Meet Tony Sheldon: ALP national president hopeful. If Tony Sheldon, the union heavy at the centre of the Qantas fracas, is elected ALP national president next month he won’t be, as Tony Abbott claims, “Julia Gillard’s boss”. But he will have an important role to play in the debate over reform to the party’s internal structures. […]
November, 2011
Political snippets: Rate reduction a good bet
The money has been coming for an interest rate cut in this afternoon’s big event.
Video of the Day: The horse named ‘Arrrrr’
In honour of office sweeps across the nation, we’re dedicating today’s video to horse race callers. If only a horse named “Arrrrr” was running in today’s Melbourne Cup. Or if “My Wife Knows Everything” was racing against ”The Wife Doesn’t Know” (guess which one wins?).
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Alby makes way for businessman? Who’s the prominent Sydney businessman and director apparently lining up Liberal hard man Alby Schultz’s seat of Hume? Rumours have circulated for some time that Schultz, who underwent a quadruple bypass earlier this year, was headed for the door. But he was having none of it yesterday, telling Crikey he will stand […]
Crikey Says: Qantas dispute a safe landing for Julia Gillard
Despite some media attempts to confect a claim that the government was somehow derelict in failing to prevent Qantas’s industrial relations ambush on the weekend, it is Julia Gillard who has emerged from the dispute looking most comfortable.
Deal with it Sydney: more inaction on transport mess ahead
Anyone hoping for a quick fix to Sydney’s transport mess will be disappointed by this week’s report into electricity privatisation, writes Paul Barry.
November 1: the 100th anniversary of the air raid
A hundred years ago during the Italo-Turkish War of 1911-1912, a young Lieutenant was ordered to fly his plane into battle and drop numerous small one-and-a-half kilogram bombs, writes NAJ Taylor.
The billionaire businessman and soccer saviour
Frank Lowy is widely seen as the man who fixed the mess that was Australian soccer. Yet his power could be on the wane, particularly if increasing calls to oust him come to fruition, explains Tom Cowie in his profile of Lowy.
The Cut & Paste Trophy
Welcome to the Cut & Paste Trophy, where Pure Poison asks media organisations to take responsibility for the more offensive material they publish on behalf of readers.
How Android took over the UK smart phone market
In just 18 months, Google’s Android has managed to nab around half of the smart phone market in the UK. That could raise to 70% in just one or two years.
Seven billionth baby scandal
The birth of the world’s seven billionth baby — little Danica from the Philippines — became a big media story. But while the United Nations says we’ve reached seven billion, the US Census Bureau argues that it won’t happen for another four months.
REVIEW: No Way To Treat A Lady
Darlinghurst Theatre’s production of No Way To Treat A Lady is clever enough, cute enough, corny enough, kitsch enough and touching enough to make for a thoroughly enjoyable evening’s entertainment, says Lloyd Bradford Syke.
Prying open the Cult Vault: 12 straight hours of horror movie madness
In honour of Halloween and horror films, Luke Buckmaster sat down for the inaugural Cult Vault horror movie marathon, where he managed to keep his eyes open (mostly) for 12 terrifying hours.
Let’s not occupy ourselves with simplistic messages
The lack of a unifying — but inevitably simplistic — message is in fact the strength of the Occupy movement. The call for messages is divisive and too definitive, writes Robin Cameron.
Qantas takes off, into skies dark with uncertainties
It looks like stormy skies ahead for Qantas and its pilots, licensed engineers and ground staff after the first of its grounded jets returned to service yesterday following an emergency ruling by Fair Work Australia, writes Ben Sandilands.
