With executive pay season well and truly upon us, well-healed boards continue to adopt a convenient, “heads executives win, tails shareholders lose” approach to remuneration.
October, 2011
Latest wind farm research is a load of hot air
The various organisations that are at the forefront of wind farm opposition recently published eight papers in a special edition of an allegedly peer-reviewed journal you could be excused from never having heard of.
Blood on the Mexican border squeezed by opportunistic GOP
Rick Perry has a knack for making comments that cause large swathes of the electorate to wince.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The pure political pragmatism of the climate change debate
Crikey readers have their say.
Morning Market Report: Markets down after week long rally
The Dow Jones closed down 40 overnight after an 11.7% rally in a week from low to high.
Media briefs: Hun in da wrong? … iiNet plugs RRR …
Today’s Herald Sun uses African-American language for its headline “OBAMA IN DA HOUSE” for its story on President Barack Obama’s planned November Australia visit. Plus other news…
Power Shots: Power Shots: Ai Weiwei is No.1 … Bilson’s closes … mailman’s big package …
Ai Weiwei tops power list. Dissident artist Ai Weiwei has been named the most powerful figure in the art world, but he says he feels as vulnerable as ever in communist China. Ai, who was released in June after being detained for more than 80 days by Chinese authorities, is the second artist ever to top […]
Political snippets: The rich are getting richer
The rich get richer. It’s official. The rich are getting richer than the poor. The wealthiest 20% of Australian households have increased their average net worth 15% since 2005-06 (CPI adjusted), while the poorest 20% of households saw only a 4% rise. The Australian Bureau of Statistics this morning released its estimates of Household Wealth […]
Video of the Day: Real life ‘superhero’ arrested
This strange, bracing, Blair Witch-like camcorder video films real life “superhero” Phoenix Jones, who was arrested for allegedly pepper spraying a group of people. His secret identity has been revealed but he is yet to be charged. Phoenix Jones Stops Assault from Ryan McNamee on Vimeo.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Fels in line for mental health role. Is former competition watchdog Allan Fels about to be appointed the federal government’s mental health commissioner? That’s the rumour we’re hearing and Fels wasn’t denying it on the phone this morning: “I suspect I’m being considered but you’ll have to speak to the mental health minister.” We did, but […]
Crikey Says: Purging the politics
Given the bizarre circumstances that gave birth to this minority government of ours, we should’ve anticipated some surprising policy outcomes. But this is up there.
Film is dead. Long live film
All major manufacturers of film cameras have announced that from now on they will only produce digital apparatus. Cinema as we know it is no more, although the power of digital is not to be underestimated, writes Matt Zoller Seitz.
Ai Weiwei tops power list
Dissident artist Ai Weiwei has been named the most powerful figure in the art world, but he says he feels as vulnerable as ever in communist China, writes Matthew Knott.
Power hub Bilson’s set to shut up shop
Sydney is expected to lose what’s considered one of its finest restaurants, especially for ‘power lunches’ — the three-hat Bilson’s, as well as its sister locale, Number One Wine Bar, reports Angela Priestley.
healthcare 
Awareness v availability: what’s missing from health news
The most important aspect about media representations of medical tests, treatments and interventions is whether they are widely available in Australia – and this is often left for the audience to find out for themselves, writes Dr Amanda Wilson.
100 must read articles about journalism
La Trobe University’s epic quest to collect 100 essential articles about journalism has finally been completed, writes Lawrie Zion. There’s oodles of quality writing to pour over.
My Cup Of Tea: Controversy aside, snaps to Australian poets
Australian poetry is suddenly the subject of considerable debate. While there’s controversy over a new poetry anthology by UNSW Press, there’s wider optimism over the health of poetry more generally.
Welcome to the, um, New World Order
Conservative US commentator Pat Buchanan has used the Eurozone crisis to springboard a rather…sensational theory: that the New World Order may be upon us.
It is time for Twitterholics Anonymous?
How do you know if you’re addicted to Twitter? For starters, if you talk in less than 140 characters and you get depressed if nobody re-tweets you then, maybe, you have a problem….
Police set to crash Occupy Wall Street party
Owners of Lower Manhattan’s Zuccoti Park, which has become a hub for Occupy Wall Street protests, have indicated an eviction is on the cards. Police will soon arrive and confrontation is inevitable, writes Matt Wells.
Daily Proposition: In the company of a Canadian (scallop) and Aussie (chardy)
A night in with some big, fat Canadian scallops and an Ashcroft 2009 Chardonnay from Margaret River offered the perfect company after a dinner date gone wrong.
Govt flips and supports onshore
processing
Crikey media wrap: Australia will now process all asylum seekers onshore, despite both the government and Opposition supporting offshore processing for those that come by boat.
