The AFP raids aren't just about journalism. Whistleblowers and many others need protection from an overly powerful executive and a Home Affairs department with a toxic agenda.
Israel Folau’s court challenge may hinge on the meaning of one word
Rugby Australia had plenty of opportunities to sack Israel Folau for his posting of religious beliefs on social media. They only did so when the posts were homophobic.
Why the Coalition’s $20b tax cuts won’t save the economy
Even with Labor's incoming support, the government's plan to give tax cuts to the wealthy won't prop up a lagging economy beset by poor growth and stagnant wages.
Is the media getting the messaging right on climate change?
From "climate change" to "climate crisis"; experts say there are pros and cons to every doomsday prediction.
Facing the wasteland of Australian arts
When artists can’t survive in a place making the art they want to make, they leave for a place where they can.
Does Scott Morrison’s cabinet really have a record number of women?
Is Scott Morrison's claim that his new ministry fields the greatest number of women of any government true?
Labor’s religious problem isn’t going away any time soon
The number of religious Australians may be in decline, but it won't help Labor much in the short term.
Why a bill of rights is still a long way off
Crikey readers discuss the prospect of a national bill of rights, AFP raids and the mentality propping up refugee detention camps.
Australia lags behind the rest of the world on a bill of rights
Recent incursions on Australia's free press have shown once again that, without a national bill of rights, liberty is treated cheaply in Australia.
A star is reborn: the rapid rise of Kristina Keneally
Kristina Keneally's reemergence as a Labor leader has come at breakneck speed — and she's already facing her big tests.
What I learned about poverty and mental health chairing the robo-debt inquiry
We should not allow our government to slowly erode our humanity and our human rights, year by year, sneaky budget measure by sneaky budget measure.
News Corp hypocrites finally encounter an act of surveillance they don’t like
News Corp has actively cheered the expansion of the Coalition's police state. But now that one of its own is the target, News Corp is suddenly opposed to the world it helped create.
Putting statistics in context and stop focusing on just the leaders are among some of the suggestions for things the media could improve on.
What’s next for the Greens?
For the Greens, the 2019 election was neither the stirring victory nor the washout that some predicted. Forward steps will will take a cultural shift — and a long overdue sort-out of the party.
Labor needs to start earning votes, not just expecting them
Labor needs to aim for a landslide to even get a rockfall. And some sort of narrative, no matter how minimal, has to be found.
Political polling is having an existential crisis
Pollsters now face a serious challenge in restoring their credibility, and there is no indication this can be accomplished with existing methods.
Labor mediocrities rise to the top as party struggles with defeat
Labor is showing every sign of abandoning the discipline it showed from 2013-19 and is busily promoting mediocrities.
Once again, the AFR Rich List misses the point
The Australian Financial Review thinks that its annual Rich List celebrates Australia's 'opportunity society'. In reality it is contemptuous of the struggles of regular Australians.
The government engineered a faltering economy — now it’s MIA
Josh Frydenberg says there are "domestic challenges" to economic growth. The main challenge is one he and his government has created, and it's smashing the economy.
The latest chapter in Australia’s war on whistleblowers
Tax office whistleblower Richard Boyle is just the latest victim in Australia's increasingly hostile war on whistleblowers.
Well I don’t know. I’m on the other side of the world. I don’t know what the public’s reaction has been at all to this. I won’t know until I get back.
SCOTT MORRISON
Scotty doesn’t know ($) what the public reaction to the AFP media raids has been.
This week: Elon Musk ruins astronomy, the pointlessness of Reconciliation Week, how to make judges more reactionary, and Pointeless du Hoc?
It's time for Australian faith leaders to loudly protest the elitist religiosity propping up the inhumane treatment of asylum seekers.
Australia’s greenhouse emissions surge
Australia is making a "substantial global contribution" on greenhouse emissions, Angus Taylor declared today. He's correct — our emissions have surged again.
Media raids prove that Australia needs a conservative bill of rights
Complaining about police raids on media outlets will achieve nothing. Australia needs a structural mechanism to curb governments and protect citizens and institutions from them.
The government engineered a faltering economy — now it’s MIA
Josh Frydenberg says there are "domestic challenges" to economic growth. The main challenge is one he and his government has created, and it's smashing the economy.
Can wealthy voters save Albanese and Labor?
Mapping electorates by wealth gives us a fascinating picture of who voted against Labor and what that means for the next election.
Crikey tries to unravel and distill some of the crucial questions we think the ABC should be asking itself in this post-Guthrie/Milne era.
Politicians have called for greater powers protecting the freedom of the press, and Labor is reconsidering its opposition to the Coalition's tax cuts. It's the news you need to know, with Rachel Withers.
While recent police raids of media companies have been shocking, experts say they have been a long time coming.
Federal police raid ABC in assault on press freedom
The raid has been met with widespread condemnation from the media.
News Corp hypocrites finally encounter an act of surveillance they don’t like
News Corp has actively cheered the expansion of the Coalition's police state. But now that one of its own is the target, News Corp is suddenly opposed to the world it helped create.
The ‘national security’ lie exposed by the Smethurst raid
The raid on a News Corp journalist exposes how police can target journalistic sources with impunity — and how "national security" is simply a tool to protect the powerful from scrutiny.
News Corp cuts 55 jobs, but no mention in its papers
A News Corp Australia spokeswoman said the cuts were about meeting 'the changing demands of our consumers and customers'.
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