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02/03/2012 12:28 AM
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Meet Haiti’s 1%
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Haiti is known as a country wrecked with poverty and struggling to survive after the disasterous earthquake of 2010. But there's a lot of rich people -- mainly families who migrated from Europe a centruy earlier -- calling the island home.
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02/02/2012 08:59 PM
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Barrier Reef’s World Heritage status at risk of being lost
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The World Heritage Committee (WHC) is about to send a delegation to Australia for eight days to look at the Great Barrier Reef, writes Crikey naturalist Lionel Elmore.
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02/02/2012 08:59 PM
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Better Access program: success in whose interests?
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The Better Access program, introduced by the Howard government in 2006 to improve access to treatments for common mental disorders, was controversial before it even began.
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02/02/2012 08:59 PM
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More evidence of why donation disclosure laws are hopeless
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For several years now Crikey has engaged in the ritual denunciation of our Commonwealth electoral donation laws. It's worth repeating.
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02/02/2012 08:58 PM
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Mayne v Andrews: big parties awash with pokies cash
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Pokies industry donations for 2010-11 got a brief mention in yesterday’s coverage and they certainly make for interesting reading when totalled up.
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02/02/2012 08:58 PM
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Moscow protests: authorities’ gloves may come off
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The protests are small enough, isolated enough, and moderate enough in their aims to fizzle out of their own accord, writes Matthew Clayfield, a freelance correspondent in Vladivostok.
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02/02/2012 08:58 PM
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Brussels is summit of a contrast, Trappist bier notwithstanding
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Brussels resembles a mini-state unto itself, with demography, culture and politics a thing apart from the rest of the nation, freelance writer David Ritter reports from Brussels.
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02/02/2012 08:58 PM
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Dudgeon: constitution helps undo silence harming Aboriginal Australia
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The causes for distress in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities leading to youth suicide are broad and steeped in historical, social and economic circumstances, as well as the contemporary choices of individuals, writes professor Pat...
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02/02/2012 08:58 PM
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Rundle12: vigorous primaries toughen candidates like fire tidies a room
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With the exception of Colorado, each contest is getting some attention.
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02/02/2012 07:22 PM
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Death, violence and protests: chaos continues in Egypt
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After violent football riots killed 71 people, nearly 10,000 Egyptians took to the streets on Thursday demanding retribution, reports Al Jazeera.
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02/02/2012 06:57 PM
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Julian Assange: Australia’s most powerful thinker
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Townsville's most famous former computer hacker is changing how the media and diplomats operate. Julian Assange speaks Tom Cowie about the role of WikiLeaks and its power.
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02/02/2012 04:00 PM
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‘Legally invisible’: law reform matters for Aboriginal health
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Australia is one nation, yet its federal structure and Constitution have not encouraged laws creating a clear governance structure for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, explains a team of experts on Croakey.
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02/01/2012 08:39 PM
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Cox: 40 years on and the equal pay gaps continue
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It will be 40 years in December since the incoming Whitlam government asked the Arbitration Commission to reopen the equal pay case.
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02/01/2012 08:39 PM
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OurSay: disability and poverty leads questions
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A question on Australia's parlous record on poverty and disability currently leads the OurSay People's Question.
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02/01/2012 08:39 PM
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Politicians and the awful reality of a strong dollar
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For all her problems, Julia Gillard understands just how important the strong dollar will be not just for business but governments, write Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane.
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02/01/2012 08:39 PM
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Repealing a tax will ‘save’ $4b? Er, no, Tony Abbott
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Tony Abbott is boasting of saving $4 billion, which will be long gone when he gets into office.
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02/01/2012 08:39 PM
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Mayne: now’s not the time for Rinehart to be be saying ‘look at me’
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Journalists love nothing more than speculating about the future of media companies, so Gina Rinehart has created an avalanche of commentary with her high-profile raid on Fairfax Media.
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02/01/2012 08:39 PM
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Queensland flood inquiry recalled as victims left in limbo
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The Queensland flood inquiry heard less than two days of evidence in April last year about the events in the Lockyer Valley, including Grantham, writes Amanda Gearing, a freelance journalist based in Toowoomba.
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02/01/2012 08:39 PM
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Residential property market continues to struggle
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Despite the best attempts by housing bulls, banks and politicians to resuscitate the flailing residential property sector, the Australian market (Sydney excluded) continues to struggle
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02/01/2012 08:39 PM
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Canberra says no to grazing — so what are states for?
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At least as the federal government sees things, the controversy over cattle grazing in Victoria's Alpine National Park is now over.
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02/01/2012 08:39 PM
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Shoes over substance
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Yes, we're in. We're falling in line with every other media schmuck today and giving the quite upmarket shoe brand some more free publicity for what is, it must be said, a genius PR move on their part.
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02/01/2012 08:25 PM
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The risk of leaving Afghanistan early
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The US Defense Secretary said overnight that US and NATO were aiming to end all combat in Afghanistan by the end of next year. But what will the earlier withdrawal mean for Afghanistan? asks David Ignatius.
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02/01/2012 07:38 PM
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Farmers will attack the govt but not their supermarket giant customers
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Farmers appear to have no qualms about attacking the government, but the raised fist turns into a cat’s paw when the time comes to criticise their largest customers, the retail giants, writes Matthew da Silva.
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02/01/2012 04:29 PM
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How can public transport work better in Australia’s cities?
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Around 90% of all travel in Australia is by car. While public transport usually serves CBDs well, it's quite ineffective at travelling across suburbs, writes Alan Davies.
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02/01/2012 12:30 AM
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Abbott’s nostalgia for Howard’s Oz is no basis for an economic policy
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Nostalgia is a fine political tool if you can use it and half his luck if Abbott can make it work for him. But it’s no basis for an economic policy.
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