Everything I've learnt from months writing Forget the Frontbench
6 days ago · When I started writing my weekly column Forget the Frontbench, examining the players shaking up Australia’s major party duopoly, a hung parliament looked possible.As the year has worn on, it has ...
MYEFO reactions shows deficits are all about power
6 days ago · Constant pressure in the Anglsphere from fossil fuel faux free market* ideology of Atlas-Koch eg. IPA, RW FIRE MSM, influencers and the LNP. It’s a ‘wedge’ that precludes or avoids ...
This week's best stories
4 days ago · Rex Patrick, Rick Morton, Jacqui Lambie: Who were readers’ picks for shitstirrer of the year? CRYSTAL ANDREWS: Some fan favourites did not make our esteemed list of shitstirrers this year.
Announcing Crikey's Shitstirrer of the Year...
6 days ago · While other media outlets suck up to the rich and powerful under the guise of doing a “list”, this year Crikey wants to recognise a higher honour: being a shitstirrer.. We’ve assembled our ...
Kevin Andrews, Coalition nuclear plans draw ire of Crikey Readers
6 days ago · New nuclear power generation has no short-term value in replacing fossil fuel use quickly enough to stop the yearly increase in our CO 2 emissions and reduce the size of the climate overshoot ...
Yes, Australia should extend the length of our parliamentary terms
5 days ago · When looked at that way, our 2.35-year terms seem a bit of a joke, an unserious duration for an unserious country, unwilling to back its choice long enough to let the winner have a real go.
Kate McClymont is Crikey's Person of the Year for Alan Jones story
5 days ago · So, in a career full of hugely impactful investigations, veteran investigative reporter Kate McClymont’s fearless revelations of serious allegations of sexual misconduct against Jones stands out ...
Movers and Shakers: What's in the media diet of journalists?
6 days ago · Sophie Black, editor-in-chief at Crikey: Above and beyond the bread-and-butter publications that are required reading every day, the icing on my media cupcake is stuff like NYMag’s The Cut ...
Fighting Woodside on a boat with Tim Winton and John Butler
5 days ago · Fighting Woodside on a boat with Tim Winton and John Butler. A dozen marine scientists, filmmakers and conservationists — including an author and musician — head to Scott Reef to document the ...
Richard Marles spectacularly fails to improve Defence
6 days ago · In the course of preparing the 2023–24 MPR, Defence advised the ANAO [Australian National Audit Office] of its decision that certain information relating to forecast dates, capability delivery ...