Labor’s ‘friendless’ proposed changes to FOI laws will be debated today. Here’s the government’s reasoning so far.
The September jobs numbers have put pressure on the RBA to cut interest rates — but they’re not as bad as they look. Meanwhile the central bank its trying to improve its messaging.
Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan relies on ahistorical nonsense imposed on the Palestinian people, who are told they should be grateful. He deserves no applause.
A short history of voter suppression in America, as civil rights laws are attacked in the South
Institutional attempts to take the vote away from Black Americans started more or less as soon as those rights were awarded.
After Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young threatened to issue subpoenas, representatives from some of the world’s biggest tech companies will face senators later this month.
Crikey’s media reporter Daanyal Saeed joins the podcast to unpack the Parliament Sports Club lobbying furore, from beginning to end.
In any discussion of repatriating ‘ISIS brides’ and their children, the actual well-being of those involved is generally regarded as unworthy of consideration.
The Albanese government wants to make it harder to get information about what it’s doing. Crikey is up for the fight.
Across its multiple forms, the gambling industry is able to dictate terms to major party politicians at the state and federal level, with vast indifference to the social disaster it causes.
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Does the NACC have any hope of regaining public trust?
The NACC has over two hundred employees and an annual budget of over $60m, but has yet to land a single major finding from over 5,000 referrals.
How I was targeted and intimidated by information arsonists
On two memorable occasions, I have been targeted in formal ways by key anti-wind players.
If you want brain rot, read the Financial Review (and leave gen Z out of it)
Young people are suffering from ‘brain rot’, claims the AFR, and it’s all due to social media. But there’s another reason why young people are so unhappy.
Albanese dangles AUKUS carrot ahead of Trump meeting
Australia will tease an increase in defence spending ahead of the prime minister’s meeting with Donald Trump, as the US president turns his attention back to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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Sportsbet guest lecturer at Monash university seminar prompts faculty review
Scott Morrison declares role with Saudi oil company
Tech giants are trying to get around the teen social media ban. The government has a trump card
Why did The Australian not mention that the pollster behind its new report also sells access to AUKUS decision-makers?
Will the AI bubble pop with a whimper? Or are we screwed?
With the death of conservatism, a Liberal split isn’t just viable, it’s necessary
The enduring cult of Tony Abbott
Even before bailouts for heavy industry, the cost to taxpayers of Labor’s manufacturing fetish was surging — mainly to the benefit of male workers.
Reducing the demand for disinformation starts with working out why people believe bullshit so readily
Earlier this month a Senate inquiry heard testimony from officials, climate scientists and researchers about the scale of the problem in the climate and energy sector and its effects on Australian politics. I made a submission myself.
For me, the return of Israeli hostages restores something precious
The plight of the hostages kidnapped on October 7 has shaken Jewish communities for the past two years. Their release doesn’t erase the suffering in Gaza, but perhaps shows a way forward.
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Exclusive: The Australian Parliament Sports Club has de-registered as a lobby group, as its CEO claims politicians were fully aware of lobby groups’ involvement in the club.
All that and more in this week’s Australian politics news.
Plus, a one-time thanks to Avi Yemeni!
The rise of artificial intelligence has seen the conversation surrounding media shift in recent years, and is helping fuel a new set of conspiracies across the political spectrum.
An alarming number of recent examples prove the international rule of law is dead. What was once an unprecedented act is now an almost daily occurrence.
Literally nothing good has come from any of it.
Two Australian companies bought dozens of mining rights and expect to invest big, but environmental threats concern local communities.
The uni’s plans to ‘streamline operational services’ by closing down its flagship institute dedicated to climate action and sustainability have sparked internal backlash.
In a reversal from April, ratings agency S&P says Australia’s fiscal position is sound. But cheerleaders for austerity and a punitive economy don’t want to know about it.
Individual taxpayers kept last year’s budget deficit down to a small number. But one form of organised crime is paying less and less tax.
The Readers’ Choice Award received *a lot* of entries.
Crikey’s list of our worst companies is dominated by oligopolists, reflecting Australia’s disease of market concentration. It gives us lazy managers and dud boards — but, perversely, we all benefit from it.
This French funhouse mirror politics is just the latest in a crisis that has been lurching on since at least 2024.
Plus, the government signs yet another eyebrow-raising Israeli contract.