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For Scott Morrison, this should have been the unloseable election
Australia came through COVID better off than most of the world. That the government can’t win an election on that falls squarely on the PM.
Homelessness is growing in marginal seats, so why isn’t it a hot-button issue for the major parties?
Many people currently facing homelessness live in marginal electorates. However, major parties still see it as a ‘minority issue’.
A deluge of gambling ads and odds — with no policy debate anywhere
Australians are some of the world’s biggest gamblers. Yet efforts to address this financial drain on the public are few and far between.
Fierce battle of messaging marks the dying days of the campaign
Isentia’s Campaign Insights data shows both leaders being forced to widen their messaging across the campaign — which has not served either of them well.
When everything else is disrupted, why not politics? Surely it needs it
Federal politics is defined by state capture. Tomorrow must start the process of destroying the vectors for the capture of government by powerful interests.
Travels of a country independent in a land where dreams fade and hopes rise
Out in the Mallee, in between places of something and nothingness, a former Cohuna dairy farmer throws her hat in the ring.
Can one mistake cost an incumbent their seat? In Reid, we may be about to find out
Fiona Martin’s apparent mix-up of Sally Sitou and Tu Le may have a decisive effect on the outcome of the electorate come election day.
Greens eye new House, Senate seats
The Greens retain hopes of winning additional Senate and House of Representatives seats at the federal election.
Crikey’s new dossier shows the PM hasn’t changed — if anything, he’s got worse.
Labor’s failure on UFOs shows national security weakness
The Pentagon has acknowledged hundreds of cases of UFOs probing their military preparedness. Why is Labor ignoring this major issue?
What job will they do next? Crikey’s guide to life after politics for some of our most-loved MPs
Will Penny Wong host the ABC’s Hard Quiz? Will Bridget McKenzie become an elite member of the SAS?
‘Every person has the right to feel safe’: Sarah Newman — Greens candidate for Chisholm, VIC
In Crikey’s Elect Me! series, we ask candidates across the breadth of the political spectrum for their answers to the same key questions.
‘Abolish the two-party-preferred system’: Sam Schriever — One Nation candidate for Fisher, QLD
In Crikey’s Elect Me! series, we ask candidates across the breadth of the political spectrum for their answers to the same key questions.
Electioncast: The fierce battle in the campaign’s final days
Throughout the campaign, both major parties have tried to make the contest about their preferred issues. We’ve got the data on what topics actually dominated discussion.
Electioncast: Labor’s costs and the prime minister’s lies
In the last week of the contest, both parties carried out the electoral tradition of releasing policy costings. But do they matter?
Opposing the push for a rise in the minimum wage says a lot about who Scott Morrison governs for. It’s not all of us.
The recent mass shooting in Buffalo is an example of how the Fox News ‘war on woke’ empowers the far right in increasingly dangerous ways.
A biography of bullshit: some of the greatest lies in history
In this week spent highlighting the lies and falsehoods of our current prime minister, we need to remember that, in historical terms, he’s an amateur.
Crikey publishes news, investigations, analysis and opinion on politics, current affairs on global matters. We are guided by a deceptively simple, old idea: *tell the truth and shame the devil.
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Chisholm’s early voters flock to church, praying for it all to be over
The punters in this ultra-tight electorate in Melbourne’s south-east suburbs are a canny lot. They’re also showing signs of campaign fatigue.
‘Appalling disregard’: Australia’s offshore processing slammed after leaked emails show Nauru police mocking suicide, self-harm threats
The emails show how refugees and asylum seekers are still harming themselves, even as police officers made jokes about their plight.
Nine publishes a tribute to Morrison the little-known feminist. But who wrote it?
A glowing tribute to the PM in the SMH is everything his publicity team could dream for. But who exactly is its author, Karen Harrington?
Journalists demand stunts from Albo as unemployment hits new low
Unemployment hits a new low of 3.9% — good news for Morrison. But the media was too busy having a tantrum at Anthony Albanese to notice.
Sales and Grimshaw: a tale of two interviews — but only one killer blow
Scott Morrison, the ‘bulldozer’ prime minister, was down for the count after being skewered in a finely executed and intelligent set of questions.
Albo, an Italian erotic cartoonist mistaken for Anthony Albanese, endorses Labor
@albo talks about being wrongly tagged for the Labor leader, what he knows about Australian politics, and makes an offer to Albo.
Should NDIS funding and reform be an election issue? Richard Hamon’s story leaves little doubt of the answer
Instead of the NDIS making life easier for Australians with disabilities, its stalling and haggling over funds create emotional and physical distress.
Mental health a sticking issue in marginal seats hit by fires, floods and the pandemic
Psychological help services are a major concern for the marginal seat of Gilmore, following a cluster of suicides after the region was devastated by environmental catastrophes.
American law is now hurtling towards apartheid for women
A leaked US Supreme Court decision on abortion would make women second-class citizens.
Why did the Morrison government so badly handle the pandemic? Because it favoured party mates over public servants
The shocking and often fatal consequences of the prime minister’s mishandling of the COVID plague is mind-boggling.
Healthcare for all? Sorting the facts from the rhetoric
Australia has one of the world’s best healthcare systems, but with holes in coverage widening, that title is slipping.
Matt Canavan and the problem of the Coalition’s broad church
The Morrison government is trying to be all things to all people — and it’s failing at all of them.
As the world burns: climate crisis turns the heat up on Labor and the Coalition
The world is sleepwalking into a catastrophe but the major parties would rather end the climate wars than seriously reduce emissions.
Enraged, humiliated Taylor looks to block closures of coal-fired plants
Angus Taylor wants to prevent owners of coal-fired power plants from bringing forward their closures, with new rules dictating how companies will operate up to five years ahead.
Fungi? Not so much. Why fungal infection could be the source of our next pandemic
Fungal infections are already prominent in many parts of the world. Climate change and other environmental factors are accelerating them.
