August, 2011
Carr: Rann didn’t deserve to be booted
It should have been Mike Rann’s decision on when he would leave his spot as SA Premier, not a backroom party deal, says former NSW Premier Bob Carr.
Game-in-a-Box: Broncos kick sharks out of contention
It was a critical game for both teams, writes Pat Byrne, determining whether Brisbane Broncos could stick with the top four and if the Cronulla Sharks could get back on track and make a run for the finals.
US needs rehab from its debt addiction
Looking at the spending habits of the US is more reminiscent of a Latin American dictatorship circa 1980 rather than a leading Western democracy, writes Larry Elliott.
Violence in Syria with 142 killed on eve of Ramadan
Just one day before Ramadan begins, Syrian forces stormed the protest city of Hama, killing at least 100 citizens. In other towns across Syria, the army opened fire on protesters — many protesting the actions in Hama — leaving another 40 dead.
Morgan Spurlock’s latest, inside the NYT and more: MIFF Day 9 and 10
Having now watched and reviewed 40 films in 10 days, Luke Buckmaster is now deep within the belly of the Melbourne International Film Festival beast. He examines the six films he’s seen in the last 48 hours.
Not a knife in the back but a club to the back of the head
They will be able to say in South Australia that the assassination of a Premier was done without spilling blood. The man is still politically dead but Rann’s statement that he is stepping down makes it look cleaner, writes Richard Farmer.
travel The desolate, windswept moors of Yorkshire
The requirements were simple: A bloke weekend with a close mate, somewhere in Europe we’d both never been, easily accessible for both of us, preferably warm and exotic. Quite how we came up with Yorkshire is a bit of a mystery, says Troy Wilkinson.
How Rann compares to other Labor premiers
SA Premier Mike Rann has announced he will stand down and hand the reins to Education Minister Jay Weatherill after months of poor polling. William Bowe compares Rann’s polling to other premiers.
Crikey wrap: US debt-ceiling deal done
Crikey media wrap: The deal is sealed: Barack Obama made a special Sunday night announcement that a debt-ceiling plan had been agreed on and signed off by both party leaders.
Crikey Blogs / Monday, 1 August 2011
There are dangers of a political party publishing comments as if it were a media organisation. On the Liberal Party’s liberal.org.au website, comments inciting violence against the Greens remain, notes Jeremy Sear.