Last night TV tragic Dan Barrett sat in the audience for the taping of The 7PM Project. But there’s so little engagement with the audience that it’s not worth them having a crowd, says Barrett.
August, 2011
Newspoll: disaffection for both parties
Newspoll has the Coalition lead up from 56-44 to 57-43, from primary votes of 27% for Labor (down two), 47% for the Coalition (steady) and a solid 14% for the Greens (up two), reports William Bowe.
Side to One — Riverside Theatres, Sydney
Side to One is an up close and personal blackbox theatre dance and narrative spectacle that is exceptionally powerful and imbued with dangerous choreography, writes Lloyd Bradford Skye.
Essential: we’re happy to ban social media, indifferent on health reforms
More people support a ban on social media during times of unrest than oppose one — but it depends on usage. And on health … voters seem uninterested in the recent reform package.
Simons: another lesson in the importance of a code of conduct
No media organisation can regard itself as having covered off on ethics merely by proclaiming that it follows a code – no matter how good that code might be.
Carbon tax: for Abbott it’s appalling policy or appalling hypocrisy
Even if Abbott wins a 2013 election it would likely be mid-2015 before any carbon price legislation could potentially pass a joint sitting of both houses, writes Matt Grudnoff, a senior economist at The Australia Institute.
I’m not a protectionist, but … more help for the steel industry
The government has rushed out another steel industry package, but at least it hasn’t succumb to the protectionist impulses within Labor ranks.
The Power Index: meet Sam Dastyari, the No.1 fixer to watch
Young, smart and connected, Sam Dastyari does not make the Top Ten but comes in as our No. 1 Political Fixer to watch. His power will match the best of them in the years to come.
How OneSteel stole the march on BlueScope
The contrast between the business strategies of the noisy, very political BlueScope and its smaller, quieter and better-run rival, OneSteel (the other half of the old BHP Steel), are illuminating.
Who’s the mystery MP that Grattan referred to this morning?
Radio National Breakfast is essential listening among the Canberra political class and so it was again this morning when Michelle Grattan dropped a tasty tit bit that Labor had “dirt” on an unnamed Coalition MP.
The Block auction a dose of reality, which Sydney finally loved
It was a dose of reality when three of the four houses in the Channel Nine series The Block 2011 failed to sell at their weekend auction, writes Jonathan Chancellor, of Property Observer.
First action of ‘Open Leaks’ — destroy leaked material
The first action of the new Open Leaks site, designed to succeed WikiLeaks, has been to destroy a vast trove of valuable documents.
Cox: why is equal pay so difficult to achieve?
As many women’s groups gear up for the annual unequal payday commiseration, more statistics emerge that suggest the gap may be going backwards, or, at best, is stuck.
Operation Mermaid Dawn brings Libya to brink of freedom
The best-organised operation of Libyan uprising appears to be delivering final victory to the freedom fighters.
Power Shots: Truckies split on convoy protest … The Don takes willow to cricket heavies …
Bruce McIver is the driving force behind Queensland’s new Liberal National Party and the man who brought about the 2008 merger of the state’s two right-of-center parties. Also, truckies are split on convoy protest, and more…
Shell puts a polar bear sheen on Arctic oil spill
The Gannet spill comes at a crucial time for Shell as the company tries to convince a sceptical public that it can be trusted with oil extraction in the Arctic, writes David Ritter from London.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The Craig Thomson affair
Crikey readers have their say.
Morning Market Report: Oz markets up as US closed down again on Friday
The Dow closed down 173 points to end lower for a fourth straight week.
Media briefs: APC to increase regs … more NotW hacking … SMH appoints readers’ ed …
Trendy Salt’s cafe missive … Front Page of the Day … Australian Press Council plans to increase regulation … Milly Dowler phone hackers “used more than one voicemail” …
Political snippets: A demo too far for Abbott
I’m sure it was a mistake for the Opposition Leader to associate himself with the blockading truck drivers around Canberra’s Parliament House this morning.
Video of the Day: In Libya, protection from bullets of celebration
A British journo reports live from a vehicle travelling through Tripoli, wearing a helmet and a bullet-proof vest. But this time, they were to protect herself from bullets of celebration.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Rinehart’s life an open book? Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart could have a very private life exposed by a new biography penned by a leading business journalist, we’re told. We’re investigating … Statement on how to get ‘grinf-cked’. Here’s the Statement of Claim in Bra chief Sally Berkeley’s $9 million unfair dismissal case against hulking […]
