Social cohesion is impossible when the national business model is division
We’re spending millions on social cohesion. But how cohesive can Australia be when it deliberately excludes so many groups?
‘I did not know of the massacres, I am ashamed to say’: Premier’s education gap has lessons for us all
Jacinta Allan’s admission that she only learnt the horrific history of massacres in Victoria while prepping for the Yoorrook Justice Commission points to a much broader social problem.
Government paves the way to resume handing contracts to PwC Australia
A surprise procurement note says the Finance Department is undertaking an ‘examination’ as to ‘PwC Australia’s ethical soundness’.
A dispatch from campus as protesters clash over Palestine
The Melbourne protest is part of a wave of actions at various campuses around the country and the world.
So just how long have humourless protected groups been ruining comedy?
Bad news folks! Comedy was conclusively ruined at least as far back as the 1950s.
Memo to Greg Combet: vote the Future Fund’s $110m Tesla shares against Musk’s latest pay scam
The government is currently fighting Elon Musk in the courts. But there might be another way to take the billionaire down a peg.
Age verification won’t work, but idiot verification is doing fine in the male violence debate
Imposing age verification in an effort to block kids’ access to pornography will just send Australians to the darker and more sinister parts of the internet.
It’s algorithms, targeting and ads: The worst online harms stem from the systems that feed content
Content can harm, but not all harms come from content. Our underlying digital systems must be the focus — and we can’t rely on the industry to fix them.
‘Get rid of that tie’: We asked the viral suit guy to rate and roast Aussie politicians’ fits
Twitter’s ‘menswear guy’, Derek Guy, went viral for roasting the outfits of celebrities and athletes. We asked him to judge the fits of Aussie politicians.
Indigenous peoples can’t be collateral damage in the push for a green future
‘The expectation is that Aboriginal people should merely be passive beneficiaries through the form of unfair, prohibitive and paternalistic mining royalty schemes.’
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.
Rent, debt, food, petrol: The mighty task of tackling cost of living, by the numbers
Across rent, education, food and petrol, Crikey breaks down the surging cost of living crisis ahead of Jim Chalmers’ third Labor budget.
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…
‘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.’
Albo’s changing tune, and are you accidentally running for president of Iceland?
Plus: a New Zealand arts spokesman once saw a musical!
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.
Will Solomon Islands’ new leader stay close to China?
Ordinary Solomon Islanders have more pressing issues to worry about than diplomatic tussles between global powers.
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.
‘It wasn’t about him’: Anti-domestic violence activist says PM should apologise
The organiser of an anti-domestic violence rally in Canberra on Sunday burst into tears after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese took the mic. Sarah Williams says the PM owes her an apology.
Scott Morrison’s antidepressants revelation shows the steps we’ve taken on mental health
Many political leaders have struggled with their mental health during their time in office. But Scott Morrison’s candour — and the response to it — shows times are changing.
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.
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.
PNG ‘blessed’ with back-to-back high-level visits from China and Australia
China is lashing out at the AUKUS pact and have sent a top official to Papua New Guinea, as Anthony Albanese seeks to shore up Australia’s relationship with its northern neighbour.
Germany’s distortion of memory culture holds warnings for Australia
Nothing could have prepared me for the censorship, repression and anti-Palestine propaganda I’ve witnessed.
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.
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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