Pokies industry donations for 2010-11 got a brief mention in yesterday’s coverage and they certainly make for interesting reading when totalled up.
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Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: How to end the pokies
Crikey readers have their say.
The quality journalism project: the economics of Ross Gittins
If you’re looking for rational economic analysis, Ross Gittins’ columns are a safe bet. He’s the latest respondent in Crikey’s quality journalism project.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Walkleys hangovers bite hard. It took you long enough. Finally, some decent gossip from journalism’s night of nights, the Walkley Awards held in Brisbane on Sunday night. One spy teases: “Which Courier-Mail middle manager put his foot in it by loudly declaring the entertainment at the Walkleys (renowned classical guitarist Karen Schaupp) was excruciatingly boring and […]
Worlds collide as UK parliamentary committee comes to Oz
I’ll be dining next week with five members of the UK parliamentary committee probing phone hacking.
Super Thursday for AGMs with Gunns and Woolies in firing line
The AGM season formally finishes next Wednesday, November 30, and the final days will feature the traditional avalanche of penny dreadful gatherings, most of which will be missed by the media.
How KPMG legend David Crawford protected his old firm from questions
When it comes to the Melbourne business establishment, David Crawford is arguably the chief flag bearer.
The Power Index: lobbyist leaders, Bespoke’s Ian Smith at #10
If you want to know about the dark arts of spin and lobbying, you’ve got to know about Ian Smith, or Smithy as he’s universally known. Once a media adviser to Victorian premier Jeff Kennett, the ex-journalist used to run one of Australia’s largest PR firms. Nowadays, he works behind the scenes to help some […]
Mayne: Nasser, Murdoch sycophancy and the BHP-Billiton AGM
The BHP-Billiton AGM is the biggest event during the AGM season and only Telstra competes when it comes to serving up the lengthiest and craziest fare.
Mayne: Hartigan exit a classic Rupert power play
Without any need to consult Telstra, Kerry Stokes or James Packer, the trio that together own 75% of Foxtel, Rupert was able to poach the well-regarded Foxtel CEO Kim Williams to take News Ltd in a different direction.
Dear Julian Disney — you hear cacophony, I hear community
Yet again we’re being told the internet is a frontier that needs closing — this time by the Press Council.
Media inquiry: why we need greater self-regulation than US, UK
Australia has a greater need for a robust and effective system of media self-regulation, writes Michael Smith, former Fairfax editor and former member of the Australian Press Council.
Media inquiry: ‘marketplace of ideas’ not working that well
The public hearings of the federal government’s media inquiry got under way this morning with a distinctly anti-statutory regulation tinge.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Seeing the ocean through the trees in Gunns debate
Crikey readers have their say.
Minister: Gunns quit logging ‘because the market forced it to’
Stephen Mayne is wrong. Gunns does not have “a strong environmental story to tell”. It has been the author of an epic Tasmanian tragedy, a tale that has reduced good people to tears, writes Greens MP Cassy O’Connor.
Record protests as News Corp shareholders get rankings dead right
The News Corporation votes are in and the record protest votes have duly been delivered. Records were smashed with as much as 80% of the independent shareholders voting to remove the Murdoch boys.
The most dramatic News Corp AGM since Maxwell came to town
For those Australians who like to rise early, set the alarm for 4am on Saturday and then go here to register for the webcast of what should be a cracking 2011 News Corporation AGM.
Hun comments reveal: News Corp 4th worst performer in ASX50
The short-term performance of News Corp might look OK, but a longer-term horizon tells a very different story.
Woolworths v Wesfarmers: good corporate citizens or irresponsible pokies pariahs
Pressure is mounting on the blue-blood directors of Woolworths to decide whether they are pillars of the community or pariahs.
On executive pay, Don Argus just doesn’t get it
You’ve got to hand it to Don Argus. The former CEO of NAB, turned Australia’s most prolific board member, certainly is willing to speak his mind.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: While the Canberra beltway cheers the carbon tax …
Crikey readers have their say.
The power of Rupert: AMP wimps it on News Corp
So why did AMP, which manages $158 billion of investments, pull its punches on News Corp?
