Abbott’s agenda: the legacy of Mr No. Who’s rigging the market? Murdoch’s hypocrisy. A Fairfax rift over Shorten union payments. And the winner is … Sydney: what to expect from Baird’s budget. The backstory to that bizarre United Voice video. Is piracy really killing the creative industries? And why it’s OK to call the Queen a GILF.
George Brandis will decide who gets arts funding in this country, and the circumstances in which they get it.
Speersy, Mearsy and Mauboy: we get the goss on Canberra’s Midwinter Ball. The Age dumps Hockey satire. Did Shorten get some advice on those zingers? Why the Greens were right to back pension changes. What Gillard gets wrong about sexism. Why the media struggles with apathy on asylum seekers. And did aliens build a pyramid on a distant planet?
The Shorten-led opposition has had it too good for too long.
Labor caught in Libs' bribery scandal: it’s time for the media to step up. It’s official: house prices are too damn high. When a Muslim met a white supremacist: inside Brandis’ terror talkfest. Is this big Aussie company greasing palms in Asia? Gillard’s advice for Hillary Clinton. The ABC responds to Snowden smear. And Sydney’s purple-rinse revolution.
Rundle dodges bullets in Turkish Kurdistan. The war on people smugglers just took a really weird turn. Here's what you’ll miss: the arts organisations hit by Brandis cuts. Why Snowden was smeared. Hockey's giant gold dunny brush. Union cleaned out after scandal. And BuzzFeed's doggy -- sorry, dodgy -- picture screwup.
A bipartisan cover-up: Bernard Collaery breaks his silence. Why today’s Murdoch leak is not all that it seems. Is Australia in a housing bubble? We settle this once and for all. Bill Shorten needs a killer instinct (just not that kind). MH370 did what? Crikey’s aviation guy busts another conspiracy. And what Abbott can learn from Darryl Kerrigan.
A day in the life of Joe Hockey: we go gonzo in North Sydney. Why Glenn Stevens' speech is a big deal. Tentacles of the death cult! What won’t be mentioned at Brandis’ terror talkfest. The Chaser’s lactose intolerance. Tele’s Clover campaign gets awkward. The NT water deal that’s raising eyebrows. And why Google is kind of like God (watch out, Nick Jensen).
The Abbott government’s hardline anti-immigration policy — which involves towing back boats that threaten to enter Australian waters — has always been about “destroying the people smugglers’ business model”. “We are in a fierce contest with these people smugglers,” the PM said last year, before accusing Labor of wanting to “give the people smugglers their […]
The war on Gillian Triggs: we read the legislation and it turns out she’s just doing her job. Why Luke Foley is watching his back. David Leyonhjelm’s parasite problem. Poll Bludger: what would happen if the rank and file chose candidates? Julie Bishop’s foreign affair. Why you should care about FIFA corruption. And which major bank (accidentally) danced on Alan Bond’s grave?
