Occupy Melbourne protesters faced down State Library of Victoria management this morning, who told them to vacate the institution’s front lawns by noon.
October, 2011
Essential: divisions over Occupy, but we’re gunning for CSG
Voters support the concerns of the Occupy movement, but don’t support the protests themselves and are divided over whether police were justified in breaking them up, new polling shows.
CHOGM’s in tents experience comes to an end
Perth’s occupiers are no longer occupying it. They voted on the matter yesterday.
Union stirs up new turbulence for Qantas
With the Qantas lockout of more than 80,000 customers without notice coming to an end this afternoon, the dispute that a 2am Fair Work Australia ruling appeared to solve is already hitting new turbulence.
Qantas and the $3b cash cushion for times just like this
Amid all the words written about the Qantas dispute this morning, no one has mentioned the most important bit of information: money.
Joye: the great Australian rental inflation
There is a lot of talk about house prices in Australia. We hear much less about rental costs, writes Christopher Joye of Property Observer.
Memo troops: don’t get shot during a transport strike
Perhaps our news editors should ask if, in the future, our soldiers in Afghanistan could avoid being killed on grand final weekend, the Boxing Day Test, budget night or any transport strike, writes Dr Rodger Shanahan, who was the Chief of Army Visiting Fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy.
The victims list of the Eurozone crisis is about to get longer
Are we are about to see the second failure of the current eurozone financial crisis with a big US broker struggling to survive?
The remorseless logic and profound disdain of Alan Joyce
Qantas is prepared to threaten the Australian economy and thus has the government over a barrel. But it’s confirming Australians’ growing resentment of corporations.
The Power Index: pay sports powerbroker Patrick Delany at #5
You may not know him, but Patrick Delany plays a major role in determining which sports you watch on free-to-air TV, and which are restricted to those willing to pay for the privilege. That’s because Delany’s the head of Premier Media Group, owners of the lucrative Fox Sports network, and he’s working to take as […]
The Baillieu Dump: Racing Victoria looks at new ways of charging jockeys
Victoria’s Racing Integrity Commissioner, Sal Perna, has taken the extraordinary step of naming a controversial jockey and detailing investigations about him in the organisation’s annual report, writes Aneeka Simonis, a Swinburne University student.
Guy Rundle: Occupy could lead to the Church turning on its own
Christian groups have announced that they will form a “ring of prayer” around the Occupy London/St Paul’s protest, after church authorities went ahead with a plan to gain a legal injunction against the protest and have it removed.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: On the seventh day, God didn’t create coal-fired power stations
Crikey readers have their say.
Media briefs: Bachelard Jakarta bound … Qantas watch … SBS’ $4b shortfall …
In today’s Media Briefs: Bachelard to take on Jakarta … Qantas, err, Quantas … Seven to overhaul Weekend Sunrise … $4m shortfall at SBS, Youtube preps 96 channels and more …
Power Shots: Power Shots: Paul Barry’s guide to Qantas … parting gift for FWA prez … PJK hits out (again) …
Paul Barry’s guide to the Qantas dispute. The Qantas drama involves many of the key people we’re following on The Power Index. But what’s this dispute actually about, and what are the stakes for those involved? What’s it about? There are three different unions in dispute with Qantas, representing pilots, engineers and ground staff. Essentially, all are […]
Political snippets: Thank goodness for a sensible arbitration system
Goodness knows what continuing misery Australian air travelers would have gone through were it not for the safety net of having industrial disputes settled by arbitration when all else fails.
Video of the Day: Meet a theoretical physicist
See kids, science is cool. Dr Amanda Barnard is a theoretical physicist working in the field of nanoscience, has won a stack of awards and can explain what a carbon nanostructure is so that even the Crikey office can understand it. She’s part of the Australian Academy of Science’s “Interviews with Australian scientists” series.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Qantas grounding: how it went down. Angry Qantas staff are confirming to Crikey what unions and ministers have already suggested (and Qantas now admits): contingency plans were put in place for grounding the fleet well before CEO Alan Joyce made the call on Saturday. A non-union (and understandably anonymous) Qantas pilot left stranded by the grounding tells us: “I […]
Crikey Says: Crikey says: the slow burn of Qantas customers
Yesterday’s decision by Fair Work Australia to terminate the fractious Qantas dispute gives the lie to the continuing criticism from business about the Fair Work Act somehow being pro-union.
Bird(s) of the week: White-bellied Sea Eagle and more
Last week Bob Gosford drove out to the west coast of the NT’s Gulf of Carpentaria and wandered down to the foreshore, capturing beautiful images of some stunning birds.
Occupy Movement 
Have neo-Nazi’s arrived at Occupy Phoenix?
An armed and allegedly “neo-Nazi” militia group known as the US Border Guard has arrived at Occupy Phoenix, arguing the second amendment prevents abuse of the first, reports Paul Joseph Watson.
