Inspired by the Kony 2012 video, I’ve decided WE need to do something about an even greater children’s tragedy that’s unfolding right now. That’s the one not in Uganda, but in the US.
Articles by Bernard Keane 
About Bernard Keane
Bernard Keane is Crikey’s Canberra correspondent. He writes on politics, media, and economics.
Relentless fiscal confusion reigns in Canberra
Everyone’s confused about the corporate tax cut associated with the mining tax package.
The day the Coalition didn’t like some competition
The Coalition appears to dislike competition for superannuation products that perform poorly for ordinary workers.
Actually, manufacturing is employing more workers
Employment in manufacturing rose in the three months to February, the first rise since mid-2010. There hasn’t been as big a rise in manufacturing in trend terms since early 2008.
WTO case quid pro quo to Big Tobacco by Ukraine
So why is Ukraine, of all countries, taking Australia to the World Trade Organisation over our plain packaging laws?
Wilkie casts doubt on FOFA reforms
The fate of major pro-consumer reforms to the financial planning industry is uncertain, with independents swayed by a major grassroots lobbying campaign.
Essential: Labor returns to the woes of 2011
Labor’s, and Julia Gillard’s support has return to the depths it plumbed during the worst months of 2011.
The AFR’s IR campaign turns nauseating
In its relentless campaign for IR reform, the Australian Financial Review has belittled a tragic problem for our young people.
Rule by good-hearted elite: unpacking Swan’s theory
Using political theory, Wayne Swan’s attack on mining magnates can reveal much about how politics functions in Australia.
Send in the sock puppets: social media manipulation and Kony
The ease with which people have been manipulated by the Kony 2012 video will have governments and corporations excited.
Federal Bureau of Facilitation — what was the FBI doing with Stratfor and WikiLeaks?
Revelations about the role of an FBI informer raise further questions about the FBI’s facilitation of crime.
OurSay: euthanasia — and get rid of Dixers, Bandt says
Greens MP Adam Bandt will ask a parliamentary question on euthanasia next week, the outcome of the Our Say People’s Question project.
Eventually reality will hit the opposition’s fiscal frolic
The Coalition has serious budget problems and they won’t escape the consequences forever. A series of fumbles makes them look totally at sea on fiscal strategy.
When one person’s vandalism is another’s sound corporate practice
A proposal to use normal corporate practices against the coal mining industry has apparently outraged conservative media outlets.
Wayne Swan versus the lizard people
Wayne Swan’s attacks on mining magnates is a time-honoured and effective political tactic.
Essential: little leadership fallout for Labor (yet)
The leadership contest has inflicted little damage on Labor so far, today’s Essential Report shows.
Surprise! Gillard brings Bob Carr to Canberra
Julia Gillard has shocked Canberra by bringing Bob Carr into her Cabinet as Foreign Minister.
Keane: the $8 billion industry policy no one notices
The government’s decision to end the solar hot water program sheds a light on the self-contradictory tax system.
Our Say bid to return euthanasia to the political agenda
This week’s OurSay question explores the biggest gap between elected officials and community views: euthanasia.
Keane: when a lock-out means locked out from work and home
The Fair Work Act requires that employers kick fly-in fly-out workers out of their accommodation is there’s an industrial dispute.
The filth and the fury (and the catfood): Stratfor talks WikiLeaks
The Stratfor emails confirm that the US now has an indictment against Julian Assange.
Bagging the gallery isn’t the whole story re: leadership ‘beat-up’
Incessant criticism of the Press Gallery’s focus on the leadership has substance but lacks complexity.
The News International-police hybrid: a monster is revealed
New evidence has emerged from the Leveson inquiry that demonstrates the remarkable extent of News International’s involvement with the UK government.
Essential: the damage to Labor shows in the polls
Labor’s vote has fallen further as leadership turmoil tore the party apart, new polling from Essential Research shows.
