A field of 12 candidates are on show as 50 million Egyptians head to the polls to vote for the country’s first-ever civilian president, writes Vickie Smiles from the Egyptian city of Alexandria.
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Rhiannon caught out bagging Greens in ghost-written op-ed
Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon and her media adviser ghost-wrote a controversial article attacking her party for accepting a $1.68 million donation from internet entrepreneur Graeme Wood.
Twitter mapping and how we choose our own adventure
Lessons from the latest map of the Australian Twittersphere: #auspol is driven by hardline conservatives, evangelical Christians don’t talk to outsiders, and the South Australian tourism, food and wine fraternity have formed their own little enclave on Planet Adelaide.
The political leader who told women to ignore gender discrimination
Asked for advice by a woman who said she was experiencing discrimination in her position as a local councillor, SA opposition leader Isobel Redmond suggested she ignore it. Suzie Keen was outraged.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: It’s all about Craig Thomson…
MP Craig Thomson has reached new heights in our weekly charts.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Psychological torture as blood sport
Crikey readers have their say.
Morning Market Report: Market gains wiped out by eurozone growth downgrade
Market up for much of the session after strong US housing data but gains were lost in the last half hour on talk that Greece was preparing for an exit from the euro and as the OECD downgraded eurozone growth to almost zero.
Media briefs: Oz glass houses … Great Gatsby goof … front-page love …
Great Gatsby goof-up: billboard-sized Baz booboo … US man takes out front page ad about himself. … Front Page of the Day … News of the World’s ‘fake sheikh’ had Tom Watson followed, emails show and more ..
Political snippets: Is Superman gay?
Who will be the “previously existing DC character who was previously straight and now will be one of our most prominent gay characters”?
Video of the Day: Video of the Day: a time lapse of the ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse
On Sunday millions gathered in Yokohama, Japan, to watch the annual solar eclipse.
scoop Tips and rumours: Fairfax job watch … News mags moves … ABC gossip …
From the Crikey grapevine, the latest tips and rumours … Goss from the world of glossies. Rumours abound that UK Glamour editor Jo Elvin, an Aussie, was apparently offered the Vogue editorship before Edwina McCann in last week’s coup at the top fashion mag. Pat Ingram — publishing queen now at Sunday Life — tried to get Elvin to return home […]
Crikey Says: Money better than blood in Afghanistan
The international community, Julia Gillard insisted overnight at the NATO meeting in Chicago, had sacrificed too much and worked too hard to fail to support the Afghanistan military.
Attend before they end: Kentridge and The Clock
W H Chong visits two breathtaking major art shows about to wind up: the gobsmacking Kentridge at ACMI in Melbourne and The Clock in MCA in Sydney.
video games Revisiting Batman: Arkham City — the worst kind of sequel
The critically acclaimed video game sequel Batman: Arkham City is not deserving of its reputation, writes Dan Golding, because it fell foul of outdoing the achievements of the first.
Great Gatsby goof-up: a billboard-sized Baz Luhrmann booboo
The Great Gatsby’s highly anticipated trailer premiered this morning to much online fanfare, but a production booboo has cast early doubt on Baz Luhrmann’s literary nous, writes Luke Buckmaster.
Maley: Europe won’t swallow Merkel’s soother
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will have to perform a wily balancing act at tonight’s summit of European leaders. Growth strategies have to be combined with deficit reduction.
Why the Grollo business is a smooth operation
If anyone wants a textbook example of how to run a succession strategy, they should look to Melbourne property developer Bruno Grollo.
AFR app is finally here — and bloggers rejoice
The Australian Financial Review has marked its late entry to the digital publishing rush with a newspaper wrap-around spruiking the “launch pad” of its first app for iPad.
Will Obama make Clinton his veep?
A recent poll conducted by the NYT shows Mitt Romney ahead of Barack Obama in support among women. With this in mind, what are the chances, asks Michael Tomasky, of the president making Hilary Clinton his running mate?
podcast Chewing the fat with Shaun Micallef: news, comedy, Fabio and more
Softly spoken giant of Australian comedy, Shaun Micallef, sat down for a chat with Laugh Track’s Matt Smith about news, comedy, Fabio and a painting of a dog in a pirate hat.
OECD echo the words of Wayne Swan
It is rare occurrence for the OECD to comment on a member country’s economy without official approval, but this week the organisation did just that by echoing the words of Wayne Swan, reports Richard Farmer.
Is the old and creaky strata system keeping up with high density growth?
The strata title system was introduced in the 1960s to address problems associated with shared ownership of common property, but, Alan Davies is it keeping up with current levels of growth?
