Seven claims The Nightly has an ‘increasingly loyal audience’. Does it?
The digital newspaper has bragged about its rapidly growing audience — but third-party analytics suggests those readers aren’t sticking around.
Received and read: Waiting for Ahmed’s blue ticks as he moves his family across Gaza
‘I have moved eight times. Living in tents in the high temperatures, and the winter is coming for the second time. Two million people are trapped in less than a quarter of the space.’
To Boris Johnson, Brexit is vindicated by AUKUS
History is written by the victors, and in the former UK prime minister’s memoir ‘Unleashed’, AUKUS is cast as a singular achievement of Brexit.
The Voice to Parliament failed a year ago. What have leaders done since to Close the Gap?
First Nations leaders point to limited progress on Closing the Gap. But many of the most ambitious suggestions by Labor and the opposition have been quietly abandoned.
Australia’s school funding system is broken. Here’s how to fix it
The ongoing failure to fairly resource and set meaningful reforms for our schools is a symptom of a broken national funding system.
Australia’s gambling mates cost us billions
The only thing that’s consistent in Australian gambling policy is that vested interests and their political mates always seem well looked after.
The Apprentice: A pacy but ultimately hollow depiction of a hollow man
Deliberately or not, The Apprentice’s sketch of a young Donald Trump leaves us with just a void.
Yes, journalists should publicise each others’ mistakes — we deserve that and so do you
To put it simply: if we can dish it out, sometimes we’ve gotta be able to cop it.
No, journalists shouldn’t publicise each others’ mistakes — there are bigger fish to fry!
Journalists excessively reporting errors by other reporters disincentivises personal admissions of mistakes, leaving the public record less accurate.
Gina Rinehart is building a solar farm (to help power an iron ore mine)
Let’s take a look at what the mining heiress has said in the past about renewable energy.
Australia welcomed 9,400 refugees in six months — but that number doesn’t tell the full story
A new UN report paints a bleak picture of the state of global displacement. Australia is doing its part — but is it enough?
Israel’s wars are now out of control — and its defenders hysterical
Zionists take a slogan as an assault, while justifying mass bombing. This all ends in nuclear exchange.
Fatima Payman claims she is being ‘punished’ by Anthony Albanese in staffing row
The independent senator says she’s waited months for the prime minister to approve extra staff for her office.
Men’s violence against women takes many forms, but all are underpinned by power and control
In this extract from her new book, domestic and family violence expert Kate Fitz-Gibbon explores the depth and breadth of Australia’s crisis of male violence.
Turnbull on set with Stormy Daniels, News Corp’s ‘recess’ gongs, and where’s Abbott meeting Liz Truss?
In this week’s Tips and Murmurs, we try to snag a date with Lachlan Murdoch, and share more FOI absurdity.
The longtime crossbencher says her electorate would expect her to work with Peter Dutton. But when pressed on Mayo’s two-party-preferred swing to Labor, a few bizarre minutes unfolded.
Pro-Palestine marches and rallies across Australia have sharpened a long-developing governmental desire to crack down on protests.
The eye-watering numbers that paint a picture of a journalism industry propped up by real estate cash
Last week Nine’s Domain became worth more than its parent company. What other numbers stand out in the relationships between the media and real estate industries?
Media’s new fleas are changing how we scratch our news itch
There’s a battle between new and old media within the US presidential contest.
Republicans championed immigration. Why has the party’s rhetoric — and public opinion — changed so dramatically?
In the early-to-mid 20th century, Democrats were often the party that supported restrictive immigration and border policies.
Tanya Plibersek has achieved ‘worse than nothing’ as environment minister
Pay attention and you might find a hidden message from one Crikey reader.
Bernie Sanders was ‘too weird’, says his strategist. Now that strategist is studying Australia’s ‘normal teals’
The high-profile Bernie Sanders organiser reckons the Greens, like Bernie, are too ‘weird’ to ever go mainstream. But the teals, like Obama, seem like ‘normal’ people.
Helen Haines knows people are disappointed with the NACC. She wants them to be patient
The member for Indi spent years fighting for a national anti-corruption commission. One year in, how does she feel the NACC is faring?
‘In a panic’: Why Iran admonished Australia’s ambassador in Tehran
As Iran braces for an Israeli retaliatory attack, Australia’s ambassador to Tehran has been summoned for a talking to.
Qantas’ delayed and cancelled flights a worsening symptom of an ageing fleet
‘The 737 fleet is worn out and overworked. There are cancellations every day,’ one pilot told Crikey.
Rita Panahi issues on-air correction after broadcasting election lie about couple in Kamala Harris ad
The Sky News host repeated the allegation that the couple were actors uncovered by an ‘investigative journalist’, when in fact it was a baseless claim seeded by an X account with the screen name ‘Bad Hombre’.
Australia’s mining lobby is running a pro-nuclear campaign using Liberal Party-linked ad firm
Exclusive: Topham Guerin, best known for its role in helping global conservative political campaigns and a number of other controversial clients, has been enlisted to promote nuclear energy in Australia.
Gold sneakers to patriotic bibles: All the crap Trump shills to pay the bills
The Venn diagram of Donald Trump’s business and political interests has always been a circle.
I tried not to ‘sane wash’ Trump’s Pennsylvania speech. It was impossible
The thing about reporting on Trump is, quite often, you have to meet him more than halfway just to turn what he says into sentences.
People who don’t want Labor to control RBA have ‘neoliberal brain worms’: Greens senator
Greens Treasury spokesman Nick McKim doubles down on his proposal that Labor override the RBA on interest rates.
No RBA rate cut yet, but governor Bullock is about to find the pressure overwhelming
It’s easy to see why Michele Bullock thinks temporary measures should be disregarded.
Yes, vapes should be available beyond Australian pharmacies like they are in other countries
‘The pharmacy model is set for failure. When it falls in a heap, let’s try something that’s already worked well in other countries very similar to our own.’
No, vapes shouldn’t be available beyond pharmacies (for now)
‘Our lungs are not designed to withstand the constant daily onslaught of chemicals.’
Gina Rinehart’s $646m Canadian coal play has mountains to scale after a rocky start
The mining magnate is finding resistance in the Canadian courts.
Why would anyone join a youth advisory group on climate change?
As the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water prepares to launch its own advisory council, are youth advisory groups worth engaging in with at all?
Israel’s wars are now out of control — and its defenders hysterical
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What have you done, Tanya Plibersek?
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Australia’s war on protesters should concern you
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