Has Labor given up on meeting the requirements of the 2007 Water Act to ensure the environmental sustainability and long-term health of the Murray-Darling Basin? On November 28th the Murray-Darling Basin Authority finally published the draft of the basin plan to be followed by a 20-week period of consultation before the final draft is presented to […]
December, 2011
Rundle: Cain dissed as a Newt, aka the ultimate black swan, emerges
Well it has been a helluva ride for the Republican Party, as its right-wing base searches for anyone but the passionless and, by American standards, centrist mainstream candidate Mitt Romney.
From ‘lawful’ to ‘massive’: rise and rise of cyber surveillance industry
WikiLeaks has collated material that provides a disturbing insight into the methods of the internet surveillance industry.
Bartholomeusz: guiding Centro to a possible success
Until former auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers finally withdrew its threat of litigation on Friday against the scheme of arrangement that stapled all the old Centro entities together to form the new aggregated structure, the fate of Centro Retail remained unsure.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Putting words into Gillard’s mouth. The rumours about a new speechwriter for the Prime Minister just won’t go away. Despite Julia Gillard’s office denying to Crikey yesterday any recruitment search was happening, we’re assured by another insider the talk is “on the money”. They speculate: ”I hear that Tony Blair’s veteran speechwriter Peter Hyman has been asked […]
In Russia, laughter, even in a paddy wagon, is the best medicine
Putin’s dismantling of Russian democracy was so brazen, and his apparatchiks’ justifications for it so transparently disingenuous, that it was hard not to laugh in disbelief.
Korea threatens nationals working here in brothel industry
The Republic of Korea has threatened massive reprisals against Korean nationals involved in pr-stitution in Australia, writes Chris Seage, tax consultant, former ATO audit manager and owner of Brothel Busters.
Double standards from the ADF as ruling excuses gay cyber bullying
With gay marriage opponents pushing the line that everything is hunky-dory for gay people so please stop whinging, an ADF inquiry has given a free pass to anti-gay bullying and death threats.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Ensuring adequate pay for politicians
Crikey readers have their say.
Morning Market Report: Markets respond in hope of a European solution
Merkel and Sarkozy are in “complete agreement” on a plan to impose budget discipline across the region and said the EU treaty will need to be rewritten.
Media briefs: Leveson inquiry latest … SBS launches ethnic diversity forum …
In today’s Media Briefs: SBS launches forum, TV debate on ethnic diversity … time for New York Times staffers to rat out their colleagues … OzTAM networking coding tactics and more …
Political snippets: A little Murdoch corporate welfare
The eagle eye of my colleague Glenn Dyer noticed this little report in The Sydney Morning Herald: “News Corp takes Tax Office to task over $2b losses”.
Video of the Day: Italian welfare minister breaks down
The emotional impact of enforcing new austerity measures on all but the lowest pension bands hit Italian Welfare Minister Elsa Fornero, who broke into tears at a press conference shortly after a cabinet meeting.
Crikey Says: A poke in the eye to both of you
The tensions between Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd are threatening to escalate into real damage to the government.
Gloucester landowners blockade AGL coal seam gas project
Residents of Gloucester are grappling with a now widespread problem: “how can we stop our most beautiful and productive farmlands becoming an industrial wasteland at the hands of the mining industry?”
The Power Index: writers who would never let Gillard say ‘we are us’
Julia Gillard’s speech to the ALP national conference has been widely panned as a flop — not only for her use of the phrase “we are us”, but also for the pointed omission of any reference to Kevin Rudd’s achievements as prime minister. It’s not the first time Gillard’s rhetoric has been ridiculed, of course. Her constant […]
The axing of America’s Joint Strike Fighter: a timely warning
If the US axes its Joint Strike Fighter (or JSF) program, there will be dire consequences for Australia’s defences, writes Ben Sandilands.
On the spot with a cabbie called Shiva
When W H Chong recently caught a taxi, he dabbled in a round of vox pop with the driver. Guess how much the driver makes for working 11 hour days, six days a week?
Are the Left trying to turn English rioters into victims?
In August much of England watched in horror as shocking footage of rioters and looters filled their TV screens. Now, only four months later, the Left are desperately trying to rewrite the narrative and paint criminals as victims, argues Phiip Johnston.
Is Occupy dwindling into obscurity? Where camps still exist in America
The Occupy movement is not yet dead in its spiritual home, America, but winter is quickly approaching for much of the country and camps are gatecrashed by police every week, writes Adam Martin.
