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Australia should reach out to Donald Trump on climate policy, writes CEO of The Climate Institute <b>John Connor</b>.

With Trump in the White House, Australia must lead on climate

Australia should reach out to Donald Trump on climate policy, writes CEO of The Climate Institute John Connor.

Taking out the trash: the news they tried to hide from you

"Taking out the trash" is an attempt to bury a story on a big news day. Crikey's Josh Taylor, Sally Whyte and Myriam Robin have dug up the stories you weren't supposed to notice.

Which party has the most sheeple voters?

Which party had the most voters who voted exactly how the party wanted them to in the Senate? New analysis by Crikey reporter Myriam Robin and software engineer Timothy McCarthy gives the answer.

Isentia index: Ardent Leisure CEO gets death threats over Dreamworld tragedy

Ardent Leisure CEO Deborah Thomas has referred social media threats against herself and her family to NSW Police, after media outlets published photographs of her apartment building and the school her teenage son attends.

What did the Queen know about the Dismissal? Time to release the Palace letters

Jenny Hocking explains why she is taking a Federal Court action against the National Archives to release correspondence between Sir John Kerr and the Queen.

Pauline Hanson mutates into a perversely relatable Halloween horror on Cup day

As much as I’d like to believe I have even less in common with that banshee than I do with the patrons of the Melbourne Cup, I concede Hanson's confusion is also mine, writes Helen Razer.

No leg to stand on: legal changes test true conservatives

By George, I don't think he's got it when it comes to winding back changes to legal "standing". CEO of the Climate Institute John Connor writes:

Charities under investigation for political activity during election campaign

GetUp isn't one of the five organisations investigated -- shock.

The lame, weird and wonderful rorts that cost MPs their jobs

Steve Herbert is probably on his way to the backbench because he used his taxpayer-funded driver to chauffeur around his pet dogs. Here are other pollies laid low by the most chickenshit of rorts.

Why we are worried about robots taking our jobs

People, right now, are very much buying into the idea that robots will take their jobs and leave them bereft.