Columnists
Friday 20th October 2017
Who is Crikey’s editor?
Paul Murray and Darrin Barnett in denial, Sabra Lane’s constant interruptions in PM interview and Fitz’s fake news.
Students must learn how to argue
Unis denying speakers a platform is nonsense on stilts - although stilts are probably banned for fear someone might fall off.
PM’s demise exaggerated
Malcolm Turnbull may never recover in the polls but he ain’t going anywhere in 2017.
‘Close the gender pay gap my hat’
It’s the column with no gender pay gap because we all have opinions.
Enter the era of Jacindamania
Nobody expected this, and now everyone is asking: what can we expect from this startling new era of Jacindamania?
Friday 20th October 2017
Policy headed in right direction
A lack of detail is worrying but the National Energy Guarantee is a welcome improvement on past electricity policy.
Vague modelling has run its course
Labor’s refusal to reveal what its energy policy will do to retail energy bills is a major liability for Bill Shorten.
Xi speech claimed world power
Xi Jinping gave his 3½-hour congress speech in an even and pleasant tone. But the message was thoroughly combative.
Lost ditch effort
A new iron curtain has descended across the Tasman now that Jacinda Ardern is NZ PM-elect.
Bill’s bipartisan bombast
And a primary school in the US deep south could make Donald Trump very, very angry.
Guarantee talks will test PM
Turnbull has given himself an edge on energy but Shorten will exploit any slips.
Vanilla poll’s bitter aftertaste
Trust the Kiwis. The thought of perhaps 10 years of good government was ultimately unbearable for them.
‘I want to die on my terms’
If my condition gets intolerable, I would like to be able to pick my time of departure.
Polish your manners, Julie
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is going to have to be “super polite” to anointed NZ prime minister Jacinda Ardern.
Thursday 19th October 2017
Who’s doing the pontificating?
We live in strange days when a non-Christian feminist invokes a papal encyclical to warn of climate change.
MPs shocked by energy threat
At last, government politicians understand why Australia faces a long term blackout power crisis.
Shorten turns ‘blind eye’ to unions
Union bosses frequently rail against the “big end of town”. In truth, they are the big end of town.
He’s not the Green messiah
Richard Di Natale’s team is insincere, hollow, untrustworthy and threatens us all.
Hooked on debt, banking on hope
We should be prepared for a financial crisis in Australia’s largest trading partner.
