Get your teeth into Michele Bullock’s puritan lifestyle tips — if you’ve got any left
The puritan Reserve Bank governor says Australians are spending too much on dining out, recreation, haircuts and going to the dentist.
Coalition MP claiming thousands in weekly expenses from secretive right-wing firm
Crikey has documents showing Alex Antic claimed $27K from Whitestone Strategic, a consultancy firm closely tied to the No campaign.
$20,000 a dog: dodgy greyhound industry rehoming can’t keep up with overbreeding
Designed to rehabilitate the greyhound racing industry, rehoming programs are struggling in the face of a rise in overbreeding by the poorly regulated sector.
Alan Joyce’s pay bonus shows it’s time to rethink CEO pay
It’s time for the government to intervene in the broken system of CEO pay, where remuneration often equals 500 times the average wage.
Quit relying on ‘inconceivable’ carbon capture, global energy body warns
A new paper warns the fossil-fuel industry must clean up their act and stop relying on carbon capture and storage.
The Greens are more racist than One Nation, says Leeser. Let’s examine that
Liberal MP Julian Leeser claims the Greens are now worse than One Nation when it comes to racism. How does that stack up?
Government body ‘does not believe’ it censored a report critical of Big Four
The Australian Accounting Standards Board chair says he does not believe restrictions were placed on what went into the report.
Government’s NZYQ migration amendments are unconstitutional — I’m sure of it
The government’s new laws in the wake of the High Court’s decision to release 83 detainees are punitive and flout our established legal conventions.
Gaza can only be understood as the triumph of Zionist fascism
Waging war with disease and extermination has roots in 1930s ideas, and the terror of 1948.
Peter Dutton’s one-hit wonder plays to the media’s crime addiction
It’s the same old song but the opposition leader can’t change his tune — it’s what keeps him in the spotlight.
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.
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.
The great call of China: What matters is how Australia answers
Balancing diplomacy and the national interest takes nuance, maturity and common sense, say Crikey readers.
The election of Anwar Ibrahim as prime minister last year was met with much optimism. Sadly he’s back-pedalling on promised reforms.
The jobs market is buoyant… for now. Australians must hold politicians to their word.
The full list of Coalition MPs who went to hang out with Jordan Peterson
We’ve previously noted the Australian connections with Jordan Peterson’s Alliance for Responsible Citizenship. Turns out there are even more.
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.
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.
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.
Rowland confronts quality journalism at the Press Club
Strange questions awaited Communications Minister Michelle Rowland at the National Press Club yesterday, on topics most Australians would have found puzzling.
Business Council members continue to dodge tax while calling for tax reform
If the Business Council of Australia had its way, its members would have paid $10 billion less tax in 2021-22 — and you would have picked up the tab. Feel ‘estranged’ yet?
In search of the perfect whistleblower: McBride case isn’t as simple as fans think
David McBride’s intentions in releasing confidential material might have been ‘complex’, but assessing intentions for whistleblowers is dangerous.
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.
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.
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.
ABC boss slams activist journos, and Barnaby invites News Corp to his big day
In this week’s Media Briefs, ABC journos cop a blast from the boss, News Corp re-Joyces at a country wedding, and spinning a yarn in WA.
PM quiet on if he raised navy incident with China
Labor said the incident had been raised ‘through the appropriate channels’, but has come under fire for keeping things under wraps until after the APEC summit.
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.
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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