The lobby group at the centre of promoting the idea that windfarms cause disease, the Waubra Foundation, last week moved its aggression needle up several notches by sending this melodramatic “Explicit Cautionary Notice” to Australia’s wind energy companies and putting them on notice.
July, 2011
Vale Video Hits, the world’s 2nd longest running music vid show
No culling of subeditorial staff, no mass redundancies of newsroom personnel, has grieved Mel Campbell quite as much as the latest casualty of Lachlan Murdoch’s Channel Ten purges: Video Hits. Crikey looks back.
Fairfax exec questioned in NotW phone hacking scandal
Executive, who has also worked in senior positions at the Daily Telegraph since his arrival in Australia in 2004, held senior editorial roles at the News of the World at the time of Dowler hacking.
Foreign aid review reveals contractors under the hammer
The era of “boomerang aid” appears to be ending as Australia’s foreign aid program moves away from its reliance on private contractors.
Advice to Mick Molloy: fake your apology better next time
Mick Molloy and Network Ten have lost their defamation battle against Adelaide identity Nicole Cornes in a ruling that could have far ranging implications for free speech.
The News of the World news that Murdoch’s OZ papers forgot
The majority of Australian News Limited papers have ignored or buried revelations regarding the News of the World scandal, write Andrew Crook and Leigh Josey.
Australian house prices to track household earnings
Recent claims by The Economist that Australian house prices are overvalued by 55% are almost certainly wrong.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Murdoch shouldn’t be allowed near Australia Network
Crikey readers have their say.
Morning Market Report: Markets down, Portugal on notice
Moody’s believe Portugal won’t meet targets to reduce its deficit due to the “formidable challenges” it is facing in cutting spending.
Media briefs: Overington’s listening … Ford pulls NotW ads … JT to save MySpace …
Overington’s blog: now taking your comments … News of the World: Ford leads major companies in pulling advertising … Anonymous ally ‘leaks’ public election data … South Africa’s rulers face off against newspapers …
The Media Monitors' Top 20: Greens hubris a tour de force
It was all about Green hubris and another pre-announcement of an announcement amongst commentators this week.
Political snippets: Gillard off with the fairies to take on ‘Dancing with the Stars’
Pushing aside the nation’s most popular program for a Prime Ministerial address on the carbon tax would have been a sure fire way to lose votes.
Video of the Day: Litterers Anonymous, with Derryn Hinch
This morning cancer-stricken veteran journalist Derryn “Human Headline” Hinch went under the knife to receive a life-saving liver transplant. As a tribute to Hinch’s good health, Crikey presents this hilarious “litterers anonymous” meeting hosted by the man himself.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Windschuttle and Elliott sell Macleay. Elizabeth Elliott has sold her Sydney education institute Macleay College. Elliott, who will step down as Dean and CEO of the school, announced the move in an email to staff on Saturday obtained by Crikey: Dear All I am writing to let you know that after 23 years I will […]
Crikey Says: Crikey says: helps to have a long memory
Put it down to another case of the Perpetual Present to which some members of the Press Gallery are so prone…
Horn of Africa hunger crisis affects 12 million
An extremely severe drought and rising global food prices means a famine is likely to be declared across Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia. More than a quarter of children in parts of Kenya are malnourished, says aid agencies.
The legislative detail of plain packaging cigarettes
To find out what plain packaging of cigarettes will entail, you can read the detail in the Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011, which has just been introduced to Parliament, reports Melissa Sweet.
Debt ceiling debate causes spillage in Tea Party
The debate about whether to increase America’s $14.3 trillion debt ceiling has caused the first major split inside the Tea Party. Some activists believe the vote will be an “us and them” moment of defining truth, writes Patricia Murphy.
David launches the sea-nema on HMAS Stratton
Veteran print and TV film critic David Stratton will combine movie watching with adventure on the high seas during his ‘film festival at sea’ next January, writes Luke Buckmaster.
Top 20 twitterholics in Australian politics
Want to know which federal Australian politicians tweet the most? Labor MP Ed Husic rules the roost, pumping out such innocuous observations as “I blame the office of @SenMarkArbib office for the pain that will stem from this next workout.”
Chavez returns during Venezuela parade
Thousands of Hugo Chavez supporters chanted “he’s back, he’s back” during Venezuela’s bicentennial parade after the country’s ailing Prime Minister returned home from surgery in Cuba, reports the AFP.
Maroon-blooded rebel radio call sends Courier Mail, 2GB to court
Crikey / Crikey Intern / Wednesday, 6 July 2011
Brisbane’s Courier Mail began the morning popping champagne corks to celebrate its all-Maroon radio call of tonight’s deciding State of Origin clash. But later today it will be in court fighting for the right to broadcast its stunt to readers, writes Lawrence Bull.