The Australian’s business section is mourning the loss of another high-profile hack after Matthew Stevens jumped ship to bitter national rival The Australian Financial Review.
November, 2011
I cock-a-doodle-do
As an Aussie expat living in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tabitha Carvan was super excited for her traditional Vietnamese wedding. Until she learnt that she’d be sharing the space with a cock-fighting tournament…
2012 AACTA film award nominations announced
Nominations for the inaugural Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) –- a re-jigged AFI Awards — have been announced. Director Daniel Nettheim’s The Hunter leads with 14 nominations.
The quality journalism project: scouring the globe with Monica Attard
After carving out an illustrious career on TV and radio, Monica Attard is going digital with the upcoming launch of her news site The Global Mail. She’s the latest subject in Crikey’s quality journalism project.
ICAC inquiry: Ron Medich details night with sex worker
Multimillionaire Sydney businessman Ron Medich this morning made his long-awaited appearance in the witness box at the Independent Commission Against Corruption.
Guy Rundle: McMullan testimony a toxic mix of nihilism, self-righteousness and victimhood
Paul McMullan’s appearance before the Leveson inquiry was stomach turning testimony, but it was the best insight yet into what went so badly wrong at the heart of News International culture.
Labor state sec: Gillard, Rudd miss the point on membership
WA ALP State Secretary Simon Mead has accused Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd of missing the point in their efforts to reenergise Labor’s membership, blaming inept communication for members quitting.
Durban might just keep the Kyoto protocol alive
This two weeks at the Durban climate talks might turn out to be more interesting than expected, writes academic Michael Jacobs. The stakes are certainly high enough.
American Airlines makes Qantas dispute look like a tea party
Anyone who’s bagged Qantas for being hard-nosed in grounding their fleet in the recent dispute should think again and take a look at what the parent company of the huge American Airlines did overnight…
Maley: spotting the big four’s euro bonus
Australian companies are already feeling the sting of the European debt crisis, as banks move to push up interest rates they charge to reflect growing turmoil in global financial markets.
Curtin detention centre: 30min drive from Derby, ‘fit in or f-ck off’
Curtin is situated inside an Australian Airforce Base, around 30 minutes drive from Derby, and can only be accessed by prior arrangement with Serco. Crikey paid a visit.
MYEFO and the twisted politics of illusion
There are illusions everywhere in Wayne Swan’s MYEFO documents. In effect, the budget will still be in deficit in 2012-13, it’s just that enough of it has been tacked onto this year’s deficit to get it out of the red.
Gerry Harvey’s bizarre logic: it’s all your fault
Gerry Harvey seems to have a long list of reasons why Harvey Norman is “treading water”, none of them to do with the company. Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane comment.
Andrew Barr: I can’t marry the person I love — that needs to change
Andrew Barr is the Deputy Chief Minister of the ACT and a life-long Labor Party member. He’s also gay and in a long-term committed relationship. And he’d like to get married.
The psychological backlash against Hickie and McGorry
It’s not only psychologists at war over mental health reform — considerable vitriol is also being directed at the country’s most prominent psychiatrists, Ian Hickie and Pat McGorry. Crikey’s series on mental health reform continues.
The Power Index: lobbyists, Hawker Britton’s Simon Banks at #3
Simon Banks understands the Labor Party better than any other lobbyist. He’s worked on five ALP federal election campaigns, was Kevin Rudd’s chief of staff and helped broker the deal between the independents and the Gillard government. He also has no known enemies — a remarkable feat given his party’s reputation for factional infighting. Grahame Morris, a […]
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: A question of degrees for future education
Crikey readers have their say.
Morning Market Report: Bank downgrades dampens markets
S&Ps downgraded the ratings of major US banks including Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America.
Media briefs: BSkyB’s Murdoch revolt … media probe cost $1.4m … US govt v Facebook …
Don’t you love it when two big same-city tabloids have the same headline for the same story? That’s what happened in New York yesterday. Plus, the most shared Facebook stories of 2011 and other media news.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: All eyes on Slipper’s speaker appointment
Sorry folks, no-one gets the chance to vote either for or against Mr Slipper ever again, but I’m sure he’s taken your comments seriously nevertheless…
Power Shots: Power Shots: fall of Terry Martin … Murdoch survives BSkyB … Megaphones Watch …
Rise and fall of Tassie MP Terry Martin. Not long ago, former Tasmanian MP Terry Martin was a respected man who couldn’t put a foot wrong in the eyes of his electorate. Now he’s been found guilty of having s-x with a 12-year-old girl and producing child exploitation material. So how did he rise to the […]
Political snippets: Slippery Speaker antics will make 2012 exciting
A parliamentary highlight to come. We are assured of a bright and colourful start to next year’s federal parliamentary session. Sydney’s Daily Telegraph has seen to that. It might have been stuck away on page four of Tuesday’s paper but the serjeant-at-arms of the House of Representatives, Robyn McClelland, will not have missed the blatantly open […]
Video of the Day: A day in the life of a mining billionaire
Remember those “this is our story” mining industry ads against the mining tax? Well the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union is fighting back with its hilarious “this is the real story” campaign. First up, the “real” story of life as a billionaire miner, complete with caviar for breakfast …
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Big news at the Herald Sun? One of the most prominent journalists in sports-mad Melbourne, Herald Sun chief football writer Mike Sheahan, announced his retirement from the daily news grind yesterday. But is it a mere coincidence the 64-year-old is stepping back as the Herald Sun apparently targets older workers for redundancy, as one insider told […]
