The state of Australia’s States. What a lark, eh?
Underbelly
Crikey Says: Crikey says
Crikey poll: Seven in ten Victorians have seen Underbelly
Finding a juror in Victoria who hasn’t seen Underbelly will be a difficult task if results from a Crikey poll are accurate, writes Thomas Hunter.
Underbelly, series two: Acacia rising
Crikey’s crypto crime writers, The Kooka Brothers, put pen to paper and came up with the script for the newly commissioned Series Two of Underbelly.
Twenty years on we’ve got another Last Resort Laurie
Opes Prime is the most bizarre financial drama we have seen since the last great market clean out two decades ago: Rothwells and ‘Last Resort’ Laurie Connell, writes Glenn Dyer.
Tips and rumours
Fairfax Media wiped 37 sub editors off its payroll last August and has pooled them so there are no longer any specialists. They may be subbing a recipe for Good Living one minute, the stars the next, followed by a terrifyingly complicated business story the next. No doubt a lot of subs would rather leave […]
Underbelly judgement provides little justification for ban
Victoria’s Court of Appeal does potential Underbelly jurors little credit, writes Jeremy Gans.
No Underbelly for Victoria, says Court of Appeal
The Victorian Court of Appeal has not only upheld the banning of screening of Underbelly, but it has savaged Channel Nine, writes Greg Barns.
Why the Mokbel trial should be on TV
The only way to ensure fugitive gangland boss Tony Mokbel gets a fair trial is to televise it, write the Kooka Brothers.
Mokbel cries foul, but it’s Patel who should worry
If Mokbel had not skipped bail and fled to Greece then the publicity of which he now complains would not have become so problematic for him, writes Greg Barns.
Tips and rumours
There will be a reshuffle in the NSW cabinet in the next two weeks to try and ensure the power sell off and right wing elevations. The key move will be Frank Sartor to be moved from Planning.
Regarding Underbelly - I wouldn’t necessarily be looking at Channel Nine for the leaker. Episodes are going to […]
Who is Channel Nine’s Underbelly leaker?
The internet is making a fool of the Underbelly ban in Victoria, writes Margaret Simons.
