, but weekend presenter — and proud bike rider — John Stanley insists it’s “completely untrue” to suggest 2UE management is pushing the […]
