Articles by Andrew Crook

There are accusations of bullying, harassment and union-busting at a call centre now employed by the Australian Council of Trade Unions to conduct research.

Crikey’s PromiseWatch project zeroes in on pledges over the Newstart allowance. Crikey’s Andrew Crook and Centre for Policy Development researcher Julia Hosking investigate the parties’ dole claims.

Crikey’s PromiseWatch project shifts its gaze to climate change.

Metro Media Publishing, battling a sea of red ink in its suite of former Fairfax suburban mastheads, is slashing staff costs. A sell-off could also be on the cards.

As part of our Promise Watch series, Crikey and the Centre for Policy Development examine pledges from the two major parties on the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Andrew Crook and the CPD’s Julia Hosking report.

Crikey and the Centre for Policy Development have joined forces to track what’s at stake in the 2013 election across key policy areas.

As part of our Promise Watch series, Crikey and the Centre for Policy Development examine pledges from the two major parties on education. Andrew Crook and the CPD’s Julia Hosking report.

The Australian government is increasingly turning to secretive “screening out” procedures to return asylum seekers to their countries of origin. But if they say the right words, boat people can receive proper process.

What remains of the Labor faithful descended on Moonee Valley for the party’s annual state conference on the weekend. Reform was on the agenda, but few were really listening.

Crikey was on hand at a strangely calm Sky News “people’s forum” last night. The questions were as predictable as the answers, which was hardly Tony Abbott’s fault.

Fifteen years after it began, Tony Abbott’s secret pact to destroy One Nation will be examined in open court. Crikey has obtained the statement of claim by One Nation co-founder David Ettridge.

Crikey brings you the inside word on who’s gearing up to run for the hotly contested Victorian Upper House electorate of Western Metro.

Simon Sheikh was a Labor member before he became a Green — but there’s a long history of pollies switching sides. Crikey lists the MPs who flirted with others or just changed their minds.

Louise Pratt is set to descend from one to two on WA Labor’s Senate ticket as a factional fight for the soul of the party ratchets up.

Billionaire mining heiress Gina Rinehart looks set to be cross-examined by her kids’ lawyers later this year. But they’re not the only parties peeved with the iron ore magnate.