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Want a job with real wages growth? Forget mining — healthcare beckons
Wages growth in Australia varies wildly between occupations. At one end, mining — at the other, health and social assistance… a curious contrast.
Who is Helen Toner? Meet the 30-something Australian OpenAI board member who voted out Sam Altman
‘She knew quite early she was headed for the big leagues,’ said one person who knew her from United Nations Youth Australia.
Silicon Valley’s OpenAI question: Humanity tomorrow or money today?
The battle between those who want to ‘go for it’ in the artificial intelligence realm and ‘doomers’ has become increasingly bitter.
Dreyfus pushes substantive overhaul of secrecy laws after years of expansion
Secrecy laws applying to public servants will be simplified and improved, and there will be better protections for journalists.
David McBride’s case shows why military whistleblowers need adequate protection
What constitutes ‘public interest’ suffers endless scrutiny. What endangers ‘national security’ does not.
It’s a travesty McBride had to plead guilty, but the public want whistleblower reform
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus pledged to establish a whistleblower protection authority in 2019. He needs to get a move on.
We should be afraid, but not for the reason the major parties tell us
The bipartisan hysteria unleashed in response to a landmark High Court ruling spells the death of a free society.
‘They are not houses of violence’: A guided tour of Gaza’s ruined hospitals
Hospitals are meant to be refuges, yet for those affected by Israel’s siege of Gaza, they have become sites of devastation.
All the times the Murdoch press said the World Cup-winning Aussies were too woke
‘Go woke. Go win the whole bloody lot.’ Now it’s time to watch News Corp’s commentators choke on humble pie.
More chaos for Vic Libs as Moira Deeming launches action against Pesutto
Deeming seems keen to ensure Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto suffers headaches that would keep Nurofen in business for generations.
Francesca Albanese on Australian media’s Gaza blind spots and accepting a reporter’s apology
Albanese speaks to Crikey about her experience of the Australian media and leaves a stern message for the government regarding its commitment to international law.
Rehumanising the discourse means telling stories of personhood in Gaza, not just horror
There is a narrative behind every horror witnessed in Gaza — one which must be sought out for the person it represents.
The pro-Palestinian movement is a social revolution in a changed Australia
The ethical urgency of Gaza has met a new post-Anglo Australia to produce something extraordinary.
Gawenda’s call for censorship of activists is alarming, incoherent and betrays journalism
Esteemed veteran journalist Michael Gawenda doesn’t like journalists signing open letters. Well, open letters critical of Israel.
Competition reforms are on the way — but how tough will they be?
The government is consulting on moves to strengthen competition laws, with big company mergers and acquisitions in the firing line.
When corporate crime takes many years instead of just one…
Sam Bankman-Fried was tried and convicted in a mere 12 months. If he’d been in Australia, he’d still be living the high life, a Crikey reader says.
The jobs market is buoyant… for now. Australians must hold politicians to their word.
The cryptocurrency’s value has doubled this year and shows no signs of an early demise.
Fabio, Shaq, Merlin Luck and other celebs help us make sense of geopolitics
To honour these insights on the Middle East, we take a look at a glorious history of celebrities telling us what they think. Why we don’t know.
The secrecy that surrounds Australia’s involvement in Israel’s atrocities
Co-belligerency is more than a failure in soft diplomacy, as Australians are being kept in the dark about operations at Pine Gap.
Dutton eager to exploit slaughter and hate 9/11-style — but he’s not alone
In the 9/11 mindset, there’s always an existential crisis and a need for action that overrides protections. Now we’re in it in Canberra and Sydney.
The right is using the fight against anti-Semitism to dehumanise Palestinians and justify slaughter
The right was routinely anti-Semitic for decades. Now it’s anti-Palestinians. The object may change, but the desire to bully and victimise remains.
49 women have been killed in 2023 as a result of violence. Are we actually making progress?
While certain statistics show a promising downward trend in domestic violence, there is clearly a long way to go.
Incompetence, culture wars and conservatism dominate our political cycle
Will voters reward an effort to govern well, or will they be keener on following Peter Dutton into culture wars? The opposition leader wants to find out.
Infrastructure project hit list released as review reveals shambolic spending program
Scott Morrison once proudly boasted of his $120 billion infrastructure investment program. An independent review has found major problems with it, including huge cost blowouts.
America’s two-party system is failing voters when it comes to Biden’s approach to the Middle East
Without preferential voting, citizens in the US must either decide the lesser of two evils, or ‘throw their vote away’.
Thousands of Labor voters in western Sydney campaign for Chris Minns’ resignation
Voters from the traditional Labor heartland are even considering supporting independent or Greens candidates at the next election, fed up with Labor’s silence on Israel.
We see and hear more in the media about the Middle East, but we learn a lot less
There’s so much more going on in the region than the Israel-Hamas war, but it’s not as clicky so it goes under-reported.
Kerry Stokes’ failing Seven can still get a media deal done
Seven West Media has hit a new low on the sharemarket but it’s still climbing on board the latest deal to shrink Australian media diversity.
Anthony Albanese accuses Peter Dutton of weaponising anti-Semitism
‘That you would attempt to weaponise anti-Semitism in this chamber and make it a partisan issue is, frankly, beyond contempt’.
PwC’s Russian sanctions scandal confirms ‘ethical failure of big business’: Greens senator
The accounting firm’s Cyprus arm is being investigated for alleged attempts to help its Russian clients evade sanctions.
All eyes on Danielle Wood as Chalmers brings Productivity Commission to heel
Labor is looking to nobble the PC by making it acknowledge its industry policy and keep the government more in the loop about its activities.
Would you borrow $120,000 to pay private school fees?
Australian parents are treating their kids’ education costs like a mortgage — something to be paid off over time.
Anti-vaxxers are winning local elections across Western Australia
Without much ado, a network of conspiracy theory-promoting councillors were elected across Western Australia last month.
Heat death isn’t the only cost of our addiction to fossil fuels
A new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows the cost of the rising frequency of extreme heat events. And that doesn’t include the death toll from coal-fired power.
Clive Palmer sues government over ‘extremist’, ‘anti-coal’ judge in $69bn lawsuit
Palmer’s company Zeph Investments, 100% owners of Waratah Coal, is accusing the government of installing a pro-climate change judge in an attempt to deny new coal projects.
Traumatised Canadian firefighters may not be able to help Australia this summer
There aren’t enough Australian firefighters to protect us from a possible Black Summer season, but a burnt Canada warns it’s exhausted.
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Optus has had a horrific two weeks, but it still can’t hold a candle to Qantas
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Defence confesses that Hunter-class frigates purchase was a disaster
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