Scroll to top

Sophie Black

Crikey editor

As Australia suffers through its worst drought on record, large parts of the rest of the world seem to be frying along with us - so is the big dry another product of global warming?

The big dry around the world

As Australia suffers through its worst drought on record, large parts of the rest of the world seem to be frying along with us - so is the big dry another product of global warming?

The changes to media ownership laws demanded by the Nationals are set to guarantee a certain amount of local content on regional radio, which might sound like good news for regional listeners, but what about radio operators?

Local content changes pick on the little guys of regional radio

The changes to media ownership laws demanded by the Nationals are set to guarantee a certain amount of local content on regional radio, which might sound like good news for regional listeners, but what about radio operators?

So does North Korea's latest nuclear foray signal the death of engagement policy?

Engagement v Isolation: how do you solve a problem like North Korea?

So does North Korea's latest nuclear foray signal the death of engagement policy?

Kim Jong-il has delivered on his promise and dropped a bombshell on the international community by going nuclear -- so the next question is, how should the world respond?

Nuclear North Korea: how the key players will respond

Kim Jong-il has delivered on his promise and dropped a bombshell on the international community by going nuclear -- so the next question is, how should the world respond?

If the ONA's findings on the security implications of global warming are anything like a Pentagon report that was leaked back in 2004, it should make for pretty scary reading.

The scary security implications of global warming

If the ONA's findings on the security implications of global warming are anything like a Pentagon report that was leaked back in 2004, it should make for pretty scary reading.

A group of journalists has sent Crikey a copy of a submission outlining their concerns about the media's inability to access courts on Aboriginal land in the Northern Territory under the current permits system.

Journos claim they can't access courts on NT Aboriginal land

A group of journalists has sent Crikey a copy of a submission outlining their concerns about the media's inability to access courts on Aboriginal land in the Northern Territory under the current permits system.

Jeff Severinghaus, Professor of Geosciences at the University of California, San Diego, argues that <i>Herald Sun</i> columnist Andrew Bolt misrepresented his research and perpetrated a  “gross distortion of scientific findings.”

Andrew Bolt abused my research: climate scientist

Jeff Severinghaus, Professor of Geosciences at the University of California, San Diego, argues that Herald Sun columnist Andrew Bolt misrepresented his research and perpetrated a “gross distortion of scientific findings.”

You may have been under the impression that was a meat pie you were devouring last Grand Final weekend, but not according to Food Standards Australia New Zealand.

Meat pies and other mysterious foodstuffs

You may have been under the impression that was a meat pie you were devouring last Grand Final weekend, but not according to Food Standards Australia New Zealand.

Buried in the pile of juicy revelations documented in Bob Woodward’s new book <i>State of Denial</i> is the suggestion that the very cosy ally relationship between the US and Australia perhaps isn’t all it's cracked up to be, with John Howard denied access to intelligence on Iraq.

US denied Australia access to Iraq intelligence: Woodward

Buried in the pile of juicy revelations documented in Bob Woodward’s new book State of Denial is the suggestion that the very cosy ally relationship between the US and Australia perhaps isn’t all it's cracked up to be, with John Howard denied access to intelligence on Iraq.

It seems no-one is safe from the wrath of the <i>SMH's</i> Ross Gittins -- having recently laid the boot into the Treasurer and the Prime Minister, the tetchy columnist has now turned on his own CEO.

The Gittins spray you won't read in the SMH

It seems no-one is safe from the wrath of the SMH's Ross Gittins -- having recently laid the boot into the Treasurer and the Prime Minister, the tetchy columnist has now turned on his own CEO.