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Tanya Plibersek MP (Image: AAP/Jeremy Piper)

Plibersek’s pledge to raise the teaching ATAR is nonsense

Five concerned teachers explain why Labor's plan to increase the required ATAR to study teaching is not just wrongheaded, but regressive.

(Image: AAP/Mick Tsikas)

Would PM Dutton poll better than Morrison?

Crikey readers respond to the LNP's polling woes, Brexit and the future of streaming in Australia.

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The best of 2018 to ease you into 2019

Welcome to the bumper holiday edition of Side View, in which my Crikey colleagues have joined me to curate their favourite pieces of writing, talking, reporting or filmmaking of 2018 (or, for some of us who cheated, other years). Whether you've got your feet up enjoying a break, or are back at it already, we hope you'll find plenty of entertainment in our recommendations, and we'll see you all in a couple of weeks.

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Will Bill Shorten's luck run out?

Crikey readers discuss Bill Shorten, the ABC and the continued threat of wage stagnation.

(Image: AAP/Mick Tsikas)

Crikey's 2018 end-of-year news quiz

Who, literally and figuratively, had the biggest cow of 2018?

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The federal-state Liberal split deepens

Crikey readers discuss the NSW-federal Liberal split, mistreatment of job-seekers and the SA Marshall government.

How a civil rights icon came to promote anti-Semitic conspiracy theories

Acclaimed novelist Alice Walker recommends David Icke, Andrew Broad's unfortunate tweet, and a logo designer's Freudian slip.

Nationals MP Andrew Broad (Image: AAP/Lukas Coch)

What's the public interest in unearthing politicians' romantic entanglements?

Crikey readers discuss the latest Nationals scandal and defamation law in Australia.

If the NBN loses to 5G, you know who to blame

Crikey readers respond to the upcoming 5G NBN battle, Morrison's Israel push and the strange practice of freezing ourselves to be revived in the future.

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Morrison tries, fails to court the popular vote with CIC

Crikey readers discuss the government's proposed anti-corruption body and the Ruddock review into religious freedom.