Wayne Swan’s attack on National Australia Bank, labelling it “greedy” for “only” passing onto home loan borrowers 20 basis points of the Reserve Bank’s 25 basis point reduction in official interest rates, is churlish and betrays a poor memory.
November, 2011
Rundle: Assange needs to turn his predicament into a wider cause
Sitting at the Royal Courts of Justice, the appeals court dismissed all four separate arguments made by Assange’s legal team, thus committing him to extradition to Sweden, should the Supreme Court refuse to review the appeal.
The Baillieu Dump: lack of funding hits ambulance service in the bush
Lack of funding means an Ambulance Victoria referral service that leaves more ambulances available for critically ill patients will not be expanded to rural Victoria, writes Emma Beddoes.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Delegitimising unions
Crikey reads have their say.
Morning Market Report: Euro problems causing market pessimism
Greek Premier Papandreou will meet with German and French leaders to discuss implementation of the bailout plan.
Media briefs: DJ’s Kardashian chaos … Age staff changes … Fitness First’s Oz pump …
No wonder David Jones is doing it tough — it blocked public entrances to its Elizabeth Street store this morning because of the arrival of two of the world’s great lightweights, sisters Kim and Khloe Kardashian. Plus other media news.
Power Shots: Power Shots: Barry on JoyceChoices … miners give Twiggy a right Hooke … Oz power fail …
Joyce’s Choice: shifting jobs offshore. If you want to discover how Alan Joyce and Qantas can shift jobs offshore — with the blessing of Fair Work Australia — you need look no further than New Zealand operator Jetconnect. Jetconnect was set up in 2001 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qantas to run domestic air services in New Zealand under the […]
Political snippets: A campaigning paper
The Sydney Daily Telegraph is clearly on the campaign trail.
Video of the Day: How did the world get so big so fast?
Cripes! The global population has skyrocketed from one billion to seven billion in 200 years. This video explains how we got so big so fast.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
AFR grabs another Oz journo. New Australian Financial Review chief Michael Stutchbury has made another raid on his former employer. We hear The Australian’s respected Nabila Ahmed will defect to the Fairfax rival as its new companies editor. Oz staff go halves with management on paywall. As New Matilda reported last week, staff at The Australian were […]
Crikey Says: Media responsibility, and how to wield it
What kind of responsibility comes with owning more than 70% of Australia’s metropolitan and national news journalism?
film reviews 
Anonymous — butchering the Bard
Director Roland Emmerich, renown for making big budget disaster pics, turns his wrecking ball towards English literature in this soporific film about how Shakespeare was a fraud, writes Luke Buckmaster.
Dear Father Who Art in Heaven, Let Thy Pass Obama’s Jobs Plan
Barack Obama’s controversial plan to reduce unemployment has a new high profile supporter: God. At least according to the President, writes Stephen Collinson.
The many comebacks and controversies of Eddie Murphy
In the 80’s he was one of Hollywood’s most beloved celebrities, but the life and career of Eddie Murphy, littered with big budget duds and personal scandals, has been one roller coaster ride, writes Marlow Stern.
healthcare New guidelines encourage nurses to embrace social media
The Royal College of Nursing Australia have developed guidelines to encourage nurses to embrace social media and harness the advantages it can offer the profession, writes Debra Cerasa.
Doctors go googling too
Have you ever used Google to self-diagnose your latest ailment? Here’s a sobering thought: doctors too are increasingly relying on search engines for information, writes Richard Farmer.
After Libya, what now for ‘responsibility to protect’?
How far has the ‘responsibility to protect’ (R2P) that triggered military action to protect civilians in Libya been advanced by the country’s liberation? asks Tim Dunne and Jess Gifkins.
Qantas Can Qantas be forced to Still Call Australia Home?
This week’s Qantas Senate Inquiry has set up a fierce debate about the current management of Qantas and its off shore strategies, reports Ben Sandilands.
Rundle: court upholds Assange
extradition
By the end of November, Julian Assange will have spent a year either in remand or bailed to house curfew, with an electronic tag – the maximum amount of time he could have been jailed were he to be charged and convicted on the accusations made.
The Oz editor bargained over lives in AFP raid
Former editor of The Australian, Paul Whittaker, bargained with police over how many lives would be lost if the newspaper published its scoop on the anti-terrorism operation before raids took place.
The quality journalism project: under the media Mumbrella
Mumbrella editor-in-chief Tim Burrowes is obsessed with the media and marketing worlds. He’s the latest candidate in Crikey’s quality journalism project.
Delegitimising unions in the great game of labour v capital
As voters become more estranged from corporations and economic reform, neither labour nor capital is responding effectively to the sentiment.
