Barack Obama has upped the pressure on Republicans to agree to some tax increases as part of US deficit reduction by threatening to veto any attempt to undo automatic cuts to the military.
November, 2011
Newspaper Death Watch: APN shutters two key dailies
Yesterday, regional publisher APN announced that paid editions of two long-standing titles — the Tweed Daily News and the Coffs Coast Advocate — would vanish during the week.
Abbott’s statesman’s hat is so unfashionably last year
I attended Tony Abbott’s address to The Sydney Institute last night with real enthusiasm, expecting to hear something good. However, what we got was 2010 revisited.
Is the Euro-US crisis spiralling into one of democracy?
The steady drip of bad news from Europe and the US threatens more than just economic growth.
MF Global collapse: funds shortfall has been doubled
The losses and mystery surrounding broken futures group MF Global, America’s biggest financial collapse in three years, continues to deepen.
Nursing dispute’s origins in the savage cuts of the Kennett era
The current nursing dispute has its origins in the savage cuts to the health budget initiated by the first Kennett government in 1993-4, writes Tom Keating, a former senior Victorian health manager.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Journalists fail us on nuclear proliferation
Crikey readers have their say.
Morning Market Report: Markets fall again as doubts grow for France’s credit rating
The S&P 500 was down for a fourth straight day — its longest drop since September.
Media briefs: No privacy at The Oz … Nine’s 2012 season ‘excitment’ …
The Australian caught out on privacy … “excitment” at Nine for 2012 season … front page of the day … the Department of Corrections …
Power Shots: Power Shots: lobbyist Hambleton at #9 … Greg Smith’s media hit list … divided on diversity …
Lobbyists: Steve Hambleton at #9. Steve Hambleton is the recently elected boss of one of the most influential lobby groups in Australian history: the Australian Medical Association. The AMA, which represents about 27,000 medical professionals, has made an art form of grabbing headlines, getting in politicians faces and preserving the power of doctors in the […]
Political snippets: More European doom and gloom
The gloomy headlines about the financial situation just keep coming.
Video of the Day: Pepper spray attack from all sides
Confronting photographs of peaceful protesters pepper sprayed at the University of California in Davis went viral across the world last week. Even more confronting is this fascinating video account of the event, pieced together from four different perspectives.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Safe rates may split National Party. After a long wait, the federal government will legislate a so-called “safe rates” scheme for truck drivers — as Crikey reported in July — to protect subcontractors from customers screwing down rates. Legislation will come before Parliament later this week, but Nationals leader Warren Truss has already ruled out opposition support. But does […]
2012: the year of industrial disruption?
Despite the current climate it is foolish to embrace hyperbole on the subject of industrial disputes. And yet mounting evidence suggests things will only intensify, writes Peter Vitale.
Mexico’s leftist party rests hopes on veteran radical
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, aka AMLO, narrowly lost the 2006 presidential election in Mexico and has been re-selected as the leader of the Party of the Democratic Revolution. It’s a high stakes gamble, according to The Economist.
Introducing David Lynch: the Moby-esque muso
David Lynch has made a career out of making mind-bending movies, but now he’s taken an unusual detour into the realm of Moby-esque music-making, writes Neil Walker.
Future of journalism: less talk about business models, more talk about quality
If people genuinely believe free market forces will save journalism, they have their heads in the sand. Focus on quality — not advertising delivery — and profit might just follow, writes Bob Denmore.
New IPCC report: all you need to know
Brace yourself for more extreme weather, warns the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It makes for concerning reading, says Amber Jamieson.
Leonardo da Vinci’s to-do list
Leonardo da Vinci was a renowned painter, inventor and think. According to a list he hand wrote, he wanted to calculate the measurements of Milan (and draw it), examine a crossbow and learn about proportion, for starters.
A conversation with Jonathan Teplitzky, writer/director of Burning Man
Few films that deal with the loss of a loved one are as bold and innovative as writer/director Jonathan Teplitzky’s third feature film, the scorching Aussie drama Burning Man. Shortly before the film’s release Teplitzky sat down for a revealing interview with Luke Buckmaster.
