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Wowsermelons: Could the political class care about something that actually matters, please?
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (157+ words) Get unlimited access to Crikey. With melon-gate, which party is the gayest, and other important topics dominating the news this week, it flew under the radar slightly. But the major parties have offered up a noteworthy reason they didn’t want…...
Why did Jacinta Allan *really* quit politics?
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (136+ words) Crikey Congratulations! Your registration was successful. Welcome to our Community! We are sorry to see you go We would like to hear your feedback If you like this article, share it with your friends. Keep reading for free. Unlock this…...
The Snoop: ASIO the butt of the joke on China, a win for Musk in Australian court, and more
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (128+ words) Crikey Congratulations! Your registration was successful. Welcome to our Community! We are sorry to see you go We would like to hear your feedback If you like this article, share it with your friends. The Snoop: ASIO the butt of…...
‘Possibly the most stupid idea you’ve ever put forward’: Crikey readers respond to the idea of age-weighted voting
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (139+ words) Crikey Congratulations! Your registration was successful. Welcome to our Community! We are sorry to see you go We would like to hear your feedback If you like this article, share it with your friends. Crikey’s political editor Bernard Keane is…...
Why Australia doesn’t have novelty candidates like Count Binface
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (138+ words) Get unlimited access to Crikey. As I wait to hear the result of the UK’s Clacton by-election, I thought I should ponder the question of why Australia doesn’t have novelty candidates. The Clacton by-election was triggered by the resignation of…...
The American jobs market is in trouble... but Trumpflation might prevent a rescue
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (175+ words) The American jobs market is in trouble… but Trumpflation might prevent a rescue Crikey Congratulations! Your registration was successful. Welcome to our Community! We are sorry to see you go We would like to hear your feedback If you like…...
If the ABC's limit is Gina's bum, it should quit entertainment altogether
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (135+ words) Get unlimited access to Crikey. The ABC has finally located the outer limit of Australian artistic freedom, and it is somewhere inside Gina Rinehart’s butthole. For years, artists working at the national broadcaster have had to guess where the line…...
Gambling and big tech tax: Albo and Taylor dealmaking continues
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (160+ words) Get unlimited access to Crikey. Labor’s dealmaking with the Coalition continues — overnight, The Sydney Morning Herald reported tweaks to bills on the news bargaining incentive and gambling legislation, changes that sprung from discussions with the opposition. On the bill to…...
We're in a trillion-dollar, hyper-tech, capitalist hellscape. No-one's bothered
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (144+ words) We’re in a trillion-dollar, hyper-tech, capitalist hellscape. No-one’s bothered Crikey Congratulations! Your registration was successful. Welcome to our Community! We are sorry to see you go We would like to hear your feedback If you like this article, share it…...
Everything is communist now
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (173+ words) Get unlimited access to Crikey. “What sort of peculiar capitalist country is this, in which the workers’ representatives, predominate in the upper house and, till recently, did so in the lower house as well, and yet the capitalist system is…...