The train service from Sydney to Melbourne has barely improved over the last fifty years, writes Ben Sandilands, but the journey is worth it if memories can be treasured.
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All about the close-up: interview with Tom Hooper, director of Les Misérables
Tom Hooper’s adaptation of Les Misérables has received a mixed response from critics. Luke Buckmaster spoke to him about the mammoth task of bringing Les Mis to the big screen.
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Egypt referendum: Morsi gets constitution, but grip of power loosens
Egypt has voted in favour of a new constitution. This marks a win for president Mohammed Morsi but also means the end of his extraordinary powers to rule by decree, writes Charles Richardson.
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Tech in ’12: take nothing for granted online
In 2012, Big Copyright suffered several setbacks. And Big Data ramped up its efforts. Our technology expert looks back and forward at the world online.
READ MOREEssential: NSW, Victoria and Queensland state polls
The latest data from Essential Research shows Barry O’Farrell looking strong in New South Wales, Ted Baillieu slugging it out in Victoria and Campbell Newman losing support in Queensland, writes William Bowe.
READ MOREJetstar v Qantas in 2013: buckle up for a hell of a ride
Jetstar in 2013 will continue to do what it has been so good at: help Qantas shrink while driving customers across to Virgin Australia, writes Ben Sandilands.
READ MORERise of the anti-Fox: how Rachel Maddow rattles the right
The first openly gay host of an American prime time TV current affairs show, Rachel Maddow’s celebrity is on the rise, writes an impressed Bob Gosford.
READ MOREFrom the vault: the $800-a-night pokies habit and paying the ultimate price
For 10 years Julie was visiting up to four or five poker-machine venues a week in a country Victorian town. She took her own life earlier this year. Her sister asks why gamblers can so easily access money.
READ MOREFrom the vault: Disney deal the last act in Lucas space opera
This week George Lucas sold his beloved Lucasfilms to Disney for US$4billion. In a sense, the Hollywood doyen’s story is a perfect encapsulation of the American Dream. In another, it’s a cautionary tale of obsession, writes Luke Buckmaster.
READ MOREFrom the vault: journos v bloggers just doesn’t matter any more
The challenge confronting the mainstream media is no longer about bloggers and citizen journalists, if it ever was.
READ MORE2012 Crikeys: the good, the arsehat and the sexy
The results for our annual Crikey Readers Choice Awards are in for the Person of the Year, the Arsehat of the Year and our country’s sexiest politicians.
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WHAT WAS SAID:
"At the end of the day I don’t care about the political outcomes, I care about the economic outcomes."
"I know I'm going to get hammered on this, and I just have to cop it sweet."
- Tips and rumours
- No room at the inn for Aboriginal customers in Borroloola
- 2012 Crikeys: the good, the arsehat and the sexy
- All Australia wants for Christmas is stronger iron ore prices
- How the internet rewires the circuits of our public space — and you
- Cracks in the glass ceiling: women wielding power on boards
- Crikey says: what you clicked on (and now we rest)
- What you missed in 2012 (if only)
- Women’s Agenda: the 10 women to watch in 2013
- What’s over the fiscal cliff? We may be about to find out
- Defence at Mardi Gras: a military step towards inclusiveness
- Richard Farmer’s chunky bits
- Robots are already replacing us: here’s why we have to get along wired
- Anti-muslim, anti-gay, Obama Antichrist hate group are ‘left wing’, says Fox News salon
- Pope attacks gay community in fiery Christmas speech huffington post
- Vale group journalism: an oral history of Newsweek the daily beast
- The Good Book of gaming: where Christianity steps up a level polygon
- Top ten tech stories of 2012 smartcompany
- Jane Caro: Why 2012 was a pivotal year for women women's agenda
- The good, the ‘brand’ and the ugly of 2012 smartcompany
- The Oatmeal, Buzzfeed and the cookie cutter craft of social media marketing gawker
- ‘It is more difficult to adopt a pet than it is to buy a gun’: why America needs action, not mourning new york times
- A selection of quality journalism on America’s history of gun violence the daily beast
- Mungo MacCallum: how Premiers’ Conferences have changed, and how they’ve stayed the same the monthly
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No room at the inn for Aboriginal customers in Borroloola
Many Aboriginal people support booze bans in local communities. But a raid on Chrisco hampers in the Northern Territory left a bad taste. Sean Kerins of ANU’s Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy reports from Borroloola.
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