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Beatles 3000

Crikey — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:31:41 +0000

1000 years in the future, the legacy of John, Paul, Greg, and Scottie remains...

Why pass now and change later won’t help the CPRS

Crikey — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:31:27 +0000

The Greens oppose the CPRS not because it is too weak, but because it will point Australia in the wrong direction with little prospect of turning it around in the timeframe within which emissions must peak, says Senator Christine Milne.

Letter from: Peshawar

Crikey — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:30:36 +0000

"Seconds later, as if in answer to my thoughts, a suicide bomber detonated himself among those we had just passed ..." Benjamin Gilmour writes from Peshawar.

Politicians haven’t done homework on Joint Strike Fighters

Crikey — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:30:33 +0000

Australia’s national security committee may make an approval on the Joint Strike Fighter project today. But what do they have to base a sound purchase decision on? Nothing, says Eric Palmer.

Shame Crikey shame

Crikey — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:30:33 +0000

Crikey readers task us to task over Sinclair Davidson article yesterday on the CRU emails. Oh, and Derryn Hinch blasts The Oz.

Rupert’s dirty circulation secret is out

Glenn Dyer — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:30:32 +0000

News Corp, like several other US newspaper publishers, has been caught out fudging its circulation figures, by exploiting a loophole that makes sales look a lot better than they actually are.

Murdoch busted stealing blog content

Crikey — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:28:50 +0000

Before blasting "content kleptomaniacs" Rupert Murdoch should take a careful look at his own backyard, writes Darryl Mason.

Happy birthday Perth Sunday Independent

Crikey — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:28:46 +0000

The Independent was a dream of Western Australian mining entrepreneurs Lang Hancock and E A Wright, who imagined it would be slammed down on the desks of quaking Canberra moguls on Monday mornings, remembers Perth insider Welsh Pool.

Chilcot shines a light on Blair’s Iraq lies

Jeff Sparrow — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:28:38 +0000

A leaked contribution to the Chilcot Inquiry has revealed that Tony Blair deliberately misled parliament over his intentions in Iraq, writes Jeff Sparrow.

When will Rudd take over radiotherapy services?

Crikey — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:28:37 +0000

A federal takeover would deliver give all cancer patients in Australia equitable access to essential cancer treatments, writes Professor Graeme Morgan.

Careful with that climate science, Sinclair, it’s complex

Ben Eltham — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:28:35 +0000

One of the biggest problems for contrarian commentators on climate change is getting to grips with the complexity of the subject, buttressed as it is by a vast weight of scientific evidence, writes Ben Eltham.

Beware Hamish and Andy bearing gifts

Glenn Dyer — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:25:17 +0000

Hamish And Andy ReGifted, plus the Good News Week Awards, meant Ten won 16 to 39s and 18 to 49s last night.

Dark lords Murdoch & Microsoft v Google … That’s just not cricket

Crikey — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:24:43 +0000

Sony launches missile Sony has launched a new salvo in the battle for the home media centre market against Windows Media Centre-based PCs and Apple’s “Digital Media Hub” strategy. PlayStation 3, already in 675,000 Australian homes — and 20% of those in the last three months — gains a new “TV” icon. Initially this provides direct access ABC iView [...]

Jenny Macklin turns a deaf ear to intervention gripes

Eva Cox — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:24:23 +0000

Aboriginal affairs minister Jenny Macklin is waging a PR war on the findings of a report critical of the government's NT intervention.

Qantas gets the Willies on BA tie-up

Glenn Dyer — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:24:21 +0000

There is no compelling business case for a merger between Qantas and British Airways -- but don't tell the The Australian Financial Review, writes Glenn Dyer.

Sovereign debt looms as the next subprime

Crikey — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:24:16 +0000

Wall Street has its head on the sand on the next stage of the coming financial calamity.

A Tim Tam-led recovery for the US?

Glenn Dyer — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:24:16 +0000

Tim Tams have returned to US shelves just in time for peak gorging time -- winter, writes Glenn Dyer.

Datapig: what the rich people are reading

Crikey — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:24:16 +0000

Ever wondered how much money they bloke next to you on the bus is earning? Crikey's Datapig compiles the stats on Australia's newspaper readership.

Xmas emails pt 1: is that a gun in your pocket?

Crikey — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:24:08 +0000

We here at Crikey are always keen to read any internal office missives dealing with seasonal arrangements.

Microsoft, Rupert’s latest longevity ploy

Guy Rundle — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:23:30 +0000

Now the full portability of text has occurred, it should be obvious that news organisations will decompose –- just as department stores no longer have their warehouses out the back, and chemists no longer have someone in the back making up goop.

What’s really behind emissions trading?

Crikey — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:23:29 +0000

For workers struggling to pay their bills, the CPRS is bad news. In its second year, the CPRS will probably cost the average household about $300 extra for electricity and gas, writes Peter Jones.

WA chief justice tells it like it is

Greg Barns — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:23:20 +0000

Western Australian Chief Justice Wayne Martin’s refreshingly honest view of the world, delivered to a criminology conference in Perth yesterday will fortify his growing reputation as perhaps the most progressive leader of a court in the nation, writes Greg Barns.

Ripoll’s halfway house on shonks and spivs

Bernard Keane — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:23:13 +0000

Bernie Ripoll has produced a bipartisan report from the Financial Services inquiry into the Storm and Opes collapses, and it shows, writes Bernard Keane.

My trip to the Parliamentary Press Gallery: day one

Firstdog — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:23:12 +0000

The truth about Shantung Lamb ... it's delicious!

Households bail out business on dud CPRS

Bernard Keane — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:22:19 +0000

Australia’s biggest polluters will enjoy vast windfall gains under the compromise offered by the Government to extract support from Malcolm Turnbull for the passage of its CPRS.