Obama could win by a country mileBarack Obama’s approval rating may be low, but who can explain how he’s beating Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney in South Carolina, of all places? It’s possible that the President will win the next election by a landslide, writes Michael Tomasky
December, 2011
Aussie retailers failing to retain key staff
Less than half of Australia’s retail employees believe their organisation successfully retains its most talented people, new data shows, reports Michelle Hammond.
Guy Rundle: The email that could bring about James Murdoch’s downfall
James Murdoch has misled a UK Parliamentary committee, either deliberately or by being so indifferent to the truth-value of his testimony that he has been deceitful by negligence. That’s the only conclusion one can draw from the startling new revelations of a 2008 email.
Why Stephen Conroy swearing on TV was f#@%ing fantastic!
Minister for Communications, Senator Stephen Conroy, dropped the F word during the ABC’s live coverage of his National Press Club address. Expecting politicians not to swear is futile, writes Aidan Wilson.
film reviews The Iron Lady — odious Oscar bait
There are two words that best describe director Phyllida Lloyd’s glossily shot biopic of Margaret Thatcher, starring Meryl Streep in the all-important role. They are: Oscar bait, writes Luke Buckmaster.
The quality journalism project: SBS anchorman Anton Enus
SBS might be a small player in the Australian television game, but it regularly produces top-notch journalism, particularly in international affairs. South African-born Anton Enus is one of its most recognisable faces.
The perils of caging Twitter in governments
In a classic case of confusing the medium with the message, the Victorian Parliament last week launched an inquiry into the use of social media within the gallery, writes Charis Palmer of Technology Spectator.
Health to slash jobs, reduce workload to meet surplus
One of the Commonwealth’s biggest departments has moved to cull jobs and reduce workloads to meet cuts imposed in Wayne Swan’s MYEFO.
The Power Index: Ian Plimer just doing it for the kids
Controversial climate change sceptic Professor Ian Plimer says the “average punter” inspired him to write his new tome, which teaches students that human-induced global warming is a scam. Plimer is currently doing the rounds plugging his new book How To Get Expelled From School: A guide to climate change for pupils, parents and punters. It’s been […]
The energy paper’s peculiar logic about nuclear power
The draft energy white paper proposes that nuclear power could be a backstop power supply decades hence. But it takes some unusual twists of logic to do it.
Visiting Japan’s tsunami-devastated towns eight months on
Weeks have passed already and a good deal of time has been spent reflecting over my very short but intense trip to Ishinomaki, more than100 kilometres north of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear absurdity, writes Paul Johannessen, an Australian video editor and producer in Japan.
Maley: Europe fires a big bank bazooka
Have European politicians decided to give their banks the job of easing the region’s roiling debt crisis? That’s increasingly the view of investors after last week’s move by the European Central Bank to provide unlimited three-year loans to banks at a 1% interest rate.
Why retirees will be $65k worse off with financial planning fees
About a decade ago, shonky operators operating in mortgage broking led to widespread calls for more regulation. And so gradually the government worked itself into something-must-be-done mode, writes Nicholas Gruen, economist and CEO of Lateral Economics.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: Brickbats for Gillard’s cabinet reshuffle
Not too many bouquets for the Prime Minister for the last big piece of political news of the year.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The blindness of being pro-Europe
Crikey reads have their say.
Morning Market Report: Continuing Euro concerns quell markets
US stocks fell for a second straight day.
Media briefs: Leveson latest … TV execs year of change … Russian journos axed after election …
Read the email that could bring about James Murdoch’s downfall. James Murdoch has misled a UK Parliamentary committee, either deliberately or by negligence. Plus other media news of the day.
Why Australia is too monolingual for our own good
Australians generally are monolingual, in fact the English speaking world, with some exceptions, is generally monolingual, writes Aidan Wilson of Crikey’s language blog, Fully (sic).
Political snippets: More bad polls for Labor
The Westpac/Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment is a fitting signal for what has been an unhappy year for the Federal Government.
Video of the Day: Shit girls say
A brilliant mimicry of the often inane conversations that young women have, or a patronising look at female conversation that deems them one dimensional? You decide.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Union and Campbell in pre-election bed? A senior unionist is making no bones about cosying up to the Liberal-National Party ahead of the Queensland state election. We’re told the official has been holding regular meetings with leader-in-exile Campbell Newman and other senior party men over the past few months. His actions have not gone unnoticed — a number […]
Crikey Says: Crikey says: keeping the peace in PNG
As the political situation in Papua New Guinea escalates, allow us to quote at length from The Post-Courier, who urged its citizens — and police force — to remain calm in its editorial.
