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Morrison's net zero-sum game

Scott Morrison is ignoring international pressure to take "bold action" on the climate emergency, and Victoria's opposition has reportedly received approval for a parliamentary inquiry into the state's contact tracing system.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and marketing consultant Jim Reed (inset) (Images: AAP/Lukas Coch; LinkedIn)

Morrison’s million dollar marketing machine: how taxpayers are funding government messaging

Labor has accused the government of using taxpayer money for political research from a connected consultant. Is this a case of the Coalition helping itself, or all above board?

Deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia Guy Debelle (Image: AAP/Kelly Barnes)

With one bound, Australia was free. Is the recession really over already?

Did the RBA really say the 2020 recession is done and dusted? Yeah, nah. More that things aren't quite as bad as predicted.

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The unravelling: how Australian-Sino relations became about the politics of dissent

Relations between Canberra and Beijing are at a 40-year low. Crikey speaks to the experts about both the why and the way forward.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg (Image: AAP/Dean Lewins)

From the Spiv-tionary: when they say what they mean do they mean what they say?

Double meanings, or just double Dutch? Welcome to volume seven of Crikey's Spiv-tionary.

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. (The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images)

Japan’s net zero carbon by 2050 pledge is nothing compared with its 2030 cuts

In 10 years Japan will cut coal's 33% share of its energy production to 26%. That's one seriously big crisis for Australian coal exporters.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian (right) (Image: AAP/Rick Stevens)

Illiterate Oz … Ups and downs of koala politics … McKenzie rides again

Josh Frydenberg goes back to the hypocrisy well, Gladys Berejiklian returns to koala politics and The Australian just wants kids to read good.

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Four years on, has Trump delivered on his 2016 promises? Here’s a scorecard

Mexico hasn't paid for a wall, manufacturing jobs are whacked and the swamp remains undrained — but Trump has managed to hit a few goals.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison follows behind US President Donald Trump. (Image: AAP/Mick Tsikas)

Your Say: Are we just like Trump’s America?

Readers lament just how closely Australia is following the train wreck of the Trumpian US, argue the toss on the Queensland election, and give the green light to virtual AGMs.

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A fake news code won’t fact-check the internet

Australia is making small steps in the mission to pressure big tech platforms to take responsibility for disinformation. Will it be enough?

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Rudd’s anti-Murdoch petition set to rewrite the e-books

Kevin Rudd’s Murdoch royal commission petition is inching towards a new signatures record — but where does it sit among other big petitions over the years?

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Anthony Fauci would love the US to be more like Australia. Here’s why

Anthony Fauci on a coronavirus vaccine, Australia's pandemic response and wearing a mask.

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Dollars, sense and sexual harassment: when share price is all that matters

The AMP controversy proves it: companies will not remove accused harassers until the share price plummets.

Government guarantees fuel disabled homes investment rush with double-digit returns

The federal government has turned disability housing into an investment honey pot for all comers. But who really benefits?

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The disability provider, the ex-minister and the government-fuelled gold rush

The lucrative, government-fuelled world of specialised disability accommodation is becoming a new gold rush — and has advisers watching for conflicts of interest.

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Mable’s PR spinners ‘disappointed’ in Crikey’s revelations

Inq's investigation into the eyebrow-raising government contract awarded to Mable Technologies has led to a 'disappointed' reaction from the company's PR representatives.

Minister for Aged Care Richard Colbeck and Greens Senator Rachel Siewert (Images: AAP)

Minister supports calls for aged care royal commission to investigate Mable contract

There have been crossbench calls for the royal commission to examine the government's tender process for controversial work provider app Mable — and even the aged care minister has given his in-principle support.

Melbourne’s lockdown relief is palpable, but so are concerns that low hospital spending makes the city vulnerable

Experts are desperately trying to find any cracks in the system that could let the virus loose again.

Protesters aiming to protect the Djab Wurrung trees from destruction by Vic Roads in 2019 (Image: Supplied)

Tree felled under cover of COVID … US Navy gets twitchy … minor moments in Qld

The Andrews government has taken advantage of Victoria's interest in eased restrictions to destroy the sacred Djab Wurrung directions tree. Plus other tips from the Crikey bunker.

Police patrol Bourke St, Melbourne during curfew in August (Image: AAP/Erik Anderson)

Trouble in the bubble: is Daniel Andrews losing the battle and the war?

As Victoria records no new cases today, is the state's premier starting to lose control, after appearing steady all this time?

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The rise and rise of big money: how investors and corporations will reap the benefits of the pandemic

The pandemic is likely to exacerbate existing trends toward highly concentrated markets and investment, changing the nature of economic and political power as it does so.

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Anthony Fauci appears on a University of Melbourne panel (Image: Supplied)

Anthony Fauci would love the US to be more like Australia. Here’s why

Anthony Fauci on a coronavirus vaccine, Australia's pandemic response and wearing a mask.

Police patrol Bourke St, Melbourne during curfew in August (Image: AAP/Erik Anderson)

Trouble in the bubble: is Daniel Andrews losing the battle and the war?

As Victoria records no new cases today, is the state's premier starting to lose control, after appearing steady all this time?

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Don’t dream it’s over. Trump is still a chance

A week out from the US election and it’s incredible that there's still a remote chance that Donald Trump could squeak back in.


Where did Palmer’s death tax lie come from — and why is it so effective?

Clive Palmer has reignited the 'death tax' myth ahead of the Queensland election. Where does this lie come from, and why does it work?

Stood-down ASIC chair James Shipton (AAP/Lukas Coch)

The government owns this ASIC crisis 100%

The government has never wanted a tough corporate regulator. Now ASIC has been significantly weakened again, just as the government is loosening banking regulation.

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Mates first policy: Scott Morrison’s No. 1 value is seeing the country rot from the head down

When 'looking after our mates' is your foundational value, those who work for you will get the message: taxpayer funding is there for the taking.

Premier of South Australia Steven Marshall (Image: AAP/David Mariuz)

The latest edition of the Spiv-tionary is riddled with ‘administrative errors’

We keep asking, and you keep delivering. Behold, volume six of the Crikey Spiv-tionary!

The age of media uncertainty: 6 lessons journalists have learned since 2016

What's changed since the last US presidential election? And what does that mean for us?

Rupert Murdoch (Image: AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Murdoch’s power: how it works and how it debases Australia

Media power prowls in the dark but its presence, its threat, its strength isn't hidden. It's there to see in fawning politicians and public officials.

Daryl Maguire arrives at the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Image: AAP/Dean Lewins)

‘Colourful’ entries for the Spiv-tionary fly in thick and fast

We hope the latest edition of the Spiv-tionary is of 'sufficient substance'.

Kevin Rudd (Image: AAP/Glenn Hunt)

Safe schools, trans rights, Aboriginal flag: News Corp loves a petition stoush except…

Kevin Rudd may have scored 350,000 signatures on his call for a royal commission into News Corp, but that doesn't make it newsworthy in Murdoch's newspapers.