Michael Kroger’s extraordinary radio spray against his groomsman today on Melbourne radio looked less like the death-throes of a factional non-entity and more like a subtle preselection power play.
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Tips and rumours
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Charles reads the weather
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Newspaper circulation carnage — biggest March fall on record
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Cultural policy in limbo … which might give the space needed
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US reveals plans to put nukes in your neighbourhood
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Tony Abbott: philosopher-prince of the assertion-based community
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Kroger spray shows he’s still a player
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Today’s First Dog on the Moon
TOP STORIES
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Foreign languages? Try harder Tony
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The verdict on the budget
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Climate change & the Murray Darling: two divisive issues clash
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Rundle’s bites: frustrating Leveson … Romney’s secrets … Greece is the …
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Tea Party wins a battle but could be losing the war
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The Thomson scandal: where are the five independents at?
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Milne reprises key themes in budget reply
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Funeral cringe … Grand tour … Milne’s back …
Crikey Says
POLITICS, THE UNIVERSE, ETC
MEDIA/ARTS/SPORT
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685,000K viewers tune in to watch Abbott’s budget reply
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Idiot’s Guide to the Convergence Review: that’s a wrap
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Language death, a not-so-exotic problem
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Late JP Morgan fall pushes markets down
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Joye: RBA has misread economy, underestimated labour gains
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Sky darkens for Qantas tormentors as profits in free fall
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Abbott’s reverse tariff
BUSINESS
COMMENTS, CORRECTIONS, CLARIFICATIONS, AND C*CKUPS
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My Cup Of Tea: Cultural policy in limbo … which might give the space needed
The federal government’s decision to delay the National Cultural Policy is disappointing. But it is also an opportunity to deliver a better, broader policy.
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Climate change & the Murray Darling: when our most divisive enviro issues meet
Climate change and the Murray-Darling Basin plan are two of the most divisive environmental issues in Australia. But what does the MDBA plan to do about climate change in its Murray-Darling Basin plan? asks David Donaldson.
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Tony Abbott: philosopher-prince of the assertion-based community
Tony Abbott now insists things are true merely because he says they are, and his budget reply reflected that.
Obama’s gay marriage endorsement: where it will matter
Is Kim Jong-un the descendant of a traitor?
Paddy Crumlin: union heavy who punches above his weight
Shep Smith: we now have a 21st century US president-
Media briefs: Funeral cringe … Grand tour … Milne’s back …
In today’s Media Briefs: a private funeral shouldn’t be “live streamed” … Le Grand’s grand tour … Milne back on The Oz pages … US papers says “I do” to Obama gay marriage coverage .. Andy Coulson: I may have seen top-secret state material and more …
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Economic reportage: when readers should hit the bullshit buzzer
Be very, very wary of any news story that kicks off with the words “is expected.” The only thing to expect is a load of BS, writes Mr Denmore.
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‘You overpaid, overeducated parasite’: ANU climate scientist emails
Abusive emails and accounts of threatening behaviour towards climate research staff have been released by ANU following an FOI request. Graham Readfearn reveals what they say.
Nine tips to get The Global Mail on track
Are internet memes actually making us — gasp! — more intelligent?-
Parallax Podcast: has Tim Burton jumped the shark?
Has Tim Burton jumped the shark? Should he stop using Johnny Depp in films like Dark Shadows? Is the new Australian feature Wish You Were Here worth checking out? Luke Buckmaster and Rich Haridy discuss the latest cinema and DVD releases in Crikey’s The Parallax Podcast.
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theatre reviews
Australian Theatre For Young People has produced an Animal Farm even George Orwell would be proud of. It’s a lucid and dynamic platform for emerging young talent, writes Lloyd Bradford Syke.
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travel
He walks barefoot across the icy foyer, wearing a Foo Fighters t-shirt and faded designer jeans. It’s all part of morning prayer with ultra-stylish monks, writes Emma Koehn, who wonders whether they listen to rock music too.
Memories of Maurice Sendak-
Joye: RBA has misread economy, underestimated labour gains
It turns out that the RBA has indeed (at least superficially) “misread” the economy, as so many commentators are keen to claim. Christopher Joye of Property Observer on labour and rates.
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Another setback for Clive’s Queensland mine project
Clive Palmer has hit another roadblock in his attempt to get one of the world’s biggest coalmines off the ground, writes Patrick Stafford.
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Gina’s kids spend Mother’s Day wondering what she’s up to
Gina Rinehart’s children — John Hancock, Hope Welker and Bianca Rinehart — will spend Mother’s Day wondering what exactly their mum is up to as a bitter legal war continues.
Google set to grow Aussie start-up scene-
Dept of Climate Change rebuts Plimer’s book for sceptic kids
The Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency have confirmed that they crafted and published a document after public outrage from teachers and scientists about Ian Plimer’s climate change sceptic book aimed at children.
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The problem with Channel Seven’s AFL coverage
The Age journalist and AFL analyst for SEN radio Rohan Connolly takes a long run up to Channel Seven’s AFL coverage for the 2012 season thus far, taking particular aim at its use of camera zooming and bizarre commentary.
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Canberra Day Three – First Dog on the Moon declares class war!
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… just a cruel trick of the light
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First Dog’s Time Machine! On this day in 2010
Today’s cartoon is from April 27, 2010 and is titled “Today is World Tapir Day!”
