Bernard Keane
Politics editor @BernardKeane
Bernard Keane is Crikey’s political editor. Before that he was Crikey’s Canberra press gallery correspondent, covering politics, national security and economics.
Australians have less trust than ever in government — they've worked out that it's a system run in the interests of the powerful, not theirs.
Scott Morrison's public service changes restore management practices of previous decades, while failing to address core problems in the APS.
A federal Labor MP has finally spoken out about the government's malicious campaign of intimidation against Witness K and Bernard Collaery.
How much support are intelligence agencies giving their officers? Growing pressures on our intelligence officials may well harm our national security.
Australia's economic growth rate declined in the September quarter, with only government spending and good fortune on iron ore prices propping us up.
This week in Side View: Ring or Ringu? America's grim military legacy in Iraq, the fall of the National Enquirer, and crab housing.
Despite a substantial increase in education funding since the 2000s, Australia's educational outcomes have gone backwards — and neither side is up for the challenge of fixing the problem.
Despite years of talk about fixing bank culture, Westpac shows us nothing has changed.
A torrent of economic data emerged yesterday to suggest the stagnating economy is at risk of turning into something worse.
Labor's claim that the Greens ruined the chance for effective climate action ignores the fact that Kevin Rudd's climate scheme was terrible policy.
