Telling us what we want to hear – Big Tech’s privacy liesBy Manal al-Sharif | September 23, 2022Every time an advertiser pays Big Tech for an ad in your social media feed, your data is the selling point. The ...
Zero sum game: questions surround Australia’s electricity transitionBy Zacharias Szumer | September 22, 2022The urgent task of decarbonisation is raising questions about whether Australia's energy structures are fit for purpose.
Qantas board gets priorities straight – its own pay – as Alan Joyce edges towards $8.7m packageBy Michael Sainsbury | September 21, 2022No matter what happens with customer discontent and employee unrest at Qantas, chief executive Alan Joyce can't lose.
Queen Elizabeth and King Rupert: seven decades of exercising soft power and hardBy Stephen Mayne | September 20, 2022After both lost their fathers suddenly in 1952, Rupert Murdoch and Queen Elizabeth were thrust into unexpected ...
Falk Lines: Information Commissioner fights for the right to hide information indefinitely, que?By Rex Patrick | September 19, 2022Information Commission, Angelene Falk, will argue in the Federal Court that she can take forever to handle FOI ...
“Be honest for once”: cost of secret trials rises as Government covers-up Timor spying fiascoBy Rex Patrick | September 17, 2022The Timor-Leste secret spy trials are not over, with costs already $5m and rising, Rex Patrick writes the ...
Is this the madness that comes with monarchy – or is it the disdain that’s over the top?By Mark Sawyer and Callum Foote | September 16, 2022The ABC’s has sent its big guns to London for the funeral of the Queen. Is this a wise use of taxpayer dollars - ...
Casino royal stuff-up – if the bad guys are running the show, let’s make the bad guys legitBy Mark Sawyer | September 14, 2022Forget the regulation. That's a joke. It can't happen. Every time we hear about an inquiry into a casino, we hear ...
Workers’ share of the national income pie falls to all-time lowBy Alan Austin | September 14, 2022Income tax and company tax rates combined with the various indirect taxes have enriched the top end at the expense ...
Who controls your data online? Hint: it’s not you!By Manal al-Sharif | September 13, 2022Big tech wants us to think we control our own data, but we don't. Our relationship with technology begins with ...
Don’t mention the war powers: what’s behind Labor’s silence on inquiry? By Zacharias Szumer | September 12, 2022Labor said it was committed to holding an inquiry into war powers reform if elected. So far, there’s been no ...
Did Tourism Australia really get a KPMG report, or was it Scomo’s imagination?By Jommy Tee | September 11, 2022There are still many questions surrounding Scott Morrison's ill-starred time at the helm of Tourism Australia.
Elizabeth’s legacy: the enduring Australian monarchyBy Mark Sawyer | September 9, 2022King Charles presents a vexed dilemma for the Albanese government as it proceeds with the referendum to enshrine ...
A winner by wallet maybe, but Lachlan Murdoch has put Crikey on the world stageBy Alan Austin and Michael West | September 9, 2022If he gets in the witness box, Lachlan Murdoch stands to win his defamation action against Crikey but the ...
Spies Like Us: how Timor’s oil and gas delivered justice to Bernard CollaeryBy Rex Patrick | September 8, 2022The prosecution of Bernard Collaery was dropped after pressure from Timor-Leste and fears of China's expansion. ...