The Ugly One — Griffin Theatre, SydneyMarius Von Mayenburg’s The Ugly One makes its Sydney debut under the auspices of Arts Radar and directed by Sarah Giles. It makes a serious but obsession with skin-deep beauty but is an over-rated play, writes Lloyd Bradford Skye.
November, 2011
Would uranium sales to India breach a key Labor treaty?
Uranium sales to India may be in breach of a key international treaty established by the Hawke government in 1985, according to one of Australia’s most eminent international lawyers.
Canberra Times facing down a tabloid future?
Canberra Times management are knuckling down to develop a strategy to preserve the storied broadsheet in its current form as circulation and profit plummets.
Essential: delay the surplus and share the resources boom
Voters would prefer the return to surplus delayed, today’s Essential Report finds. And voters were underwhelmed with Tony Abbott’s performance during President Obam’s visit.
The billion dollar blues: how the GFC hit our richest
The 2007 BRW Rich 200 list represented a high water mark for many of Australia’s best-known entrepreneurs. So how far have they fallen post-GFC?
Australia can speak with authority at Durban climate talks
For the first time in the history of the international negotiations, Australia can speak with authority and join other nations in taking credible action, writes Erwin Jackson, deputy CEO at Climate Institute.
Rudd is only stating the obvious on reform
Far from being a radical contribution to the Labor reform debate, Kevin Rudd’s proposals are only a first step in what Labor needs to do.
Walkley Awards decide Julian Assange is a journalist
The awarding of WikiLeaks with the prize for contribution to journalism in last night’s Walkey awards raises once again the questions of what is a journalist and what is journalism?
New Zealand sticks with National
As expected, John Key’s National Party was relatively untroubled in Saturday’s New Zealand election. But a strong performance from NZ First surprised some pundits.
Parkinson: Durban talks off to a bad start
The UN climate change talks begin today in Durban in much the same way they have since 1995 — with rhetoric about why the world needs to act but virtually no agreement on how or when, writes Giles Parkinson of Climate Spectator.
New Murray-Darling Basin Plan draft leaves all parties unhappy
After a turbulent year, the Murray-Darling Basin Authority today released the draft of the $10 billion Murray-Darling Basin Plan, and it seems neither irrigators nor scientists are happy with the latest inclination of the plan.
The real price of television protectionism
Commercial television broadcasters receive hundreds of millions of dollars of benefits from government each year, and no one’s debating why.
ICAC learns rough kissing meant no breakfast with Tiffanie
“If you knew who I was, you would be surprised.” When Ian Macdonald allegedly said this to an Asian sex worker in a Sydney hotel room in 2009, he could not have imagined that his words would end up in a corruption inquiry.
Cox: whatever happened to Labor and egalitarianism? The no fair-go
The current government’s various social policy commitments have done little to improve equality for the poorest Australians.
Europe crisis … time for conclusive action … or else
If you are travelling to Europe in the next month or two, take some US dollars, it could be the short-term currency of choice if the euro collapses.
New Kid on the Block: The King’s Tribune
The King’s Tribune: “What would happen if The Onion and The Monthly got together in a bar.” Crikey begins a look at media start-ups.
The Power Index: lobbyists, mining magnate Hooke at #5
Mitch Hooke is the man who co-ordinated one of the most successful vested interest campaigns ever seen in this country: last year’s fight against Kevin Rudd’s proposed resources super profits tax. He helped bring down a prime minister, saved the miners a fortune and proved that you can be an effective lobbyist even if the […]
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Scholars deserve scholarships
14-year-old girls don’t represent adults: John Thompson writes: Re. “Richard Farmer’s chunky bits” (Friday, item 12). OK, get upset with Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority for banning the ad campaign for safety reasons, if you will, but get even more upset that they haven’t banned it for using a 14-year-old girl as a representation of womanhood! […]
Morning Market Report: Morning Market Report
The market is up 84. The SFE Futures were up 5 this morning. The Dow Jones closed down 26 on Friday. Dow down 26 at worst and up 104 at best. The S&P 500 recorded its 7th straight fall during which it has fallen 7.8%. The index was down 4.7% for the week – its […]
Media briefs: Race to chair Aunty … ABC iPhone fail … Guido at Leveson …
In today’s Media Briefs: ABC brings Jacko back from the dead … Judge to be judged on ABC chair? … Bachmann wants more after NBC bitch slap … James Murdoch loses even more allies and more …
Political snippets: European troubles point to interest rate fall
European troubles point to interest rate fall. The sentiment of the punters is pointing to another reduction by the Reserve Bank in official interest rates. A fortnight ago the probability of a 0.25 percentage point fall was put at 39% by the Crikey Interest Rate Indicator. This morning the probability is just over 51%. The […]
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Victorian public service on alert. The purge of the Victorian public service has begun, according to a Spring Street insider. But not the one imagined. “There’s a coincidence of interests between Labor-appointed departmental heads and anti-Baillieu ministers,” our tipster says. “The departmental heads hunt down and ‘kill’ Bailleiu aligned and/or wet liberal public servants, so proving […]
Video of the Day: Chaos on Black Friday
For a peaceful trip to the shops in America, there’s always Black Friday to look forward to. And by “peaceful” we mean chaotic, violent and soul-crushing.
