Too much air time makes Barack an unpopular man, note to Kev.
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Crikey salutes Mark “Toons” Cornwall
Today Mark Cornwall and Crikey are parting ways. We wish him well, writes Jonathan Green.
Qantas memo: ‘Aircraft in the fleet had similar defects’
Here is another leak from Qantas, this time about the leak that came within minutes of putting 360 people on board QF2 on 7 January in the seas off Thailand, writes Ben Sandilands.
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Look, we should have said this before, but what happened back then was wrong. Some of it was well intentioned, but it was still the wrong thing to do. We see that now and we also see the scars it has left on so many of you. We want to move on. There’s a lot we can do together, a lot we can achieve to our mutual benefit. But before that can happen we need to say, quite simply as a country, a government, a people, that we’re sorry.
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Next week the US primary season hits its straps with Super Tuesday - primaries across 24 states - a day that could well determine the candidates who will contest November’s presidential poll. Crikey’s here to help you decipher the process.
The election result is in the mail
It seems that the Howard government’s postal vote strategy was very effective where it counted - in marginal seats, writes Peter Brent.
The year in Crikey illustrations
Everyday we claw desperately at our brains for inspiration, hoping to produce something faintly witty for the main Crikey webpage illustration. Sometimes we come close to funny.
AMP IT staff go to Bollywood
A Crikey reader alerted us to a very strange video….
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Rudd might look for the moment like a man boldly constructing a new Westminster from the dark satanic rubble of the ancien regime, but the test will come. Someone, sometime in Team Rudd will test the bounds of the Code of Kevin Conduct … how will the Prime Minister act then?
Who should join the ABC board in 2008?
Two ABC Board positions become vacant early in the new year. This represents a quarter of the Board, and could shift the centre of gravity of the organisation. So how will the new Government prove itself in the making of these vital appointments? asks Margaret Simons.
First jokes, now apologies: The Overington/Newhouse affair gets serious
What are we to make of this little apology on page two of The Australian today, in which Caroline Overington expresses sincere regrets for her “encounter” with Labor candidate for Wentworth, George Newhouse, on polling day, writes Margaret Simons.
BRW: You’ve got male
BRW has once more submitted to a revamp. The result is a more masculine product – and fewer women, writes Jane Nethercote.
What should be in Kevin Rudd’s ministerial code?
With Kevin Rudd again delaying the release of his ministerial code of conduct, perhaps it’s time to spell out a few key areas that should be addressed. The first principle is that “sunshine is the best disinfectant” – the onus should always be on maximising timely disclosure.
Putting the heart into advertising
Crikey has noticed heart creep in advertising — beyond the normal boundaries of February 14. Let us count the ways, writes Jane Nethercote.
Kookaburra caught up in new flap
It appears that everything that Kookaburra, Peter Cousens’ new National Musical Theatre Company, touches (or indeed, everything that touches them) turns into a flap of feathers and ends in a nest falling dramatically and violently.
Kevin’s Jetstar Bali stopover
Crikey put in a call to the PM’s press office this morning to ask if the Australian delegation would be travelling on a commercial flight or adding to emissions by using one of the VIPs. We’re still waiting for the call back.
Give globalization a chance
Chinese, Arabs, Indians and Mexicans are not portrayed in the media as being the economic winners of globalization, but increasingly they are, writes Matt Marks.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Political appointments … conservative warriors unite to sink Turnbull … Rudd’s new Ministry … the Monk’s not mad … Flint on Nelson …
Remaking Australia, part four: Miriam Lyons
In a special post-election series, Crikey asked leading Australian thinkers to sketch a blueprint for a future Australia. Today, Miriam Lyons, Director of the Centre for Policy Development, takes a look at remaking Australian culture, for want of a smaller topic.
Eric Beecher — Walkley Award for Journalism Leadership
Crikey proprietor (the boss behind Boss) Eric Beecher was last night honoured at the 2007 Walkley Awards with a special Walkley for journalist leadership. We have the speech and the tribute video.
Crikey errs in saying “sack ‘em all”
Despite its acquisition by Eric Beecher, Crikey maintains a propensity to go a tad too far in the character assassination stakes every now and then, writes Ian Smith.
Crikey’s political lookalikes
New faces in Australian politics, but haven’t we seen them somewhere else before?
Wheatley resists temptation to roll the dice
Glenn Wheatley will stay in jail for another eleven months after his legal team pulled the plug on his appeal yesterday in the Victorian Court of Appeal. Wheatley’s barrister Robert Richter QC stormed past waiting media outside the court and refused to comment on the decision. However, legal sources have told Crikey that Justice Chernov should not have sat on the appeal, reports Chris Seage.
What Alexander Downer really thinks of Penny Wong
A rumour has been doing the rounds since election weekend that Alexander Downer made some disparaging comments about Labor Senator Penny Wong into an open mike when he was waiting for his Insiders interview last Sunday.
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Crikey / Wednesday, 19 December 2007
On Monday, Crikey published an account of a conversation between AFL chief Andrew Demetriou and the code’s player association head Brendan Gale. Since then they’ve been denying it, a sad reflection of the conduct of public life.