‘Funerary’ feeling and unrest at ABC Radio amid high-profile departures
ABC staff tell Crikey that audiences are ‘fucking furious’ at recent changes to the broadcaster’s Sydney radio lineup, and that staff don’t have confidence in audio director Ben Latimer.
Federal Liberal MP lawyers up as explosive email sparks factional war in party’s south Sydney heartland
Exclusive: Hughes MP Jenny Ware told party colleagues at a meeting last night she was seeking legal advice in relation to an email sent by a Young Liberal branch in her own backyard.
Aussie passengers face exorbitant fares, delays and cancellations as Qantas limps through holiday season
‘The Albanese government’s answer is a taxpayer-funded ombudsman, a policy that looks like it was written in the Chairman’s Lounge.’
Who was Australia’s biggest shitstirrer in 2024? Help Crikey figure it out
There is no greater honour at Crikey than to be considered a shitstirrer. Who made hell this year for Australia’s most powerful people?
Vote now for Crikey’s prestigious Arsehat of the Year
Who is to blame, dear reader? Vote now in Crikey’s Arsehat of the Year awards!
Who was your Person of the Year? It is time to vote!
It was mostly bad. But not all bad. Here are a few figures who did useful and admirable things in 2024.
Consultants earning millions as AUKUS agency stumbles
A review of the Australian Submarine Agency won’t fix what’s wrong with AUKUS: the whole project is a debacle that will never deliver anything but fiscal pain.
Why is Chris Minns being referred to ICAC?
Is this a big deal? How does an ICAC referral work?
France’s government has fallen and political chaos has returned. Here are three scenarios for what could happen next
French democracy is strong at heart, but its current period of instability could see several governments rise and fall before the next National Assembly elections.
‘Any updates … greatly appreciated’: Western Sydney Uni staff gave intel to cops on Gaza protests
Exclusive: Internal WSU emails show security staff attended a pro-Palestine student meeting, monitored social media, and fed information back to police — despite the uni having previously downplayed its links with the cops.
‘I think women are better at it’: Sarah Hanson-Young on negotiating in a divided Parliament
The Greens senator reckons Tanya Plibersek and Katy Gallagher are able to leave their egos at the door. So why can’t the blokes?
Labor has been vindicated on its spending. Will the Reserve Bank finally do its job and cut rates?
Labor’s spending has generated plenty of criticism — but it’s now the only thing standing between us and a recession engineered by the RBA.
Does AUKUS have public support?
It depends on how you ask the question…
Qld’s draconian bill not just a sop to Murdoch — it would fundamentally change the justice system
The Queensland LNP wants to see children as young as 10 locked up for life. The clock is being turned back a long, long way.
Adam Bandt has issued terms to Labor. Labor should tell the Greens to get stuffed
The minor party has demanded Labor negotiate a formal agreement ahead of the election. Anthony Albanese would be mad to agree.
News Corp reheats HIV hysteria, the IDF ‘Spotify wraps’ its year, and Jason Clare fly(er) fishes
Looks like our dystopian future has arrived.
Addressing this health challenge is vital to getting many people back participating fully in their lives.
Who’s playing naughty, and who’s playing nice?
Can you put a number on how badly Trump will screw the climate? Yes, many.
As the United Nations warns of a ‘brutal price’ to be paid for inaction, Crikey breaks down the key numbers at play.
Tesla’s Robyn Denholm is an awkward choice to lead Australia’s R&D review
Perhaps Industry Minister Ed Husic is more interested in cosying up to tech elites than driving reform to make Australia more prosperous.
Labor’s limp rebuke of CommBank’s cash-grab is the act of a one-term government
The Albanese government should have responded to the Commonwealth Bank’s new withdrawal charges with threats of immediate reprisal.
Is Labor fated to be a one-term wonder? Crikey readers on a long year in Parliament
Plus what you thought of Simon Birmingham’s legacy…
Tammy Tyrrell isn’t just Lambie Lite, and now she’s going after Labor’s social media ban
Former Jacqui Lambie staffer Tammy Tyrrell is very different to her former boss. But is that what the people of Tasmania voted for?
‘I think the major parties need a kick in the nuts’: How ‘Punter’s Politics’ stormed Parliament House
Punter Konrad has built up a large social following by questioning politicians on behalf of ‘the punters’.
‘Paying it forward’: The rise and rise of Australia’s independents
Independents are increasingly working together. But does that undermine the very point of them?
A $532m security contract and the NACC’s corrosive secrecy
The only thing the NACC’s report into Paladin has revealed is how damaging the commission’s lack of transparency is both for the public and potentially the people investigated.
The rise of Paladin, KPMG’s cameo, and what the NACC isn’t telling us
Just a week after being sent the tender for the Manus contract, Paladin submitted its bid. Its initial quote to provide the services was $152m. After negotiations, Paladin was awarded a revised contract… of $229.5m.
Paladin remains cloaked in secrecy: NACC needs to deliver or risk destroying its reputation
The unresolved questions at the centre of Paladin’s Manus Island contract aren’t theoretical or abstract concerns. They go to the heart of governance and political responsibility in Australia.
NSW right-wingers call for Malcolm Turnbull’s expulsion from the Liberal Party for the… fifth time
None of the efforts have so far been successful — but insiders say there are other reasons conservatives would keep pushing for the ex-PM to be kicked out of the party.
Voters are disillusioned — and parliamentary game-playing just makes it worse
Why did it take the use of a guillotine motion in the final sitting week of Parliament to progress legislation that had stalled in the Senate for months?
‘As vicious as anything I had ever seen’: Robert Manne on being News Corp’s target
“According to John Kidd, my ‘intellectual arrogance’ was ‘breathtaking’. According to John McCarthy, it was not The Australian I disliked, it was ‘the Australian people’.”
Raygun, Brat, and The Bear: Canberra’s Press Gallery turns to memes amid election season
As the Senate dealt with ‘real’ politics, the water cooler politics of the parliamentary press gallery was also heating up. Crikey was in the hallways for the gossip.
Pro-Palestine activist alleges The Australian defamed them
The Australian appears set to fight a defamation proceeding brought by a pro-Palestine activist this week.
This is how Joe Rogan helped propel Trump to the White House
In his bid to court the ‘bro vote’, Trump engaged dozens of podcasters and streamers on the political fringe who share a common audience of young, politically disengaged men.
Future Fund unveils big vote of no confidence in Australia’s banks
Why has the Future Fund cut its deposits in Australia’s major banks by up to 90%? Seems it isn’t happy with the interest rates on offer.
Stop interfering with independent institutions, treasurer
The Labor government has already tried to nobble the Productivity Commission. Now it’s attempting to interfere with the Future Fund.
Teen social media ban inquiry didn’t even respond to man with disability’s accessibility request
‘Kids with disabilities are going to be affected by the proposed ban. We should be ensuring the government gets to hear from us.’
Coalition assurances on abortion mean nothing: History shows how women could be targeted
Peter Dutton’s assurances there would be no change to abortion laws under his government are belied by the history of the Liberal party, which has traded parliamentary votes for abortion restrictions.
Renewables are exceeding expectations — but so are emissions. Why?
Why do we keep believing the promise of carbon capture when it keeps failing to materialise?
Simon Holmes à Court on Climate 200, donation reforms and why Kerry Stokes wields more power than he does
Labor’s electoral reforms are framed around diluting the influence of Simon Holmes à Court. But the Climate 200 founder says this will only cut the legs out from under independent challengers.
Adam Bandt has issued terms to Labor. Labor should tell the Greens to get stuffed
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Paul Fletcher’s grand conspiracy theory is the most interesting thing he’s ever said
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