Josh Taylor
Journalist @joshgnosis
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.
We might now be agile and disruptive, but in 2015 the Australian government circumscribed Australians' online life more than ever before.
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has clarified what kinds of data telcos need to keep.
Tips and tactics for rebutting your racist, sexist and/or climate-denying rellies, from Crikey journalists Josh Taylor and Sally Whyte.
The government has delivered on its promise to sack tens of thousands of public servants. Trouble is, now it has to pay through the nose to get consultants to do their jobs.
Transfield Services, the controversial company running many of Australia's offshore immigration detention centres, had no tax payable in Australia in 2013-14, on its revenue of $2.8 billion and taxable income of $16 million.
A debt collector who tried to outsource his or her own job published the personal information of more than 30,000 mostly former Optus customers online.
Tough luck, Dallas Buyers Club. A judge has ruled the company cannot send out letters to customers demanding damages.
Australia has finally ratified a treaty that will make it much easier for blind and low-vision people to access books in braille, large print or audio book formats.
The government is cutting funding to the Green Army, but there will be a 1% sweet potato levy imposed to better market the vegetable (we suggest chips).
Whoopsies. Turns out you can't just hand out people's personal information just because you don't really want to be bothered with doing your job.
