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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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.
Media briefs: Once were Rupert’s warriors … News 24′s birthday … Harto fires back …
Crikey founder Stephen Mayne wasn’t always a vocal critic of News Corporation. When he worked for Rupert Murdoch he used to spruik for him in the pages of his papers. Plus other media news.
Guthrie warns new Melbourne Press Club president of rocky road ahead
Former Age, Sunday Age and Herald Sun editor Bruce Guthrie says incoming Melbourne Press Club President Mark Baker has an “enormous task ahead of him” to restore credibility to the media clique following two scandals in the past week that have cast doubt on its raison d’être.
Mayne could emerge as Victorian
powerbroker
Crikey founder Stephen Mayne could hold the balance of power in the Victorian Upper House, with an unexpected Steve Fielding-style preference run close to delivering him the fifth and final seat in the Northern Metropolitan region, writes Andrew Crook.
Mayne: fun and games with Manningham’s Labor faction
It has been four months since the last Crikey update on affairs of state at Manningham City Council. After some promising signs of detente, the ruling Labor faction was back in action at Tuesday night’s council meeting, writes councillor Stephen Mayne.
Mayne: Crikey! How did it survive?
Time for us here at Crikey to get a little reflective, as Crikey founder Stephen Mayne looks to see how his e-newsletter survived the early years with no money and several lawsuits.
Mayne: How I was denied the Manningham mayoral robes
Another day, another contested election defeat! That’s 42 and counting. However, as The Age reported this morning, the ballot to see who would be full-time major of Manningham City Council in 2010 came down to a knife-edge 5-4 vote. You would think that Kevin Andrews’ safe federal seat of Menzies in Melbourne’s leafy eastern suburbs […]
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Milne and Mayne’s Walkleys return canned
A rematch between Stephen Mayne and Glenn Milne at tonight’s Walkleys has been canned, Fairfax doesn’t deliver and the ALP’s Dianne Farmer is no shrinking violet.
There may still be twists in the Fairfax tale
The Fairfax AGM tomorrow may not be quite the cakewalk the board has been at such pains to orchestrate.
A new front in the battle for Fairfax
The battle for the Fairfax Media just became even more interesting with today’s revelation that the industry regulator, ACMA, is conducting a review of independent director David Evans.
Mayne: Investors unite for a CEO pay revolt
Stephen Mayne displays some shareholder activist at the Transurban AGM in Melbourne today, where the remuneration report was defeated by a whopping 69% of voters.
Fairfax board: what happened to the other three candidates?
The papers are full of news and views about the elevation of Roger Corbett as chairman of the Fairfax Media Board. But what has happened to the three candidates who have already nominated?
Kennett, Bracks, Jeffed — it’s 10th anniversary season
This is a big call, no doubt, but Jeff Kennett led one of the most reformist and revolutionary governments in any stable western democracy over the past 50 years.
Video of the Day: Can the media be trusted to tell the truth?
Can we trust the press to choose facts over finances? Julian Burnside, John Fairfax, Jonathan Holmes, Simon Longstaff, Catharine Lumby, Stephen Mayne and Mark Scott debate the issue of truth in media.
Investors waking up on capital raisings
Australian investors are finally aware of the hundreds of thousands of dollars to be made as companies tap the market for cash, says Stephen Mayne.
Mayne Diary: Who and what I saw in Canberra
It’s a who’s who of the Australian political and media scenes when Stephen Mayne and Bernard Keane go for a stroll in downtown Canberra.
Campaign donations: time the public paid for politics
There’s one way to fix the political donations mess: end them, writes Bernard Keane.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
Glib into Government doesn’t go.
Allco dirt sticks to Teflon Rod Eddington
Allco disappointed the market yet again yesterday, delaying announcement of its interim results until some other time. Allco non-executive director, Sir Rod Eddington, would most likely be the most significant victim of the fiasco, writes Adam Schwab.
US Justice Department slams ASX
Just when ASX has been struggling in running its Australian stock market monopoly efficiently, the US Justice Department has slammed the way it processes trades. Well, by proxy anyway, writes Michael Pascoe.
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