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Josh Taylor — Journalist

Josh Taylor

Journalist

Josh is Crikey’s general reporter covering politics, immigration, technology, the environment and, well, just about everything. Josh joined Crikey in 2015 after being lured away from his role as an award-winning technology journalist for ZDNet.

On the road again: can Ricky Muir capture lightning in a bottle?

Ricky Muir squeaked through on preferences last time around. Can he win his Senate seat again this time?

Dank memes and cash for contractors: the Dale-Leyonhjelm saga explained

Dank memes seem to have played a significant role in Helen Dale's departure.

David Leyonhjelm's controversial adviser Helen Dale (nee Darville) has walked. And he seems to want to replace her without paying tax.

Leyonhjelm loses Helen Dale, suggests 'ignoring tax' to replace her

David Leyonhjelm's controversial adviser Helen Dale (nee Darville) has walked. And he seems to want to replace her without paying tax.

Election deciders: the fixers

Chiefs of staff walk a fine line. They need to be prominent enough to help their party's message, without becoming the party's message.

Fifield soothes the histrionic copyright industry: don't worry, ridiculous laws will remain

The Productivity Commission suggested our copyright laws might be a smidge outdated. The copyright industry, as always, bugged out.

Labor wants AFP to hand over all NBN raid evidence to the Senate

Labor says it told the police that documents related to the NBN were covered by parliamentary privilege before the raids began.

Two Aboriginal Labor women favoured to replace Nova Peris

After Nova Peris blindsided the ALP with secret talks to join the AFL, Labor is likely to choose Malarndirri McCarthy or Marion Scrymgour to replace her.

Labor promises LGBTI commissioner, but funding TBA

Labor has announced it will fund a new Human Rights Commissioner to focus on LGBTI rights. The Christians, of course, are not pleased.

It all looks easy in retrospect.

Sliding doors

It all looks easy in retrospect.