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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.

Three other areas for the states to manage (and two to give to the feds)

If the federal government wants to empower the states to collect income tax, perhaps it should also give them responsibility for other areas.

Manus reaches boiling point, again

The Manus Island detention centre is being hastily emptied ahead of a PNG Supreme Court challenge.

What if the crossbenchers call Turnbull's ABCC bill bluff?

Will the crossbench senators vote for the ABCC bill to save themselves from a double dissolution election?

Bronwyn Bishop's high-flying Mackellar campaign comes crashing down

Is Bronwyn Bishop being gently encouraged to seek employment elsewhere?

Selected gossip, oddities and tittle-tattle from Savva’s Road to Ruin

There was a whole lot more in Niki Savva's book than salacious rumours about Tony Abbott and Peta Credlin.

Age of helicopters is over: entitlements now 'work expenses', with choppers chopped

Sorry, Bronny, the latest review into parliamentary entitlements says no more helicopter flights for short distances.

Almost 100 companies making over $200m a year pay no tax

Some 98 companies with revenues of more than $200 million paid no tax in 2013-14, documents reveal.

NBN won't be caught with pants down if Labor switches back to fibre

If Labor pulls off the impossible and wins the 2016 election, NBN says it's ready to switch back to fibre to the premises.

How do we get to a July 2 election? Five Senatorial plays

Malcolm Turnbull's attempt to force a double dissolution election could blow up in his face.

National Measurement Institute steaks a claim on your metadata

What if your 250g rib-eye is actually 230g? Surely that is enough of a fear to warrant (as it were) access to everyone's metadata?