Brisbane writers festival


PODCAST: Chaser boys on controversy

Chaser boys Dominic Knight and Chris Taylor discuss the media frenzy surrounding their ‘Make a Realistic Wish’ skit and acknowledge that maybe Chaser outstayed its TV welcome.

Crikey Says: Crikey Says

Name the federal outlay that increased by 24.9% in the past financial year … Emergency housing? Aged care? Coastal surveillance? Nursing education? No, none of the above. The answer’s probably obvious when you think about it: advertising.

Guilt by association: Kevin Andrews has learnt nothing

The hapless Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews, fresh from a bollocking over his appalling mishandling of Gold Coast doctor Mohammed Haneef, is refusing to grant a visa to a respected UK based writer and newspaper editor, Abdel Bari Atwan.

Crikey Says: Crikey Says

How to influence the opinion polls, a user’s guide.

Crikey Says: Crikey Says

Last week Crikey published research conducted by Liberal Party pollsters Crosby/Textor, research that paints a grim picture of the party’s electoral position. Today after receiving various legal threats from Crosby/Textor we will be removing that document from our website. However Crikey refuses, as Crosby/Textor have also demanded, to reveal the source of the document, nor will we be refraining from further commentary based on the findings of the research.

Crikey Says: Crikey Says

Luciano Pavarotti is dead. Why does this resonate? Because the life of Pavarotti is an allegory for our time, our decadent decline made flesh.