Australia is already a manufacturing powerhouse — by doing what we do well
Australian industry is ramping up its production of battery-grade materials — a manufacturing process that doesn’t need government handouts.
There is an alternative to neoliberalism, but Australia’s media class won’t tell you that
The climate emergency is forcing journalists and columnists into something more honest.
Courtroom sketch of accused killer retracted because artist allegedly drew… a tiny mushroom
Media outlets were told to stop using the original sketch, though a few versions remain online.
People want better lives, not a PM on a podium in front of a submarine
Many voters are disappointed the government they voted in to get serious about governing has proved haphazard, distracted and less than honest.
Why is it taking so long to fix our crap environment laws — and why aren’t people ‘chill’ about it?
Interrogating the delay to address our inadequate environment laws, what was originally promised, and why the government seems to be dragging its feet.
How often does Jim Chalmers mention his surplus? (And other important budget numbers)
We break down the global trends that will inform Labor’s next budget, to be handed down next month.
Who is the Australian caught up in Donald Trump’s first criminal trials?
National Enquirer editor in chief Dylan Howard joins the long list of Australians doing us proud in Donald Trump’s orbit.
Everyone hates social media, right? But stop pretending you’re better than it
Twitter shouldn’t take down the footage of the Wakeley attack — not if we’re going to tolerate the poor news standards of the mainstream media.
How is Seven’s new venture The Nightly going?
Seven West’s new digital newspaper The Nightly has been on virtual shelves for nearly two months. But has it made a dent?
Social cohesion? Too late! We need to distinguish robust speech from violence
Blurring the line between speech and violence was a disaster for the left. Now the right is doing it. Instead, let’s enforce pluralism, the only possible value for a multi-origin society.
Three Tourism Australia employees fired for holidaying with $137k of taxpayer funds
Exclusive: The federal agency fired three staff in October, including a senior employee, but managed to keep the incident out of the headlines until now.
As Chinese demand for iron ore fades, Australia’s golden goose is looking a little ill
Until now, resource exports have largely shielded Australia from China’s economic problems. No longer.
The tortured Taylor Swift posts continue from Australian politicians
There’s a new Taylor Swift album, and that means one thing: politicians bending over backwards to reference it.
What is an acceptable profit on the products people need to survive?
Should Jim Chalmers be giving it a read?
SBS ‘unhinged’, PVO’s new gig, and turmoil at Seven
This week’s Briefs brings you the mood at the national multicultural broadcaster, while Seven faces the music and van Onselen finds a plum new job.
In the backlash over Meta’s Instagram decision we missed its other disturbing move
By expanding its definition of political content, the tech giant insists the personal isn’t political.
Sliding doors on a submarine: If only Abbott had succeeded on Japanese boats
Tony Abbott wanted to buy Japanese-made conventional submarines in 2015. If he’d been allowed to, we’d have a fleet by now.
Australia could capitalise off manufacturing — but we’re behind the eight ball
‘Australians have, decade following decade, proven themselves capable of design and innovation to the equal or better of any nation across a multitude of products.’
Albo is right to want to make things in Australia. He’ll just need a bit more cash
It’s a new era of geopolitical competition out there, where old certainties of ‘free trade’ are ending. Australia needs to pivot — will Albanese’s policy be enough?
Dutton, the part-time opposition leader, pulls another vanishing act
Peter Dutton likes to project the image of a tough guy. The reality is he’s the kind of guy who disappears when the going gets tough.
Presenting schizophrenia as though it satisfies our questions is deeply stigmatising
Implying that the Bondi Junction attacker’s mental health diagnosis alone can explain why he decided to attack and murder multiple people is simplistic, offensive and damaging.
The truth defence succeeded in the Lehrmann saga, but journalists’ lies failed us
Every mainstream media outlet has a lesson to learn in this whole sorry affair.
Labor’s finally getting the message on Gaza. Muslim community candidates is the next step
Labor has taken its non-Anglo base for granted. Community candidates and supporting Greens in key seats will take the revolt further.
‘Obscene’: Shame on everyone complicit in Qantas’ bloated paycheque
Today you respond to Crikey’s breakdown of how much taxpayer money Qantas has received, plus weigh in on Gaza and Peter Dutton.
There has never been a worse time to invest in solar panel production. But we’re wasting $1b on it
Why is Labor spending $1 billion to encourage solar panel production when there’s already a global glut of the things?
Robotax? More like a robo-beatup that misleads readers and duds taxpayers
The media campaign against ‘robotax’ is about looking after people who haven’t paid their taxes. The comparison with robodebt is offensive.
Sydneysiders, here’s the best way to bring down the cost of cocaine
Demand for cocaine by affluent people is a straightforward economic problem: remove the regulatory constraints on its supply.
Lobby group’s dire predictions turn out to be incorrect, surprising nobody
Remember the Pharmacy Guild president’s tearful warnings about what would happen if consumer-benefitting changes to the PBS went ahead? Shockingly, they never happened.
It’s time to change how we talk about the climate
Crikey readers have a few tips for journalists — and politicians — on how to talk about the risks of a warming planet.
No, thinning forests isn’t the answer — it worsens our wildfires
It might seem like forest thinning is a good way to reduce the risk of bushfires. Empirical evidence shows otherwise.
Albanese’s dumb, wrong-headed protectionism is jobs-for-the-blokes
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Everyone hates social media, right? But stop pretending you’re better than it
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Seven has no point now, except as a symbol of everything rotten in the media
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