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Work for the dole is endangering workers without a safety net

Workers who are on work for the dole are unable to raise issues of training and workplace safety -- and there is no compensation if they get hurt on the job.

Incarceration of speech: denying the right to protest in Australia

Bob Brown is challenging the constitutional validity of Tasmania's protest laws -- a subject the guardians of free speech in parliament and the media have had little say about.

A potted history of John Coates' Australian Olympic Committee woes

How embattled AOC president John Coates came to be so, well, embattled. Crikey interns Kanika Sood and Sophie Wenderoth report.

Taylor's fantasy budget: full fibre NBN is very 'good debt'

A government committed to investing "good debt" in infrastructure would fully fund a world-class national broadband network in Australia.

Pauline Hanson, her adviser James Ashby, and donor Bill McNee have all made contradictory statements about who owns the party's plane. <em>Crikey</em> intern <b>Sophie Wenderoth</b> looks at tho said what and when.

Please explain: everything Pauline Hanson has said about who owns that plane

Pauline Hanson, her adviser James Ashby, and donor Bill McNee have all made contradictory statements about who owns the party's plane. Crikey intern Sophie Wenderoth looks at tho said what and when.

Tony Abbott's cunning plan to become Australia's embarrassing uncle

Tony Abbott has not only weighed into the Yassmin Abdel-Magied "debate", he has also said the Sex Discrimination Commissioner is "anti-men". This is not a mistake -- Abbott wants to come across as crazy and confused as possible.

Have some dignity, Malcolm Turnbull, and don't kowtow to Trump

Donald Trump is a bully, writes John McCarthy, Australian ambassador to seven countries including the US, Indonesia, Japan and India. And Malcolm Turnbull should not be giving in to a bully.

The Australian Federal Police has admitted they illegally accessed the call records of a journalist in seeking to chase down a source.

AFP admits to data breach involving journalist's phone records

The Australian Federal Police has admitted they illegally accessed the call records of a journalist in seeking to chase down a source.

Mayne: how gambling, sport and gender issues intersect

There are six separate but related questions where major decisions are pending.

New 'not 457' English requirements will make zero difference

The new Temporary Skill Shortage Visas will require a higher level of English proficiency than 457s, right? Not so fast.