Gillard knifes Carr in a risky reshuffleInnovation minister and Labor Left stalwart Kim Carr is the key victim of a ministerial reshuffle that looks as much a purge to shore up Julia Gillard’s support as an effort to redistribute Labor’s talent, writes Bernard Keane.
December, 2011
Crikey Clarifier: Crikey clarifier: how legally binding is the Durban deal?
But how does one enforce an international agreement? It’s more than 20 years since the Kyoto Protocol was first implemented, how far have we come with implementing and policing these global agreements?
Essential: trust in commercial media continues to fall
Trust in Australia’s commercial media continues to slump despite the industry’s insistence all is well.
Essential: both leaders end the year on the nose
Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott end the political year as deeply unpopular leaders, losing the faith of even more voters.
Gina Rinehart still on top of end-of-year rich list
Falling iron ore prices have failed to prevent Gina Rinehart from retaining top spot on SmartCompany’s special end-of-year rich list.
Marieke Hardy named alleged stalker, but now faces legal action
The target of an online shaming by ABC star Marieke Hardy has initiated legal action after she was forced to remove a blog post that included his name, picture, suburb and family details.
An eclipse, when astronomy meets designer drugs
If you had clear skies and thought the total eclipse of the moon looked good early Sunday, then just wait until early morning in far north Queensland and parts of Arnhem Land on November 14 next year.
New Zealanders get what they voted for
New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key has announced his new ministry, after final results from the NZ electoral commission confirmed his re-election for a second term.
Doing history slowly: Paul Keating’s After Words
Whatever you think of Paul Keating politically, he has a command of metaphor and imagery rivaled in Australia only perhaps by Myles Barlow, writes Bethanie Blanchard on Lit-icism.
UK-less Europe fights the next war — pity about the current one
Europe’s fiscal compact will address the next financial crisis, but leave the current one to get worse and worse. And the Brits have played themselves out of Europe.
New Kid on the Block: The Wall … or the walled wide web
One Australian new media start-up is using sophisticated software to trawl tweets, and from that constructs a media outlet more or less automatically, featuring the things we are all talking about. Meet The Wall.
Another climate change roadmap — is this one for real?
The UN ended its annual climate change talks in Durban as it always does — after all-night sittings and amid a cloud of conspiracy theories, accusations, frayed tempers, backflips and compromise, writes Giles Parkinson.
Maley: strapped in for a market meltdown
Global equity markets are set for precipitous declines mid-way through next year, according to a leading technical analyst.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Gerard Henderson responds
Crikey readers have their say.
Morning Market Report: New EU fiscal pact boosts markets
The EU summit concluded with EU nations agreeing to a new fiscal pact ensuring tougher budget measures, although they failed to fully agree on treaty change.
Media briefs: Col Allan return? … Hun’s risque Quiz Master … AFR revolution …
Col Allan’s return to earth … Herald Sun’s %#@% of a Quiz Master. … Front Page of the Day … The Department of Corrections … AFR launches “revolution” campaign and tells readers: We weren’t good enough …
Political snippets: A new acronym to take on climate change
So now we are going to have a new international body — the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action.
Video of the Day: Rick Perry’s meat products
If Rick Perry didn’t woo you with his recent anti-gay campaign ad there’s always this video from an earlier campaign, when Perry became an advocate for homoerotic meat products.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Jones at home in Aunty’s bosom. Why was radio shock jock Alan Jones spotted twice at the ABC’s Ultimo HQ in the past two weeks? Being interviewed? Farewelling departing chairman and fellow climate change sceptic Maurice Newman? Angling for a board position? (A crazy idea, the latter, given the hostility between Jones and the government, but […]
Crikey Says: Keep reading this, even if it is about Durban
Here it is: all countries have agreed to negotiate by 2015 a single, legally-binding global agreement that will cover all major carbon pollution emitters including the big guns — China, India and the United States.
Buzz Feed’s best protest signs of 2011
During a year in which antiauthoritarian protests swept across the world, protestors clutched a range of bold and pithy signs. Buzz Feed picks 40 of the best.
Smart Company’s end-of-year rich list
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart remains Australia’s richest person, with a fortune of around $8.5 billion. Ivan Glasenberg comes in on the Rich List at second and Anthony Pratt at third, reports James Thomson.
