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Can Anthony Albanese beat Lachlan Murdoch in 2025 election?
Dec 19, 2024 · The 24-hour collapse of Dutton’s cunning nuclear news cycle — from Friday’s front-page banner, through the ABC same-day number-crunching, to its great vanishing on the weekend — will be ...
Kate McClymont is Crikey's Person of the Year for Alan Jones story
Dec 20, 2024 · So, in a career full of hugely impactful investigations, veteran investigative reporter Kate McClymont’s fearless revelations of serious allegations of sexual misconduct against Jones stands out ...
Why has Alan Jones been arrested?
Nov 18, 2024 · This article contains descriptions of sexual assault. Former Sydney radio broadcaster Alan Jones has been arrested this morning at his Circular Quay home in relation to charges of indecent assault ...
Silver linings for Labor after Queensland election loss
Oct 28, 2024 · Crunching the numbers on the Queensland election results, including silver linings for Labor. While this was undoubtedly a less-than-brilliant performance by the ALP, it could have been a lot worse.
Gisèle Pelicot assault case and her refusal to look away
Dec 18, 2024 · The piece contains descriptions of sexual assault. I recently met with a friend, a fellow journalist, who had just returned from Avignon, where she was covering the trial of Dominique Pelicot and ...
Simon Holmes à Court on Climate 200 and donation reforms
Nov 21, 2024 · Labor’s electoral reforms are framed around diluting the influence of Simon Holmes à Court. But the Climate 200 founder says this will only cut the legs out from under independent challengers.
Gina Rinehart wins Crikey's Arsehat of the Year award for 2024
Dec 20, 2024 · It’s amazing it took this long. We looked back over the past 14 years of Crikey awards, allocating our readers’ choices for Arsehat of the Year and were shocked by a major omission: Gina ...
Queensland child crime bill to fundamentally change justice system
Dec 5, 2024 · Qld’s draconian bill not just a sop to Murdoch — it would fundamentally change the justice system. The Queensland LNP wants to see children as young as 10 locked up for life.
Catholic Church insiders on Pope Francis' new Australian cardinal
Oct 8, 2024 · ‘Choking on his Talisker’: Church insiders spill on Australia’s new Ukrainian-born cardinal. Pope Francis has notably overlooked several of the late George Pell's most right-wing appointees.