Word in some circles in Canberra is that no less than five Liberal MPs are suffering serious psychological difficulties post their election loss. They’re not just feeling down in the dumps but are having real difficulties coping. It is not known whether any are receiving medical treatment. Yesterday’s “Tips and rumours” asked : “Are there […]
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Tips and rumours
Things are so bad at Channel Nine that they have stopped employing IT staff on public holidays. The most recent example was Saturday. You need look no further than the ninemsn website. Not a single story uploaded to the website on Australia Day. Nine has a website that wants you to believe on public holidays […]
Sydney vs Melbourne: the missing newspaper readers
A few days after John Howard announced the date of this year’s federal election the Australian Press Council released a supplement to its 2006 State of the News Print Media in Australia report. Badly timed, the supplement sank without a trace. Which is a pity, writes Peter Browne.
The Queensland Liberal leadership farce is Dante-esque
I’m not certain if anyone held up a sign with the inscription “abandon hope, all ye who enter here” before Brendan Nelson signalled he would intervene in the Queensland Libs’ leadership farce, but he’ll quickly discover what it feels like to be in purgatory, if not hell, writes Mark Bahnisch.
Election 07: The newpapers’ choice this time round
On the eve of Election 07, the major papers have taken the opportunity to endorse their favoured party. And there’s a marked difference from 2004, especially in the News Limited papers.
Citizen Crikey: Bringing the marginals to you
Citizen Crikeys are hard at it, reporting on the election from their marginal seats. How much pork has rolled into town? Are there any lampposts left with candidates nailed to them? And what songs does Liberal candidate for Makin Bob Day play when he sings for voters?
Reality check: TV takes the election seriously
A common claim by we of the superior intellect and a proper concern for the affairs of the nation is that television news, especially the commercial variety, neglects its duty to educate the masses by pandering to their ignorance, writes Richard Farmer.
Courier-Mail not taking criticism lying down
Predictably Brisbane’s Courier-Mail has gone on the offensive after the release of an academic report revealing shortcomings in the way it covers elections, writes Andrew Dodd.
Bahnisch: Galaxy Poll shows things will be close in Queensland
The Courier-Mail is this morning touting a Galaxy Poll which purports to show Labor winning only two additional seats in Queensland – Bonner and Moreton, writes Mark Bahnisch.
Today’s polls
First day of Election ‘07. We bring you our poll wrap.
Will Swan’s untidy past come back to bite him?
Crikey understands a News Limited tabloid is preparing a piece on our alternative treasurer – a detailed piece that will revisit a potentially embarrassing episode.
John Howard’s Queensland problem
The long running federal police investigation into the affairs of several Liberal MPs isn’t the only incipient disaster for John Howard in Queensland.
Shizer! Adelaide’s all-powerful Tiser needs some competition
Given South Australia’s Germanic roots, maybe it’s time Adelaide’s all-powerful newspaper became known as “The Shizer”.
Tips and rumours
The industry view on Coles and Wesfarmers is that the takeover will struggle as Bunnings operates with a totally different retail model. They buy on consignment, suppliers carry the stock cost and manage replenishment. Coles brands operate on totally different models, which Bunnings appear not to understand. At Myer, look out for a double digit […]
Galaxy and the “bounce” that never was
Today’s opinion poll is from those wild and crazy folks at Galaxy. Published in the Murdoch tabloids, its results are unremarkable: Labor leads by 55-45 two-party preferred, off a primary vote of 46% to 41%. That’s a swing of just under 8%, slightly less than other polls in the last fortnight.
ABC main electronic news source, newspapers decline
The ABC is the stand-out source for Australian news and current affairs, Roy Morgan research has found.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Howard’s NT plan … the “left” fail to respond … compulsory medical checks in the NT … lawyer up and sue … Crikey Bias-o-meter … the failed state of East Timor … conferences and tax dodges …
Crikey Bias-o-meter: The newspapers
The market is too small to support newspapers that don’t play to the centre ground, so the Crikey bias-o-meter has had to be finely calibrated. In a marketplace full of bland centrist publications and carefully mixed stables of commentators, small deviations can look extreme.
It’s John Howard v the Liberal Party in Queensland
As this morning’s Australian reports, one of the disputed Liberal preselections in New South Wales is the Senate ticket, in which the Prime Minister, despite himself coming from the right, is trying to keep the left’s incumbent Marise Payne in the number three spot against a right-wing challenge.
Sorting the truth from the poll chatter
Certainly we criticised a Galaxy question recently. This does not mean that all Galaxy questions are suspect. And for an organization to publish a result it is pleased with does not make the result wrong, writes Irving Saulwick and Denis Muller.
