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The media’s incessant stream of racing carnival drivel helps drive gambling addiction
The racing industry is corrupt, cruel and kills its employees. Moreover, it’s reliant on gambling addicts — something media coverage works hard to ignore.
Israel has made Gaza into death’s province where there’s nothing to do but be extinguished
The dead speak to us through social media, from rubble graves. Before commentary, simply fix on this vast crime.
Disgruntled Sinophobes have to stomach Albo’s patient work healing China relations
The PM isn’t Abbott, a Xi Jinping fan, or Morrison, who poked the panda. Instead he’s created a framework for China to re-engage with Australia.
Muslim voters are disappointed with Labor’s weakness on Israel’s bombardment
Labor’s abstention from a UN resolution calling for ceasefire, as well as its refusal to condemn Israel’s atrocities, is causing anger in its Muslim heartlands.
Stunted growth: A Crikey list of political gimmicks
Bill Shorten stuffing a kids art project in the bin got us thinking about the history of political stunts, not all of which have quite come off.
Jail time, climate change, and the philosophy of protest
Crikey spoke to climate protesters around the country about increasingly repressive laws and the ideology behind the work they do.
Thank goodness there’s no greedflation in aviation
Budget European carrier Ryanair isn’t quite so budget anymore — it’s jacked up fares 24%, proving that greedflation actually is alive and well.
News Corp mistakes former Greens candidate Lynda-June Coe for Jacinta Nampijinpa Price
The story, which said Price had attended a pro-Palestine rally in Sydney, was accompanied by a photograph of a different Indigenous woman.
John Howard shines at global right-wing loser-fest
It was embarrassing. It was very naff. But our resident right-wingers reckon they did the country proud.
Morrison and Johnson lead the coalition of the incompetent in support of Netanyahu
Scott Morrison and Boris Johnson have much to offer Benjamin Netanyahu in their visit to Israel. All three are spectacularly incompetent, after all.
‘Trying to remain relevant’: Why Scott Morrison joined Boris Johnson on trip to Israel
Scott Morrison is seen as a staunch supporter of Israel — but his current trip to the war-torn country has a secondary motive as well.
Albanese’s failure on Gaza isn’t just opportunism, it’s a return of the ALP’s White Australia racism
Labor only changes if you tear it a new one and make it wear it as a hat. Middle East groups must break away and run against it.
‘Return my money’: International students at Melbourne Uni seek refund after strikes derail classes
The organisers of the refund appeal believe students were ‘sacrificed’ in the bargaining war between the university and the education union.
Winds of change blow hot as Abbott huffs and puffs and blows his principles down
The former PM who got booted from his blue ribbon Liberal seat by a pro-climate action independent gets booted by Crikey readers too.
Who has discretionary power over who gets to be an Australian citizen or not? The High Court is wrestling control from the government, which seems unwilling to cede it.
It hurts to see there’s less money in your superannuation account than you expected. But on the bright side, it is helping the economy overall.
Tony Abbott’s 25 consistent, unflinching core beliefs on climate change
Tony Abbott is now saying he never believed in climate change. Which only adds to his contradictory statements on the subject over the years.
Australian journalists need to do better when it comes to reporting on migration
While around the world, journalists are finding new perspectives for telling the migrant story from the inside, Australian journalism remains mired in the post-Tampa Canberra political news cycle.
Donald Trump: a uniquely American buffoon
It’s a testament to just how much alienation there is in America from both politicians and politics in general that Trump was able to storm to power in that manner that he did — and may do again.
Gaza is the great test of our time. We can’t consent to Israel’s revenge attack on a subject population
Preferring cold death-dealing to brutality isn’t a moral choice. It’s technobarbarism, to hide complicity in slaughter.
‘Misinformation war’: Inside the Facebook groups fighting against offshore wind farms
The chaotic, boisterous and at-times murky opposition to wind farm projects is a glimpse of what local organising in a culture war looks like.
Labor wants to nobble the Productivity Commission on climate policy
The Productivity Commission doesn’t need to be refocused or revamped, as Jim Chalmers wants it to be. We need it calling out bad policy no matter where it is pursued.
Roskam and Sloan are on the trail of big business — and it could get ugly
What do Judith Sloan and John Roskam have in common? Both are reflecting how business is losing its influence on the right. And they’d make a great cop show.
What are Yes voters to do now? Keep on fighting
More than 5 million Australians voted for the Voice. The No result caused deep grief, but now we must wipe our tears and build the path to justice.
Has Labor lost control of foreign student numbers?
It’s no coincidence there’s a rental crisis when we have record foreign students. Their benefits are huge — so what can the government do?
‘Yes, it’s really us’: How Israel’s social media strategy battles for followers at the frontline
When the US spoke of winning hearts and minds, it surely wasn’t thinking of social media algorithms — but that’s where today’s wars are fought.
Lessons from the Voice: Time to reboot journalism with a conscious empathy
The now common aggressively interrupting interviewing style is a fightback against accusations of being ‘too soft’.
Killing my sister, her children and more than 3,000 Palestinian children will not bring peace
‘My sister and her three kids were killed, along with every single member of my brother-in-law’s family. They’re all gone. My brother-in-law was the only one to survive because he had left the house to go and get them some food.’
Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now he’s rubbing it out, gangster style, killing thousands
Bibi has made no secret of keeping Hamas strong to make a two-state solution impossible. Palestinians, Israelis and others will pay a lethal price for his cynicism.
Michele Bullock and the fine art of painting oneself into a corner
With the Reserve Bank governor repeatedly saying she has a low tolerance for inflation, she’s put pressure on herself to lift rates.
How Australian companies fudge their numbers to show social and environmental progress
Investors are driving companies to become better global citizens, but the mechanisms used to measure improvement are open to misuse.
Humanity until infinity: Will the world find its heart before it’s too late?
Over the last 11 days, our colleagues in Gaza have been reaching out to us intermittently via WhatsApp. Now, they’re silent.
Referendum mental health toll on First Nations communities won’t ‘miraculously’ ease on Saturday
Racism, trauma and an expectation First Nations peoples should educate others on the Voice referendum have led to increased psychological stress, an expert says.
Was fracking approval in the NT based on mammoth emission underestimations?
The NT government green-lit fracking based on a CSIRO report. Analysis claims it ‘systematically underestimated’ emissions.
Murray-Darling Basin Plan at risk from shortcuts, Nationals’ scams and uncooperative states
The Murray-Darling Basin Plan needs the government to get back to buying water and stop wasting money on ‘efficiency’ shortcuts.
Tony Abbott’s 25 consistent, unflinching core beliefs on climate change
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John Howard shines at global right-wing loser-fest
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Qantas reveals five amazing facts you didn’t know about your flight!
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