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Addressing the CEW Bean Foundation yesterday, Governor-General Sam Mostyn made a plea for a return to civility, saying she had received feedback from numerous Australians who “wish for us to return to habits of disagreeing well, respecting and listening to those whose views we may not always agree with, particularly those who we’ve never met […]
While the changes to the ABC’s 2025 Radio National line-up reverberated around Ultimo on Thursday, Kim Williams addressed a group of business leaders in the broadcaster’s headquarters on the issue of ethical leadership. The ABC was rocked on Thursday by the news that ABC Sydney Mornings host Sarah Macdonald, along with weekend presenter Simon Marnie, […]
Coalition MPs must have rocks in their heads if they support Don Farrell’s political donation and spending reforms. It’s a major party stitch-up — but one that Labor wins from, big-time. This week marks the sixth time Farrell has gone around the press gallery explaining that donations reform is nearly here. As expected, instead of […]
Labor’s path to passing its misinformation bill is narrowing, with several key crossbench senators going on the record in the past 24 hours to oppose the legislation. ACT Senator David Pocock and Tammy Tyrrell of Tasmania, both independents, have stated they’ll vote no. “I’ve listened to the experts and people in the ACT and I’ll […]
Abusive WIN employee resigns A WIN sales employee has resigned following a Crikey tip into his now-deleted abusive social media accounts. An X account that appeared to be linked to the employee abused sporting and media personalities dating back to October 2023. ‘Shameful’: Fox Sports executive’s secret abusive Twitter account revealed Read More Following questions […]
If former Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe will never live down his notorious statement that we shouldn’t expect interest rates to rise until 2024, what to make of his successor, Michele Bullock, and the RBA board, and their extraordinary statement yesterday trying to explain why, despite clobbering the economy into a coma, they’re not prepared […]
Dodgy and unethical behaviour in the Australian Passport Office cost taxpayers hundreds of millions. Why did DFAT try to keep it secret? The Australian Passport Office (Image: AAP/Diego Fedele) The auditor-general has, in the face of extraordinary resistance from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), revealed extensive and serious misconduct within the Australian […]
Daily Mail Australia readers accustomed to the outlet’s practice of repurposing and “following” other news outlets’ coverage, often in strikingly similar terms, will retain free access to that content despite the outlet’s introduction of a new partial paywall this week. This week, Daily Mail Australia announced it would be launching a new subscription service and […]
Just how stupid does WiseTech Global chair Richard Dammery and his board think we are? Their response to a series of revelations and allegations about CEO and founder Richard White’s bullying and sexual harassment is that White will resign as CEO and director, “take a short period of leave” and then return as “founder and […]
Australian foreign affairs officials can’t — or won’t — say how many Australians have been evacuated or killed as a result of the last 12 months of war in the Middle East. Crikey asked the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) for the information on Friday, October 11, and what followed was a protracted […]