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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.

The bizarre story of Pyne and Shorten's mystery start-up cruise

Why did a start-up claim that Bill Shorten and Christopher Pyne had attended a glitzy launch, when they did not?

Over 60 agencies apply to snoop into your metadata

Why does the National Measurement Institute want to get its hands on your metadata?

Immigration pushed Transfield to indict Save the Children workers

The Immigration Department had no cause to remove Save the Children from Nauru, a new report has found.

Don't call it 'revenge porn', victims' groups say

Submissions from experts to a Senate inquiry into "revenge porn" overwhelmingly support a change in the nomenclature.

Aussie start-up darling Freelancer.com has been ordered to pay $20,000 to a user who it identified on Wikipedia.

How a start-up darling dealt with a disgruntled user: posted his name on Wikipedia

Aussie start-up darling Freelancer.com has been ordered to pay $20,000 to a user who it identified on Wikipedia.

Who you should blame for the NBN (hint: not just Turnbull)

A cabinet discussion paper proposed cheaper, faster cable -- fibre to the premises, one might call it. And that cabinet was the Hawke cabinet, in 1991.

The more things change: Hawke-era political debates we are still having today

From stopping the boats to a second Sydney airport, the issues being debated by the Hawke cabinet could have come from today's headlines.

Your metadata fair game, but Brandis' own off limits

Just what is the Attorney-General up to in his taxpayer-funded position? Look, his office would be happy to tell us, but it's just too much damn work.

Podcasts to listen to over summer (that aren't Serial)

Sick of waiting for that one story week by week? Here are some fantastic podcasts to get you through summer.