Crikey

Arts editor shits on theatre blogging, flame war ensues

Ben Eltham — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:05:08 +0000

The Global Mail opened its coverage of Australian arts on Monday with a curious piece from Stephen Crittenden about theatre blogging. Online writers haven't stopped talking about it since.

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Nostalgianomics and the ongoing rewriting of economic history

Bernard Keane — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:47 +0000

The Coalition's rewriting of economic history continues apace as part of its obsession with the Howard years.

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Rio Tinto, BHP results cloud mining tax bottom line

Crikey — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:45 +0000

Just how much money will the government’s revised mining tax end up raising from the big players, ask Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane?

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Guilty confessions of an Australian republican

Crikey — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:44 +0000

For Australian republicans, Prince Charles has often been seen as an easy target, writes freelancer David Ritter.

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Maley: prepare for a US house price washout

Karen Maley — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:43 +0000

US investors heaved a sigh of relief overnight, as the Obama administration unveiled a $25 billion settlement with five major home lenders over foreclosure abuses.

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Latest circulation figures: read all about it … or not

Glenn Dyer — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:41 +0000

The latest 2011 circulation figures indicate that it was a mixed-to-good December quarter for some titles, an average half-year for others and another miserable 12 months for the majority of newspapers and magazines.

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Scottish independence: Salmond still swimming upstream

Crikey — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:37 +0000

There are two important questions arising out of the possibility of a Scottish republic, writes Keshia Jacotine, who researches and writes about European and Scottish politics.

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Statistics and damn lies: online job ads

Crikey — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:34 +0000

There are two problems with this good news story: trend data, and data integrity, writes Michael Overell, on the RecruitLoop blog

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How the ‘resource curse’ eats at the heart of Bougainville

Antony Loewenstein — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:33 +0000

Bougainvilleans may have won the war but the peace has left years of inertia, and a province desperately needing rehabilitation.

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Play the ball instead of the woman or man

Crikey — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:32 +0000

Julia Gillard and s-xism: John Richardson writes: Re. “What do we mean by ‘s-xist’ when we refer to criticisms of Gillard?” (yesterday, item 18). Robin Cameron suggests that society’s treatment and expectations of Julia...

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My Kitchen Rules rules

Glenn Dyer — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:31 +0000

Seven's dominated because of My Kitchen Rules. And that was the night.

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Power Shots: Murdoch chairs Ten … rich Kiwi eyes Tassie … gallery finds head …

The Power Index — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:30 +0000

Murdoch appointed Ten chairman. Lachlan Murdoch has this morning been appointed non-executive chairman of Ten Network, making way for star recruit James Warburton to become managing director. In the details of a board reshuffle announced today, the...

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Say goodbye to coal power stations

Crikey — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:29 +0000

A brilliant ad from a UK green electricity company, which demonstrates the sad but inevitable end to cooling towers.

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Won’t somebody think of the middle class?!?!

Firstdog — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:27 +0000

Will constitutional recognition advance Australia fair?

Crikey — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:25 +0000

The report examining options to recognise indigenous people in the constitution lays out an important project of modernisation, says professor Jon Altman of ANU's Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research.

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Euro progress boosts markets

Marcus Padley — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:24 +0000

Some progress as Greek political leaders muddle through a ‘tentative’ deal on austerity cuts which has now to be presented to European ministers for approval.

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Lachlan grabs Ten chair … Mills at Leveson … Textor’s tawdry tweet …

Crikey — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:23 +0000

In a surprise, the Ten Network announced this morning that Lachlan Murdoch has been elected chairman. Plus other media news of the day from around the globe.

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Moving to one person rule

Richard Farmer — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:22 +0000

Ministers apparently have to seek the permission of the Prime Ministerial office before meeting with an editor of a daily newspaper..

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Tips and rumours

Crikey — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:20 +0000

Surging Labor annoys radio Liberal? Could Campbell Newman win government for the Liberal-National Party in Queensland but remain locked outside parliament? That prospect is gathering momentum with new polling out of the crucial seat of Ashgrove,...

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All roads lead to Queensland

Crikey — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:18 +0000

Brace yourselves as Queensland becomes the centre of the political universe ...

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Rewriting economic history, results cloud mining tax bottom line, has the Oz Council lost the plot?, latest circ figures — read all about it

Crikey — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:49:32 +0000

Arts life after money: has the Australia Council ‘lost the plot’?

Ben Eltham — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:47:50 +0000

What happens when an arts organisation suddenly loses funding? For two small arts organisations that have recently lost their cash, after the crisis comes resilience.

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NotW: the latest from the Levenson Inquiry

Amber Jamieson — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:54:43 +0000

Heather Mills, the editor of the Daily Mail and a PR veteran all fronted up to the Levenson Inquiry on its 40th day of investigating phone hacking at the now-defunct News of the World tabloid.

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How to get off scot-free after a massacre — the playbook

Bernard Keane — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:03:26 +0000

Stolen emails again demonstrate how the defence and political establishments do business in the US.

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Liberals wimp out on another byelection

Charles Richardson — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:03:25 +0000

Democracy requires choice, and a party that gets into the habit of denying the voters a choice is failing in its primary duty, however convenient that might be for its elected representatives.

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