‘Conspiratorial’: News Corp staff in a panic amid rampant restructure rumours
Staff at News Corp Australia are on high alert as the company’s biggest names descend on Sydney to hash out a major restructure.
Not waving, drowning: The fight to keep independent news alive
The Australian news media is in a David and Goliath battle with social media and search engine giants for survival, and it’s going to take more than an inquiry to save small independent players.
For Liberal eyes only: How senators pitch themselves to party colleagues
Party brochures leaked to Crikey show how Liberal Senate incumbents Hollie Hughes and Andrew Bragg, and challenger Jess Collins, are pitching themselves ahead of a preselection fight on Saturday.
How much do we really want productivity growth? Turns out, not so much
The easiest way to lift productivity is to get rid of workers. But how serious are we about improving our productivity performance?
Hard Luck Cafe: Star Casino farce summons the spirit of the 1980s
It was back to the ’80s this week in Star Casino as a non-existent bid by Hard Rock Cafe for the rotten casino operator was spruiked and turned to dust.
Money worries? Ask Steve Forrester!
Crikey’s money man Steve Forrester takes your questions about all your goddamn swag. As told to Guy Rundle.
The Vatican is cracking down on miracles. Here are the new rules for ‘supernatural’ occurrences
There are six new criteria to judge whether God is involved.
Secretive review paves the way for PwC partner to sell business
The Department of Finance refuses to release its review, say who conducted it, or even reveal what specifically it looked at or found.
Bridget McKenzie wants you to know she has a science degree
She’s not a nuclear expert, but she does have a science degree — which makes the senator a rarity in Parliament.
Media has gone missing in action on Labor’s carbon capture fraud
The media are all over Dutton’s disastrous nuclear proposal. So why are they ignoring Labor’s equally silly scheme?
Crunching the numbers on the environment since Labor took office
Australia needs to annually reduce emissions by 17 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent to meet its 2030 goal. In 2022-23, we increased emissions by 4 million tonnes.
Media coverage of pro-Palestine university protests has seen a collapse of the middle ground, with students painted as violent and racist, and their demands largely ignored and misinterpreted.
There is a rationale behind demanding accountability, even if actual justice is only a remote chance. But I worry we are descending into farce.
ScoMo might have no clue who Antoinette Lattouf is, and Transport for London has beef with us
Plus: a twist in the sordid drama of NSW Lands and Property Minister Steve Kamper’s infamous dinner date.
We analysed 30 years of Australian media articles — and unearthed some glaring gaps in the coverage
Turns out journalists have consistently allowed their coverage to be dominated by male voices and high and middle income earners.
‘My disillusion with Labor is now complete’: Government’s gas plan a bunch of hot air
‘Labor will be punished at the election: no sensible person will listen to the lies and nonsense the party proclaims as good policy.’
Dutton is treating voters like gullible idiots on migration
Temporary migration has problems, but they are long in the making and aren’t easily fixed. Dutton knows this — though he won’t let that get in the way of his populist politics.
What Australia’s new gas strategy gets wrong
Australia’s gas future must involve energy security and climate security. Labor’s new strategy fails to strike this balance.
News Corp’s ‘Let Them Be Kids’ campaign is a mix of stupidity and hypocrisy
As its history shows, News Corp has never cared about kids.
A fight made in Australia: Time to manufacture our own Aussie culture wars!
It’s time to end Australia’s reliance on imported cultural conflict and become a ‘Fight Made In Australia’ culture war superpower.
Dutton’s nuclear would spike electricity bills when (if) they start in the 2040s
Odd that Peter Dutton hasn’t mentioned the commencement of the latest nuclear reactor in the US — or the big price hike it has caused consumers.
‘The days of close-ups are over’: Al Jazeera staff tell Crikey of working under Israel’s ban
‘We’ve been physically attacked and verbally abused,’ one journalist said.
‘Billions for billionaires’: An educated guess about what Dutton will say in his budget reply tonight
Peter Dutton will deliver his budget reply speech tonight. It’s already possible to guess what he will say.
From ‘Jimflation’ to ‘Lucky Chalm’: How did the Australian press cover the 2024 budget?
The federal budget offers an insight into the political biases and blind spots among Australia’s major media players.
People with disability have spelled out 6 priorities — now politicians must act
People with disability are too often seen as problems to be solved, rather than the problem-solvers with agency to act.
Tetelestai, ScoMo? How our happy-clappy ex-PM put his faith in pills
‘We pretty much hated Morrison for being utterly different to us. We will never forgive him for being more or less the same.’
Coal vs coral: A boat trip to the Barrier Reef shows our climate cultural cringe on full display
Australia is both coal and coral. They are not enemies, but rather part of a larger story of people and communities.
‘Paying to be exploited’: Labor has now fully succumbed to the fossil fuel industry
In a massive win for the fossil fuel industry, taxpayers will fund the mapping of gas reserves for companies to exploit in Labor’s own ‘gas-led recovery’.
Whatever your feelings towards Dutton, we need to talk about the Australia we want
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Migration is at the heart of a policy mess created by all sides of politics
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Bridget McKenzie wants you to know she has a science degree
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