Exclusive: Anthony Albanese went beyond DFAT advice in his criticism of Israel in a firm press conference back in May.
US infringements of the sovereignty of other countries (including Australia) make Chinese ‘interference’ look decidedly tame.
Veteran environmentalist David Suzuki believes the time has passed us to stop climate change. He’s wrong.
In Through the Looking Glass, Humpty Dumpty proclaims, ‘When I use a word it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less’. He then declares, ‘The question is which is to be master — that’s all.’
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Jillian Segal’s antisemitism report betrays a strange ignorance of some of the basics of public policy.
The fascinating societal shift hidden in the ATO’s jobs data
The number of women in the workforce continues to grow, but where are they working? Overall, it’s a story of the convergence of traditionally male and female occupations.
Anthony Albanese has managed our relationship with China as well as John Howard did. But now the challenge is becoming much greater. Can we step up?
Australia’s antisemitism envoy has praised how platforms like Elon Musk’s X are using AI to fight hate — days after X’s AI bot Grok was taken offline for antisemitic posts.
Jillian Segal’s extraordinary proposal to personally censor media outlets would mean Australia’s most right-wing broadcasters and magazines would be ‘assisted’ to avoid antisemitism.
Albanese in China: PM won’t be drawn on prospective US-China war
The prime minister has ignored defence pressure from the US as he continues to try and shore up Australia’s relationship with China, and a devastating Israeli air strike has killed Gazan children waiting for water.
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Kumanjayi Walker was killed by a racist cop. But our media and courts are more focused on white victims
The inquest into the killing of Kumanjayi Walker found the officer who shot him three times was racist. But the justice system and media class have proven we have a long way to go until Aboriginal lives matter.
See the leaked teen social media ban tech trial report that has experts worried
Australia’s age-assurance technology trial released ‘preliminary findings’ that the tech was ready to go. Now experts have seen the underlying data, they’re not sure that’s right.
US firm adds consulting on Gaza ethnic cleansing to its sordid history — while pocketing $99m from taxpayers
Global consulting firm BCG provided modelling for a plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza. But it insists it was just a couple of rotten apples — just like its previous scandals.
How the media misinterprets Albanese’s China visit as a zero-sum game
The media’s wont to invent binaries, set up straw men or invoke the bogeyman to milk any potential conflict is understandable. After all, carefully made progress doesn’t make click-worthy headlines.
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Civilians inside Iran have expressed grave fears that their government will severely punish them when no longer preoccupied by external enemies.
Normally the US Federal Reserve would cut rates in response to the damage the Trump administration is causing. But it can’t, given how pro-inflationary Trump is.
Segal’s antisemitism plan would be the deepest intervention in Australian universities since Federation
The strange silence of Australia’s free speech warriors
How do votes turn into seats in Tasmania?
With Qantas now admitting hackers stole data from nearly 6 million customers, for some disgruntled pilots, it’s further proof of operational rot as customers are left picking up the pieces.
Victoria’s draconian new anti-protest laws will have a chilling effect on free speech — and won’t keep anyone safe
The Reserve Bank keeps making awful decisions. Politicians can do that for much less, and with more accountability
Three-time losers: In its worst decision in years, Reserve Bank ideologues vote to keep punishing households
Many in the sector are hopeful the new minister will help bring about a much-needed course correction.
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Senators Jane Hume and Andrew Bragg made the claims as part of an argument against Labor’s proposed changes to superannuation tax.
With an election comes a shake-up of political staff and the Albanese government’s second term is no exception. Here’s some of the most high profile moves.
The Erin Patterson verdict has delivered a flood of takes, and predictably, some of them are mind-meltingly awful.
Plus the truly bizarre AI slop circling the Erin Patterson case, and One Nation’s Pauline Hanson has knits (again).
The journalist’s courtroom fashion sent a strong message, without her having to say a word.
ABC staff speaking to Crikey as the judgement made its way around newsrooms spoke of being ‘vindicated’, as Lattouf gave a speech outside court.
The infestation of generative systems in education, medicine and academia should all be cause for much, much more alarm.
As Monash’s partnership with Woodside comes up for renewal, the university is facing pressure from students and staff to ditch the company for good.
The Productivity Commission has unveiled its latest report on protectionism — and warned of the costs of the Albanese government’s obsession with manufacturing.
Once again Trump has chickened out, pushing back his tariff pause deadline to the start of August. That’s a relief to the Reserve Bank, which was facing grim reminders of its April debacle.
Palantir has become notorious for supporting the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda and allegedly assisting with the IDF’s AI weapons. Now, its work with Australian government and business is facing scrutiny.
Sydneysiders should stop pretending they live in a serious city. It’s run by the entertainment-gambling industrial complex, and it stinks.
Here’s a few times we ‘rethought’ the US relationship, and many more when we should have.
The refusal of Australia and other Western countries to talk about Netanyahu’s genocide in Gaza is encouraging a more blatant Israeli program of exterminating Palestinians.