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No — taxpayers should not bail out journalism. They do so already!

‘Crikey has been arguing for a long time that News Corp pays less tax that it ought to. Guess who the biggest private beneficiaries of subsidised journalism are?’

We once called TV journos the ‘Filth’. Nine’s management has earned the label

We once called TV journos the ‘Filth’. Nine’s management has earned the label

Nine’s exodus of 85 staff — dozens with irreplaceable experience and contacts — reflects a management team that either doesn’t understand or doesn’t care about journalism.

‘Betrayal’: Disability advocates slam NDIS deal

‘Betrayal’: Disability advocates slam NDIS deal

The government has passed a suite of reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, and Kamala Harris is set to cap the Democratic National Convention with a historic speech.

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A new Australian media company has just launched. But who on earth is funding it?

Exclusive: Crikey has spoken to the people heading up a new media brand — but we have some questions about where the money’s coming from…

NDIS and aged care: It’s not just about fiscal sustainability

Reducing the rate of growth of the NDIS isn’t just about the cost to the budget — the workforce for disability care can’t keep up.

Here’s how much gambling money is worth to Crikey, and why we won’t take it

We’re not exactly rolling in it, but Crikey has never taken gambling money.

Abuse under parliamentary privilege will be outside new commission’s remit. Is that a bad thing?

The forthcoming Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission won’t examine behaviour inside the chamber. But the next election might produce a better way to lift standards.

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Zali Steggall stands by telling Dutton to ‘stop being racist’, yet is no Green on Gaza

Zali Steggall stands by telling Dutton to ‘stop being racist’, yet is no Green on Gaza

Independent MP Zali Steggall tells Crikey she wasn’t planning to call the opposition racist but did so after heckling.

Mehreen Faruqi writes to communications minister over ABC board’s lack of diversity

Mehreen Faruqi writes to communications minister over ABC board’s lack of diversity

Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi has taken aim at the makeup of the ABC board in a letter, seen by Crikey, to Communications Minister Michelle Rowland.

A Labor factional war is dictating Australia’s foreign policy

A Labor factional war is dictating Australia’s foreign policy

The Labor Right is on the march against Albo. Crushing the CFMEU was part of it. Then a TWU civil war. And a massive submarine bill.

How the DAILY MAIL creates THOSE headlines, and Albanese’s West Wing weirdness

How the DAILY MAIL creates THOSE headlines, and Albanese’s West Wing weirdness

Plus how much cash did George Christensen raise for a Christian minister?

Tourism Australia boss given new five-year term in midst of AFP investigation

Tourism Australia boss given new five-year term in midst of AFP investigation

Exclusive: Phillipa Harrison had her tenure extended at the same time her agency was being investigated by police. And Labor kept the reappointment quiet for nearly two months.

Public housing residents sue Western Australia

Public housing residents sue Western Australia

A class action lawsuit has been lodged against the Housing Authority and the state of Western Australia on behalf of public housing residents, and ‘presidential candidate’ Robert F. Kennedy Jr is expected to drop out of the race by the end of this week.

‘Swiss cheese’ regulation: 21 crossbenchers call for a full gambling advertising ban

‘Swiss cheese’ regulation: 21 crossbenchers call for a full gambling advertising ban

MP for Curtin Kate Chaney told Crikey there were ‘people on both sides of the House who want to ban gambling ads but can’t speak up’.

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Liberals ask federal bigwigs to weigh in on NSW election disaster

Exclusive: Crikey was leaked an email sent Wednesday morning by Liberal Party assistant federal director Josh Manuatu — a name that political news tragics may remember from another messy saga.

A federal takeover of the NSW Liberals would spell Victoria-like disaster for the state

Right-wing figures are pushing for a federal takeover of the NSW Liberals — with the goal of sending a moderate party far to the right.

As Biden heads to the big convention in the sky, Harris reaffirms that ‘nothing ever happens’

The left don’t really see Kamala Harris as one of them. But she’s close enough that they’ll get behind her if it means beating Donald Trump.

Liberal lawsuit against electoral commission too risky and pricey, party heavyweights told

Some people in the party’s inner sanctum were ‘upset’ they didn’t get to test their challenge in court.

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Reader reply: Debate over the age of criminal responsibility overlooks the true meaning of intervention

Criminal responsibility allows for interventions that divert children from re-offending — a process that must also be available to kids as young as 10.

‘Beyond crass, downright subversive’: Crikey readers on Dutton’s plan to block Gazans from entering Australia

Plus praise for Max Kaiser’s assessment of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and one reader predicts Kamala Harris will be ‘the most consequential person of the 21st Century’.

Unnominated NSW councillors consider class action

NSW Liberal candidates who failed to be nominated for local council elections are considering a class action against the party, and the Obamas hit the ground running at the DNC.

‘Disaster in the making’: Environmental groups slam regulator for offshore rig failures

The ongoing shitshow of redundant offshore rigs continues, with environmental groups singling out the ‘failures’ of the government’s regulator.

Top journos leave Nine newspapers in mass redundancies

A glut of experience has left Nine as the company executes redundancies that will see the loss of about 85 staff.

Top journos leave Nine newspapers in mass redundancies

A glut of experience has left Nine as the company executes redundancies that will see the loss of about 85 staff.

Retail surveillance company Auror faces privacy investigation over police use

The information commissioner has launched a full investigation into Auror following a Crikey report into its use by the Australian Federal Police.

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