Every year members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) vote on the Golden Globe awards. But the HFPA is a small organisation of foreign journos with questionable membership requirements. It’s time we stopped listening, writes Dan Barrett.
December, 2011
Will the aviation industry ‘like’ Facebook flying?
Dutch carrier KLM has integrated linking and searching of social media preferences with its booking process, reports Ben Sandilands.
Newspoll: LNP maintain commanding lead in Queensland
The final Newspoll of voting intentions in Queensland shows the LNP have taken a hit from a recent accumulation of bad press but remain in a commanding position, leading 56-44 two-party preferred, reports William Bowe.
Visions of future flying machines: a 200 mile high club, a zero G bridal suite…
How about a zero G bridal suite in earth orbit, or an inter-city tilt rotor aircraft with room for thousands of commuters? These are among the latest visions of future flying machines by the Yelken Octuri design studio, writes Ben Sandlands.
The Age raid: just who is the victim and what is the crime?
There are several significant things about this week’s police raid of The Age headquarters. First, it demonstrates one of the several weaknesses in shield laws.
Indefinite detention formalised in US — and the world is a war
A new bill in Washington formalises the power of the US military to abuct and imprison anyone, anywhere in the world.
ASIC boss rubs shoulders with the business elites
John Symond last week held his traditional end-of-year soiree at his Point Piper mansion, an event that featured the usual roll call of elite business figures.
Bartholomeusz: banks rattle the rates cage
Having had a week to think about ANZ’s bold move to distance itself from future Reserve Bank rate decisions, two of its peers have passed up the opportunity provided by their AGMs this week to announce they would emulate it.
The Crikey Awards: vote now for the good, the bad and the ugly!
Who was the hero, the villain and the just plain boring-if-sexy people of 2010? In the interests of participatory democracy we thought we’d ask you, gentle Crikey readers.
Ghosts of media regulators past haunt Convergence Review
The free-to-air television networks are the big winners from the convergence review. And bloggers may be the big losers.
Murray murmurings: MDBA explains target 2750
Last week, we kicked off our first public meetings after the release of the draft basin plan, writes Craig Knowles, chair of the Murray Darling Basin Authority.
Western journalists missing the real Russian roulette
Moscow-based Western correspondents spent the better part of this year holding out hope that Dmitri Medvedev might remain in the Kremlin for a second term and continue pushing his pseudo-liberal platform.
Butter not margarine, s’il vous plaît
There seems no end to the conspiracy against healthy eating in the modern world, even by quasi-official associations — such as the Heart Foundation of Australia — who should know better, writes Michael R James, a research scientist and writer.
Aboriginal crime and punishment: spending on jails but not outcomes
The rise of a punitive “law and order” culture in Australia has had a profoundly racial dimension, manifested in soaring rates of indigenous incarceration. Inga Ting continues her special report.
Simons: the paywall at The Fin and what defines a revolution
People like to talk about first mover advantages, but sometimes being first can be a disadvantage. As in, brave experiment and at best partial success.
The number crunching that is Iraq is finally done
The whole process had been an imaginary projection of US power in any case — removing the Iraqi people from the picture meant that all attention could be focused on American suffering and the meaning of the war in American life.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: A desperate embrace of moral bankruptcy
Crikey readers have their say.
Morning Market Report: Finally some good news, markets respond
After three days of losses the Dow closed up 45 points on a number of positive US economic reports.
Media briefs: Leveson latest … new buyers for Nine? … how you Googled …
In today’s Media Briefs: Colin Myler apologises over News of the World phone hacking … Private eye describes NotW instruction to pose as journalist… US funds ponder move on Nine as CVC pulls back and more …
Power Shots: Power Shots: our Christmas list … Power cafe … Newspoll’s year …
The Christmas Power List. This is the one you’ve all been waiting for: the Christmas Power List. Nothing this year has got our office so excited. So what are our big surprises? For a start, God hasn’t made it into the top 10, despite his son still having naming rights to the ceremony. Church attendances are […]
Video of the Day: Here come the sloths … eventually
Is there a better way to welcome the weekend than peeking inside the world’s only sloth orphanage?
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Super system upgrade costs members. More revelations from inside UniSuper. Yesterday we said millions of dollars are being spent on an administration system upgrade that has corrupted member data and put super funds at risk. Well we were “spot on”, according to another company spy. Sort of. “Only it is not millions, but tens of millions!” […]
