Concert no display of ABC commitment. There’s “supreme irony” in successful doco Mrs Carey’s Concert airing on ABC1 this Sunday, according to a TV insider. It was rejected by ABC’s documentary commissioner, they rightly point out, but “snuck in through the door of Arts & Entertainment led by Amanda Duthie”. The film has generated some […]
September, 2011
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Crikey Says: Media inquiry has to do more than gather dust
It appears the government has decided to conduct a media inquiry, with details to be announced this afternoon.
Tiger mums breed dragon children
Why are Australian-born children of Chinese parents so successful? SBS examines the constant coaching, love of selective public high schools and drive for education of Chinese-Australian students in a fascinating video series.
Australian Literary Review shuts up shop
Storied News Limited literary digest The Australian Literary Review will publish its last edition next month, Crikey can reveal.
PHOTO GALLERY 
Top ten travel games
From Guess Who?, Connect Four to a revamped Rubik’s Cube, a summer holiday is not complete without travel games. The Independent presents 10 of the best.
Lessons learnt from the solar industry subsidy
Who would have thought that less than a year out from the start of Australia’s carbon tax the nation’s solar sector would be in disarray? James Thomson reflects on how our solar industry lost its shine.
Why I buy cheap wine
Why would a wine lover with a cellar full of expensive wines decide to sell them off when he doesn’t need the money? Matt Kramer reveals why he no longer buys expensive wine.
The trend towards news as niche
Massive online enterprises such as AOL and Yahoo are being outmanoeuvred by small websites that deliver targeted information, providing yet another lesson of the internet age, writes David Carr.
A new, Twitteriffic alarm clock
A new alarm clock app for Apple devices has an innovative way of ensuring you wake up in the morning. If you sleep in, it will log into your Twitter account and embarrass you, reports Lauren Dugan.
The GOP v Obamanomics: ideology or politics?
The only people in the US who claim that stimulus spending doesn’t stimulate the economy are Republicans. Does the GOP oppose Obama’s economic measures for ideological or political reasons? asks Jacob Weisberg.
Is it time for Gillard to give her ministry a spring clean?
Given Labor’s slump in the polls and waning confidence in the Gillard government, now might be a good time for the PM to shuffle around her ministry. The Political Sword has some suggestions.
Abbott stays quiet on refugee policy
Crikey media wrap: Prime Minister Julia Gillard convinced her Labor caucus to back changes to the Migration Act in order to legalise the Malaysia refugee swap, but will Tony Abbott support them?
Summer reading: 
Letters from Hanoi: ‘stay visible’
Hanoi is quite unlike any other major Asian town. It is immediately more charming and less fetid than Kuala Lumpur, less rambunctious than Bangkok and more modest than Hong Kong, writes W H Chong.
Gillard’s future according to the Crikey Leadership Indicator
Leadership speculation aside, one thing everybody can agree on is that there is a greater chance Julia Gillard will not be the Labor Prime Minister at the time of the next election than that she will be, writes Richard Farmer.
Why has Hollywood shied away from 9/11?
Why has Hollywood, of all places, largely kept mum about one of the biggest moments in contemporary American history? asks film reviewer Luke Buckmaster.
Malaysia Solution II: Gillard wins support
The ALP National Left has slammed Julia Gillard’s decision to allow immigration minister Chris Bowen carte blanche to decide the offshore processing fate of asylum seekers.
Essential: Gillard down again, but support for offshoring, pokies reform
Julia Gillard has hot a new low in today’s Essential Report. But there’s support for the government in asylum seeker processing and pokies.
The Power Index: what’s a US Open worth to Sam Stosur?
Samantha Stosur became the first Australian woman to win a tennis grand slam in 31 years today after pulling off a stunning US Open victory. But the real interest is now in how her management can leverage Sam’s success to send her up the power athlete charts. Stosur’s upset straight sets win over home-town favourite […]
Will Singapore Airlines cut its losses by teaming with Virgin?
The disastrous commercial consequences of the July grounding for Singapore Airlines’ 32.9% stake in Tiger Australia has added strength to the speculation of a tie-up with Virgin Australia.
Richardson: the party that changed America
For many people, the most revealing moment in last week’s debate among Republican presidential candidates came when Rick Perry was asked about his record on capital punishment in Texas.
Is the jobs forum a summit in search of a problem?
Employers and unions are unlikely to have much of a dialogue at the jobs forum in a few weeks.
Let’s be optimistic that the Murdochcracy can be brought to heel
Another week and more dark revelations have emerged about goings on within the News Corp empire, writes David Ritter from London.
