Rundle: 2015 looks so bright you’ll need shades. Lies and death threats in the NT. The Liberal MP who mistook hipsters for terrorists. What drives pollies’ obsession with their own media coverage. The fraught relationship between CEOs and journalists. One Nation crowdsources candidates. The murky world of defence procurement. Uhlmann’s new gig. And which MP is buying young adult fiction on the public purse?
Abbott's Iraq snub: is the media losing political power? Newman running scared with snap summer election. America’s love affair with the mysterious flat white. David Johnston still holding on to defence. Would the Coalition risk a battle over penalty rates? No nuclear fallout from The Interview. A life-size sculpture of Julian Assange? Why Sydney’s light-rail will never match Melbourne’s trams. And SHARKS: is it safe to go back in the water?
Abbott’s “secret” drop-in on Iraq. Cabinet papers reveal 25 years of climate science (and inaction). Australia’s Serial-style cold cases. Sandilands: AirAsia tragedy a new low in disaster porn. Who is Luke Foley? Schoolyard antics as Sex Party joins parliament. Did the finance press fail us in the lead-up to the GFC? Double dissolution threat looms. And Abbott hams it up for Christmas.
We’ll be taking a short break and will be back in your inboxes after the festive season. Thanks for reading in 2014 -- have a safe and relaxing holiday.
Immigration dept insider slams “militaristic” approach. The Age’s Green Guide declares all brown people look the same. “The longest three weeks of my life”: ABC staff in limbo as another big name jumps ship. Why you could never make Serial in Australia. Mayne at Ten’s AGM. Keane and Dyer: siege inquiry must be independent. Hockey shirks tax avoidance crackdown. The year that was, in haiku. Rundle: how the tabloids made a terrorist. And don’t forget to vote for 2014’s worst person in the the Crikey Arsehat of the Year awards.
Keane: why we need an independent inquiry into intelligence failures that led to Sydney siege. Govt dodges questions on data retention. Rundle: Jeb Bush’s tilt at the top job, a.k.a the death of democracy. Miranda Devine can’t spot the troll. The preference whisperer collects his due (we were wrong). The 2014 Crikeys: most crazy-brave editor of 2014 and other winners and losers in the media. Plus: crown our Arsehat, Sexiest Pollies and Person of the year.
Sydney siege: the day the media lost its credibility, this is not terrorism, the best and worst of Twitter, and Uber’s “asshole culture” on display. Plus: Hockey missed the investment memo on MYEFO. Unions “just delaying the inevitable” at ABC. Essential: voters reckon Abbott won’t last until the election. Adler’s new gig? Vic upper house: the numbers. And the 2014 Crikeys: this year’s winners and losers in business.
Sydney under siege. Accessibility controversy at Stella Young’s memorial. Crikey’s tabloid monikers revealed. War of the editors: The Hun v The Age in scoop scandal. Taxpayers dudded by Telstra in NBN deal. The rubbery figures behind East West Link. First Prahran, next stop Wentworth: are the Greens coming for Turnbull? Coal for Christmas at the ABC. Adler and Abbott’s sisterhood. And the 2014 Crikeys: this year's winners and losers in Canberra.
Keane: Credlin is not the problem. Think you know the difference between a factional dalek and a controversial unionist? Take our tabloid moniker quiz. Newman’s plan for a snap Qld election. Albrechtsen’s lush new gig. Why Australia sees climate leadership as a sucker’s game. Junkets and favours: how Israel buys friends. The backstory to brand Xenophon. National Union of Students “up shit creek”. And what happened in the bunker at the Crikey Christmas party.
Keane: Brandis’ war on the internet is on in earnest. Rob Burgess “too left-wing” for News Corp? Rundle: the Greens are no longer greenies. Is Qantas cutting corners on safety? Why we’ll miss John Faulkner. You think you're middle class? So does the rest of Australia. Pyne’s bizarre and relentless campaign to keep ABC Adelaide. Razer: ignore Latham’s sexism. And SMH journos told to destroy Hockey hitlist?
