Can the All Blacks finally shake off their tag as World Cup chokers? Is the infighting in the French camp a strategic ruse of Napoleonic brilliance? Does anyone have a funnier name than Piri Weepu? Geoff Lemon asks the big questions
October, 2011
Blood mixes with waste: Gaddafi pulled from a drain
Gaddafi may look like the main game, and he’ll be on every front page of the world today, but he was a relic surviving into the new world from the old.
Troubled SBS needs $50m government handout in a hurry
You can call it a “tight budgetary situation”, or you can call it a crisis. Either way, the rumble is that SBS is in real trouble.
Gaddafi may have ‘escaped’ trial, but son may not be so lucky
Libya is in many ways an institutional blank canvas now, needing to be built anew, writes Dr Benjamin MacQueen, senior lecturer in politics and deputy director of the Global Terrorism Research Centre.
Gruen: scripted questions are nothing new in Canberra
Is it any wonder that people sometimes make what they end up conceding are “errors of judgment” in an environment such as this, asks Nicholas Gruen?
Crikey Clarifier: Crikey Clarifier: what’s a market kill switch?
Could the Australian stock market be fitted with a “kill switch”? Reports suggest ASIC will propose that mandatory emergency brakes be fitted to high-speed, high-volume, and occasionally highly irrational High Frequency Trading (HFT) systems to prevent a United States-style “flash crash”. So what is it, and how would it work? Crikey asked Pepperstone Trading CEO Owen Kerr […]
What makes a very normal Greek take to the streets? Where to start?
The latest raft of austerity was passed Thursday evening and many breathed a collective sigh of relief because no one wants to overdose on poisonous Troika medicine, writes Dr Nick Skrekas, author, economic analyst and international lawyer.
Guarding the Left flank: gay unions and Labor’s primary vote
A new poll shows supporting same-sex marriage would boost Labor’s vote — but mainly at the expense of the Greens.
Biggles grounded as Weatherill gathers new cabinet
What did Leon Bignell do to miss out on a slot in the new Jay Weatherill cabinet in South Australia? Plenty, apparently, writes Des Ryan, editor of online Adelaide newspaper InDaily.
Sideshow Alley: hats off to curtseygate
Not since Paul Keating groped the Queen has a nation been so embarrassed by our prime minister’s response to our nation’s head of state.
The most dramatic News Corp AGM since Maxwell came to town
For those Australians who like to rise early, set the alarm for 4am on Saturday and then go here to register for the webcast of what should be a cracking 2011 News Corporation AGM.
Morning Market Report: Markets up as two EU summits tabled
There will now be two EU summits with a solution anticipated after the 2nd meeting next Wednesday the 26th.
Power Shots: Power Shots: down with Gaddafi … doctor who? … sport’s most powerful …
Dictator Watch: the downfall of Gaddafi. The Great Survivor is gone at last. Bedouin-born Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was the Middle East’s longest-lasting despot, and one of the most absurd, crowning himself “King of Kings” and “Leader of the Arab leaders”. Yet he survived for more than four decades, after seizing power in 1969 in a […]
Political snippets: A set back for the climate skeptics
There was much tut-tutting when a self proclaimed climate skeptic at Berkeley University in the United States back in 2009 decided that it was time to independently test the data that been used to allegedly claim the world was getting warmer.
Video of the Day: Occupy Melbourne turns violent
The Occupy Melbourne protest turned violent this morning when police descended on demonstrators shouting chants such as “the whole world is watching”. This video, filmed on a demonstrator’s iPhone, is best watched full screen.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Oakes to lecture on retirement? Will press gallery doyen Laurie Oakes bid farewell tonight? There are rumours he’ll use his Andrew Olle Lecture in Sydney tonight to announce his retirement. Reliable industry blog TV Tonight said talk was being fuelled by the fact “several Nine News and current affairs faces have been told to clear their […]
Media briefs: Jones highlights … angry Coast paper … bleak outlook for Hungry Beast …
Despite claims The Times now has 110,000 paying customers, News International confirmed overnight that around 120 journalists jobs would go from the paper. Plus other media news of the day.
Video The National Press Club Audience Highlights Reel: #1 — Alan Jones
Crikey presents: “A Penny For Your Thoughts”. A highlight reel of the audience’s reaction to Alan Jones’ National Press Club address from October 19.
My Cup Of Tea: The problem of being exceptional
Excellence. It might be a goal of our national cultural policy, but do we really know it means?
What does a Social Media Editor actually do?
Social Media Editor is a relatively new (and sought after) occupation in newsroooms. ProPublica’s Anthony De Rosa explains why the job is about a lot more than tweeting and jumping on Facebook.
