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What were this year’s most sublime, utterly cracked tips and murmurs?

From an inexplicable design choice by Gina Rinehart’s Driza-Bone company to Bob Katter living only in the present, it’s been another absurd year.

‘Capacity crisis’: Qantas scraps PNG flights to free up planes, catches government unaware

‘Capacity crisis’: Qantas scraps PNG flights to free up planes, catches government unaware

‘One crew shortage, one breakdown, one delay, one bad weather event, and the whole system starts to fall apart,’ a pilot said.

‘Salaciousness’, ‘Qantas’, ‘Melissa Caddick’: Revealing the clickiest, most loved subjects with readers

‘Salaciousness’, ‘Qantas’, ‘Melissa Caddick’: Revealing the clickiest, most loved subjects with readers

‘Sadly what clicks with readers is shrill opinion rather than considered analysis, clear solutions when nuance is needed.’

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A renegade, a courtroom star, an objector: Welcome to the pointy end of our Shitstirrers Index

‘If calling out genocide, racism and hypocrisy makes me a shitstirrer, then I’ll wear the badge with pride.’

A renegade, a courtroom star, an objector: Welcome to the pointy end of our Shitstirrers Index

‘If calling out genocide, racism and hypocrisy makes me a shitstirrer, then I’ll wear the badge with pride.’

‘The shame must change sides’: Gisèle Pelicot and her refusal to look away

Gisèle Pelicot, who has suffered more than many of us could imagine, has used her suffering to change the world for the better.

Budget has improved $200bn since Morrison: Chalmers

Jim Chalmers is trying to spin the upcoming budget deficit by pointing out the improvement since the last government, and Vanuatu has been shaken by a devastating earthquake.

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Does Facebook owe you money? Find out if you’re part of the $50m Cambridge Analytica privacy settlement

Does Facebook owe you money? Find out if you’re part of the $50m Cambridge Analytica privacy settlement

Meta has agreed to a $50 million settlement over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. And you might be eligible for a payout.

Kevin Andrews: The unexpurgated legacy

Kevin Andrews: The unexpurgated legacy

If a man’s legacy is to be understood, it deserves to be considered in full. And part of Kevin Andrews’ legacy is his decision to stand in the way of Territorians having the right to die with dignity.

Let’s not forget the damaging legacy of the late Kevin Andrews

Let’s not forget the damaging legacy of the late Kevin Andrews

If a man’s legacy is to be understood, it deserves to be considered in full. And part of Kevin Andrews’ legacy is his decision to stand in the way of Territorians having the right to die with dignity.

Who is Hugh Marks, the new managing director of the ABC?

Who is Hugh Marks, the new managing director of the ABC?

Aunty’s new dad has been revealed — and it’s someone whose name we’ve been hearing for a long time.

This shift is complete. This is America

This shift is complete. This is America

What transpired in America in 2024 wasn’t a shock. The return of Trump has been a long time coming.

More disasters at Tourism Australia, where even the probity lacks probity

More disasters at Tourism Australia, where even the probity lacks probity

The discredited Tourism Australia ran procurements worth hundreds of millions of dollars without competition or probity, a new report finds.

A TikToker, an artist, a journalist: The next honourees of Crikey’s Shitstirrer Index

A TikToker, an artist, a journalist: The next honourees of Crikey’s Shitstirrer Index

Introducing the next Australians who were the biggest nusiances to powerful people this year.

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Here are the stories Australia’s top journalists say they’re missing

From Peter Lalor to Louise Milligan and Ben Schneiders, we asked 200 of the nation’s most influential media figures which areas are undercovered. Plus who is excelling at their beats?

And Crikey’s politician of the year for 2024 is…

Readers might not like it, but it’s clear which politician has been most brutally effective in 2024.

MYEFO to condemn Labor to deficit

Australia is set to roll back into deficit when the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook is released tomorrow, and the government has handed the ABC a $40m funding increase.

We sure love paying the rotting heart of America’s opioid crisis for health advice

Why are governments continuing to hire McKinsey, the most rotten consulting firm on the planet?

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Introducing Crikey’s 2024 Shitstirrer Index

Crikey honours those who made trouble, spoke truths and punched up in 2024.

A radio host, a columnist, a group of protesters: Revealing the first luminaries of Crikey’s Shitstirrers Index

After parsing more than 1,000 nominations, Crikey presents our first few inaugural shitstirrers.

Meme-aganda: 2024 as told through 10 godawful ALP posts

It sure was meme-y under Albanese.

What’s your favourite journalist’s favourite piece of journalism?

From Paul Barry to Alan Kohler to Sally Neighbour, we asked 200 of the nation’s most influential media figures about the best pieces of journalism they’ve read lately.

Dutton’s nuclear promises billions for fossil fuels and a smaller economy for the rest of us

John Howard once warned climate action would lead to a smaller economy. Now Peter Dutton promises a smaller economy with no action.

Albanese squares up to Zuckerberg… but capitulates to Murdoch

Once again, Australian media policy seems to have conformed to the golden rule: ‘what News Corp wants, News Corp gets’.

Remaining Bali Nine members return to Australia after 19 years

Australia and Indonesia struck a deal to return home the final remaining members of the Bali Nine drug trafficking group, and the mid-year fiscal update is showing bad news for Jim Chalmers.

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