Spies from the fascist Modi government upset a trite national security narrative
India’s ‘nest of spies’ were in Australia doing exactly what Chinese spies are regularly accused of. When it’s China, the media goes nuts — quite the contrast to yesterday’s revelations.
Tetelestai, ScoMo? How our happy-clappy ex-PM put his faith in pills
‘We pretty much hated Morrison for being utterly different to us. We will never forgive him for being more or less the same.’
University Gaza protests ‘spread like wildfire’ despite lashing rain
Crikey visited the activist encampment at Sydney University, where students are pitching tents to protest Israel’s war in Gaza.
The Bonza fiasco shows action must be taken on Qantas’ market monopoly
If we’re cracking down on market monopolies, our next target must be Qantas, which holds undue power in the aviation sector.
National security bureaucrats extend their grip deeper into the economy
For years we’ve been treating foreign investment as more and more about national security. Now the government has gone even further.
Foxtel’s Hubbl burst by security breach in ‘credential stuffing’ attack
Foxtel’s streaming services have been struck by a security incident less than two months after the launch of streaming box Hubbl.
Albo’s changing tune, and are you accidentally running for president of Iceland?
Plus: a New Zealand arts spokesman once saw a musical!
Culture, media and male violence: It starts at the top, with Seven and News Corp
If you’re looking for a cultural component to male violence, look no further than Seven and News Corp and their recent treatment of women.
Something feels different: Are we finally at a tipping point on men’s violence against women?
I have been writing about men’s violence against women as a journalist in Australia for nearly ten years. In many ways, I have seen this show before. But this feels different…
Labor reduces transparency to the quantum level in deal with US firm
The deal to invest $940 million in a Californian quantum computer company is marked by plenty of secrecy and no clarity on the case for the spending.
Is Labor trying to ‘out-Dutton Dutton’ on immigration detention?
Lawyers aren’t confident that the most shameful days of Australia’s refugee policies are behind us.
These numbers show just how concentrated Australia’s media market is
While Australian media companies face commercial non-viability, big tech is powering ahead with truly colossal revenues.
It is time to cut off anti-journalism at its source
Now that most of social media is cutting off distribution from the anti-journalism factories maybe we should shut up the workshops.
A nuclear solution for Dutton: You get a reactor! And YOU get a reactor! Everyone gets a reactor!
Rather than bribing a few voters to have a large nuclear reactor next to them, why not put small modular reactors in every single electorate? It’s only fair.
Anatomy of a Sky News headlines: What happens behind the scenes at News Corp?
Hard news headlines are often constructed with three standard features. Sky News frequently trashes these conventions.
America just banned non-compete clauses. Australia should follow suit
‘If lousy businesses can’t retain staff with subpar wages and conditions, they deserve to suffer the consequences. Let’s let employees vote with their feet.’
Anzac Day culture war flops, Sky falls for furry hoax (again), and WA Libs scout colourful character
What if they held a culture war and no one showed up? Plus the Liberals eyeing up some prime real estate in Western Australia.
‘In all my years of politics I have never seen anything so brazen and disrespectful.’
Stop-start approaches to arts and cultural coverage might keep adding more ‘content’ to the ABC’s platforms, but they do little to redress the invisibility of Australia’s cultural life across news and current affairs coverage.
Seven settles, an Insta-famous pooch in defamation hot water, and complaints are the way to go
This week in Media Briefs: Seven settles a defamation case, and a cavoodle returns to court.
Here we go again: ‘Terror’ hysteria brings out the worst in the political-media class
Australia is in the middle of a new rounds of demands for curbing of basic liberties, this time prompted by a single failed knifing.
Gaza is the worst of it, but across the world, journalism is under unprecedented assault.
If we criminalise, dismiss or sideline journalism that tells inconvenient truths, we will destroy our capacity for sensible public debate.
Climate change will displace millions of people. Australia’s asylum seeker policy must be ready
Australia’s cruel immigration policy is in desperate need of an overhaul — particularly given the huge influx of climate refugees we can expect in the coming years.
Meloni snubs Albanese as Italy prepares to host G7
Australia is so far not one of the countries invited to be a guest at Italy’s G7 summit, hosted by populist prime minister Giorgia Meloni.
Many Australians face losing their homes right now. Here’s how the government should help
If it’s a good idea for companies, why not for Australians at risk of losing their homes?
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.
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.
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.
Donald Trump’s first criminal trial has kicked off. Yes, it was weird
Sleepy Don, mean tweets and a ‘Christian conservative rapper’ — the former US president’s first criminal is already shaping up to be memorable.
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.
Albanese’s abuse of critics can’t disguise the silliness of his protectionism
Time for Labor to stop propping up manufacturing and start backing industries where we have an actual advantage.
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.
Birth trauma inquiry reveals just one of the ways NSW is failing on mental health
The lack of mental health support for people who have experienced birth trauma is emblematic of a wider crisis facing the state’s mental health care system.
Australia’s long-sought stronger environmental laws just got indefinitely deferred. It’s back to business as usual
Labor was elected promising to fix Australia’s broken environmental protection laws. But this week the government walked back its commitments.
Are we really prepared for the climate crisis when it comes to infrastructure?
While neoliberals might dream of market solutions to climate risk, the reality is that most of the cost of adaptation will need to be socialised.
Governments can change the culture of male violence — by locking up more men
Bernard Keane
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Tetelestai, ScoMo? How our happy-clappy ex-PM put his faith in pills
Guy Rundle
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‘It wasn’t about him’: Anti-domestic violence activist says PM should apologise
Anton Nilsson
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