Bernard Keane
Politics editor @BernardKeane
Bernard Keane is Crikey’s political editor. Before that he was Crikey’s Canberra press gallery correspondent, covering politics, national security and economics.
The labour market is finally starting to catch up with the slowing growth of the broader economy. How can we speed it up again?
Hospitality is one of the worst sectors for worker exploitation in Australia — and it's foreign workers who are most exploited.
According to Treasury, wage stagnation has nothing to do with the government — workers just need to go and find businesses that pay higher wages.
This week, some cracking content: the future of rubbish, Disney = vomit, Australia's slave trade, China's take on Judaism, and the sinister stupidity of chooks.
While the government wants us to focus on the regulatory failings of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, there's a need for another review — of why the Liberals worked so closely with the big banks.
Private health insurance is another front in our society’s widespread economic war on younger people.
A new report suggests temporary migration doesn't harm wages and employment — but the experience of foreign students and working holidaymakers is entirely ignored.
The governor of the Reserve Bank should not be used for political stunts by the government — and especially not when they want to put words in his mouth.
The split within conservative ranks over religious freedom reflects how neoliberalism has driven the re-assertion of traditional forms of identity — and why neoliberals would prefer a minimalist version of religious freedom.
Despite a promise to hold a referendum this term, the push for Indigenous recognition will fail unless a denialist rump within the Coalition can be prevented from derailing the process.