Tuesday, 9 September 2008
A scheme to introduce advertising on a new ABC mobile phone site is "well advanced" according to ABC insiders who fear the plan will threaten the national broadcaster’s editorial integrity, writes Andrew Dodd.
Playing kingmaker at a State level opens up vast pork-barrelling possibilities, writes Bernard Keane.
Parents have an absolute right to put their babies into care but shouldn’t they be allowed to make — at the very least — a well-informed decision?, asks Mem Fox.
NSW lost a Premier, WA had an election, both NSW and SA had by-elections - and that's all in the last four days. Here's a bumper roundup of political blogs talking about Oz politics.
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Mrs Hickox's fame as a singer would appear to be closely linked to her husband while her recording high-point is quoted as a Gilbert and Sullivan role rather than an operatic one, writes a concerned Opera Australia subscriber.
Nothing can save the UK dailies ... Online TV numbers shoot up ... Greenslade: I love ink, but papers are dying ... Hey Hey comeback? ... Cost cutting, NY Times style ... Obama snubs Rupert ... Plugging into the e-paper
A questions the Opposition should ask Gleen Stevens as he fronts the Standing Committee on Economics today: what's been the effect of cutting the ABS budget? By Glenn Dyer.
Garnaut Review ... Iemma resigns ... GM food ... WA election ...
The office of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today issued a statement marking the passing of NSW Premier Morris Iemma.
Gideon Haigh on Fairfax management
Bill O'Reilly interviews Barack Obama
Is the ABC set to advertise?
Crikey's US correspondent Guy Rundle is covering the 2008 presidential race right down to the wire.
John McCain and mashed potatoes for allAnd then at last, the star turn of the RNC. Guy Rundle watches John McCain.
Pepsi Centre goes ape for the Comeback KidTen minutes into Bill Clinton's nervously awaited speech to the convention, he finally cracked it to say those two little words necessary to seal up the breach below the Democratic waterline: "he's ready"...
DNC Primer: Welcome to DenverGuy Rundle's guide to the Democratic National Convention
Phew, there's an old white guy in da houseGood choice? It certainly balances the ticket, while making it less exciting...
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VIDEO: Guy Rundle reports from the US campaign trail!
New - Crikey reports from the protests at the RNC:
The Southeast Homeschool Expo - Exclusive video coverage Netroots Nation - Interview with Elise from Daily KOS Netroots Nation - Interview with Jim Hightower from Hightower Lowdown
Social and economic disadvantage affects health throughout life. Few family assets, poor education, a dead-end job, insecure employment, living in poor housing and trying to bring up a family in difficult circumstances have cumulative effects on health. The greater the physiological wear and tear people suffer the less likely they are to enjoy a healthy old age. Welfare policies not only need to provide safety nets but also provide additional support to offset earlier disadvantage. Positive action to enable all citizens to play a useful role in the social, economic and cultural life of their society is cost effective - people would be be healthier, have greater self-esteem, would live longer, would be more productive and innovative and would commit less crime. Allowing people to fall into disadvantage is not economically sound business management. Marion Wilson on NT Intervention a lemon: 28 medical specialists give their diagnosis (12 comments)
This planet is doomed. Why oh why did I do a zoology degree. If only I had done literature I could have remained blissfully ignorant of the 2 billion year old story of evolution on this planet about to be decimated. By the by if you read the Hansen paper on exponential increase in ocean levels from a tiny 1 mm per year at an increasing rate you get to about 25-30 metres sea rise (like all good exponential progression is wont to do) by about 2100: Just like doubling a rice grain on the second square of the chess board and so on. Like gravity, exponential rate of change is a cruel master. In this case very f*c*ing cruel. Tom McLoughlin on Garnaut's target so low, the sea levels will rise above it in a year (19 comments)
If it wasn't tragic...well it is and it's called the John Winston Howard era. An administrative force dominated by bigotry and conceit that blighted the nation's social and political history. Quite frankly you wonder how one man could influence not just his party colleagues but federal departments and agencies. Here's the head of our Federal Police... Mick Keelty still struggling with the aftermath of probably being a pawn in a ghastly scenario that's also cobbled a former, fabulous all-time great Treasurer who's similarly skewed on a range of 'going forward' issues. If that's not the tip of an asylum seeker, children overboard, shafted workers, cheated skills, education and training human iceberg.. what is.Cathy on Time for Mick Keelty to spruce up his resume (6 comments)
A Crikey series of articles looking at whether the ABC is fulfilling its charter as a public broadcaster, what it should be doing and how to move forward.The ABC: Outsourcings "R" usWhat does the ABC's Charter actually mean?ABC and SBS look to the future (and hope it's cashed up)
8 September 2008
RBA Governor: Recession unlikely, jobless rate to rise
Rundle: Democrats flounder in a world of Palin
Analysis of the WA Poll
Alex Mitchell: NSW Politics - notes from ground zero
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So it is that every year, our shaman gather in Canberra. Like priests before a ritual they are sealed off from the profane world in a special retreat (‘the lock-up’) and bonded together in a sacred pact, which sets them off as a distinct group against the rest of their people.
