How a minor drunken prank escalated into a major Tasmanian political story may be as good as topic as any to kick off the journalists union’s Future of Journalism forum in Hobart on Thursday night, writes Bob Burton.
Gunns
Tony Burke shares PR with Gunns
The Greens have caught Agriculture Minister Tony Burke out with some apparent cutting and pasting from propaganda produced by pulp mill proponent Gunns.
Morning Market Report: Wall St down
Wall St was down 34 on Friday, with metals and oil struggling.
Sackwatch 12: Unemployment figures may be staying put for a while…
Crikey continues to track the job-loss carnage.
The True Face of David Bartlett
After 11 years of Labor rule in Tasmania, where has the money gone?
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Budget 09, created like no other chocolate
Crikey’s readers weigh in on Budget 09. And more about Cadbury’s chocolate block changes.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: A chocolatey clarification and more reader comments
Daniel Ellis, Corporate Communication Manager for Cadbury Australia, writes with some information about the 250gm block changes.
Morning Market Report: Market drops 100
All sectors bar telecom stocks were down, and the Dow dropped 289.
Record 52 companies join the $100m loss club
The 2008 interim profit season officially finished at close of business on Friday but quite a few late-comers are still dribbling out losses, writes Stephen Mayne.
First Dog Special News Bulletin…
Pay careful attention because this is quite complicated
Piers Akerman embraces recycling
I was pleased to see that Piers Akerman is once again seeking to draw the nation’s attention to an article I wrote almost two years ago and delighted that Piers is now embracing recycling, writes Richard Flanagan.
ABC Learning nears death as desperate Gunns asks for $430m
After days of argy bargy, Gunns has not come up with a formula for capital raising writes Stephen Mayne.
Gunns in crisis as investor confidence evaporates
How on earth can a company now capitalised at just $681 million and already saddled with more than $1 billion in debt, finance a $2 billion pulp mill? Writes Stephen Mayne.
Can Australia come of age in corporate governance campaigning?
The Wilderness Society had a major win in lobbying ANZ to walk away from its long-term role as lead banker to Gunns, but this doesn’t mean the $2 billion Tamar Valley pulp mill is dead, writes Stephen Mayne.
ANZ’s PR offensive as Opes Prime festers
ANZ Bank is certainly attempting to mount a rearguard action to rebuild its reputation after the Opes Prime fiasco, writes Stephen Mayne.
ANZ finds that good PR can be hard to avoid
Last week, ANZ got a lot of credit for two non-decisions. Despite denials, they were applauded for taking a stand against misogyny and in favour of the Tasmanian environment, writes Trevor Cook.
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government plus the daily reality check and the pick of other people’s political coverage. Richard Farmer writes.
Endorsements for hire in Tassie pulp mill debate
In the lobbying business, titles are a wonderful thing and the Wilderness Society well knows it, writes Richard Farmer.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Senator Nettle and the Jabiru Venture … Gunns AGM … Crikey Cabbie Panel’s call … Bill Heffernan … TV advertising … crazy electoral gods …
John Gay aborts Gunns AGM amid tough questioning
The Gunns Ltd AGM in Launceston this morning was one of the most extraordinary I’ve ever seen, reports Stephen Mayne.
Richard Flanagan: why we must stop this dark, satanic, mill
If you care about the heart of this great country on election day do not vote for any candidate of any party that supports the pulp mill, says Richard Flanagan.
Kevin Rudd’s $110 million gift to Gunns pulp mill
Richard Flanagan in his Stop the Pulp Mill rally speech last Saturday in Hobart, here on Tasmanian Times, seems to have been the first to notice the extraordinary subsidy Kevin Rudd’s ALP has given to Gunns pulp mill.
The Perpetual redemptions start to flow over Gunns
Perpetual chairman Bob Savage has defended his company’s status as the biggest shareholder in Gunns by claiming that his customers weren’t at all worried about the controversial investment. But that was before the wide public recognition of the fact resulting from this week’s AGM, writes Stephen Mayne.
Cranking it up against Perpetual
The Perpetual AGM in Sydney tomorrow is shaping up to be the event of the season as the biggest shareholder in Gunns faces a co-ordinated assault from a range of anti-pulp mill protestors, writes Stephen Mayne.
