The Global Mail opened its coverage of Australian arts on Monday with a curious piece from Stephen Crittenden about theatre blogging. Online writers haven’t stopped talking about it since.
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Nostalgianomics and the ongoing rewriting of economic history
The Coalition’s rewriting of economic history continues apace as part of its obsession with the Howard years.
Rio Tinto, BHP results cloud mining tax bottom line
Just how much money will the government’s revised mining tax end up raising from the big players, ask Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane?
Guilty confessions of an Australian republican
For Australian republicans, Prince Charles has often been seen as an easy target, writes freelancer David Ritter.
Maley: prepare for a US house price washout
US investors heaved a sigh of relief overnight, as the Obama administration unveiled a $25 billion settlement with five major home lenders over foreclosure abuses.
Latest circulation figures: read all about it … or not
The latest 2011 circulation figures indicate that it was a mixed-to-good December quarter for some titles, an average half-year for others and another miserable 12 months for the majority of newspapers and magazines.
Scottish independence: Salmond still swimming upstream
There are two important questions arising out of the possibility of a Scottish republic, writes Keshia Jacotine, who researches and writes about European and Scottish politics.
Statistics and damn lies: online job ads
There are two problems with this good news story: trend data, and data integrity, writes Michael Overell, on the RecruitLoop blog
How the ‘resource curse’ eats at the heart of Bougainville
Bougainvilleans may have won the war but the peace has left years of inertia, and a province desperately needing rehabilitation.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Play the ball instead of the woman or man
Julia Gillard and s-xism: John Richardson writes: Re. “What do we mean by ‘s-xist’ when we refer to criticisms of Gillard?” (yesterday, item 18). Robin Cameron suggests that society’s treatment and expectations of Julia Gillard are s-xist. Cameron implies that Gillard is being treated unfairly, suggesting that we are guilty of applying a double standard […]
Power Shots: Power Shots: Murdoch chairs Ten … rich Kiwi eyes Tassie … gallery finds head …
Murdoch appointed Ten chairman. Lachlan Murdoch has this morning been appointed non-executive chairman of Ten Network, making way for star recruit James Warburton to become managing director. In the details of a board reshuffle announced today, the mini-mogul will replace current chair Brian Long — who becomes lead independent director — while Warburton becomes chief executive and managing director. — The […]
Video of the Day: Say goodbye to coal power stations
A brilliant ad from a UK green electricity company, which demonstrates the sad but inevitable end to cooling towers.
Will constitutional recognition advance Australia fair?
The report examining options to recognise indigenous people in the constitution lays out an important project of modernisation, says professor Jon Altman of ANU’s Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research.
Morning Market Report: Euro progress boosts markets
Some progress as Greek political leaders muddle through a ‘tentative’ deal on austerity cuts which has now to be presented to European ministers for approval.
Media briefs: Lachlan grabs Ten chair … Mills at Leveson … Textor’s tawdry tweet …
In a surprise, the Ten Network announced this morning that Lachlan Murdoch has been elected chairman. Plus other media news of the day from around the globe.
Political snippets: Moving to one person rule
Ministers apparently have to seek the permission of the Prime Ministerial office before meeting with an editor of a daily newspaper..
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Surging Labor annoys radio Liberal? Could Campbell Newman win government for the Liberal-National Party in Queensland but remain locked outside parliament? That prospect is gathering momentum with new polling out of the crucial seat of Ashgrove, where the former Brisbane mayor is taking on Labor’s Kate Jones for a seat in Parliament. ReachTEL has been running […]
Crikey Says: All roads lead to Queensland
Brace yourselves as Queensland becomes the centre of the political universe …
album reviews 
Lana Del Rey’s Born to Die — passable pop
The critical backlash against Lana Del Rey began even before her debut album Born To Die arrived, writes Neil Walker, and while her rapping is awful it is a perfectly passable pop album.
Video 
The critical art of critical thinking
To promote a set of educational resources funded by the Australian government, Bridge8 created six two minute animations about critical thinking styled in Saul Bass-esque aesthetics, reports Maria Popova.
Drugs, sex and deception from Mr Apple
Old FBI documents about Steve Jobs, recently posted online, dredge up juicy details of the Apple co-founder’s life — including pointed observations of his personality and ethics and his use of psychedelic drugs, writes Dan Lyons.
Arts life after money: has the Australia Council ‘lost the plot’?
What happens when an arts organisation suddenly loses funding? For two small arts organisations that have recently lost their cash, after the crisis comes resilience.
