Crikey

Crikey is an Australian digital publication that includes a website and an email newsletter for its subscribers. Mark Latham, a former leader of the Federal Opposition, referred to it as the "most popular website in Parliament House" in his book, The Latham Diaries. As of 2014, Crikey boasted approximately 17,000 paying subscribers.

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No-one liked Albanese's response to US attack on Iran — but at least he (finally) made his views clear

4 days ago | crikey.com.au | Anton K. Nilsson

No-one seems especially happy with Anthony Albanese’s response to the US attack on Iran. In the pages of The Australian, several writers claimed the prime minister was too slow and too timid in his response. “PM’s confusion, passivity and weakness has made us irrelevant,” was the headline on a piece by Greg Sheridan yesterday.
Expert resigns from teen social media ban tech trial advisory board

5 days ago | crikey.com.au | Cameron Wilson

An expert advising Australia’s $6.5 million teen social media ban tech trial has resigned over concerns about transparency and some of its initial findings. Other individuals and groups have also raised misgivings about the process. On Friday, the government-commissioned Age Assurance Technology Trial published a statement about its testing, saying it found that age assurance could be done in Australia in a “private, robust and effective” way.
Teen social media ban tech trial is supposed to provide answers, not political cover

5 days ago | crikey.com.au | Cameron Wilson

When I first heard the government would trial how to enforce the teen social media ban, it sounded like a good idea to help solve a tricky problem. Six months later, what I’ve gleaned from speaking to insiders makes me wonder whether the problem being solved is political, not technological. On Friday, the government’s tech tester put out a “preliminary report” — which was really astatement — that said it believes “age assurance” can be done in Australia in a “private, robust and effective” way.
VPNs and naughty parents: Teen social media trial isn’t testing some ways kids will get around the ban

1 week ago | crikey.com.au | Cameron Wilson

Australia’s federal government had a “world-first” idea for how to keep our kids safe online. Batting away expert concerns about how it would work, the government pushed ahead. It poured time and money into a scheme meant to stop children accessing certain parts of the internet. This was in 2007, not 2025, back when the Australian government pursued its infamous internet porn filter.
Choice sunscreen saga a lesson in handling a media shitstorm

1 week ago | crikey.com.au | Daany Saeed

The Choice sunscreen saga prompted long-winded first-person explainers, think pieces and interviews aplenty.It all began with therelease of research from consumer group Choice, which revealed 16 of 20 popular Australian sunscreens didn’t mean the organisation’s independent SPF testing standards.
'Unique moment in MAGA history': America's right is split as Trump contemplates strike on Iran

1 week ago | crikey.com.au | Anton K. Nilsson

Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again movement is facing an unprecedented split over the president’s next move in the Israel-Iran conflict. Should Trump decide to order a US strike on Iran, it will mark a major departure from his isolationist “America First” policy and risk alienating parts of his base. “This is a unique moment in MAGA history,” senior associate research fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Jan Hallenberg, told Crikey.
The notable and notorious names running in Tasmania's snap election

1 week ago | crikey.com.au | Crystal Andrews

The final list of candidates contesting Tasmania’s snap election won’t be locked in until next Friday, but some notable — and notorious — names have already entered the race. A reminder: under the Hare-Clark electoral system, the state’s five federal divisions elect seven representatives each on a proportional basis.
The spiralling death of Australian opposition. Part 1: How it happens

1 week ago | crikey.com.au | Charlie Lewis

The Liberal Party has suffered back-to-back drubbings at the federal level, while opposition parties in Victoria and Western Australia endured wipeouts at three consecutive state election. Meanwhile Tasmanian Labor will have lost five times in a row if July goes badly for them. At the territory level, the Liberals haven’t held government in the Australian Capital Territory for just shy of a quarter of a century, while last year in the NT Labor was obliterated by the Country Liberal Party.
A Nationals senator's Israeli gift, ScoMo flops, Tim confirmed Crikey reader, and Trump's football diplomacy

1 week ago | crikey.com.au | Anton K. Nilsson

Boquet?: Nationals Senator Ross Cadell’s mini-essays on the various gifts he’s received can be hard to keep up with, such is the frequency with which he discloses literally everything. However, caught our eye. On February 6, Cadell noted he’d received, courtesy of Israeli ambassador to Australia Amir Maimon, a “fascinating rose keychain featuring a decorative pendant with a red gemstone in the centre of the flower”.
Inside the fight to get Monash University to divorce fossil fuels for good

1 week ago | crikey.com.au | Royce Kurmelovs

The building is gorgeous from every angle. The five-story structure on Monash University’s Clayton Campus houses 30 classrooms, including a 360-capacity lecture hall. Since construction finished in February 2020, it has won at least nine separate awards for its sustainable design that incorporates solar and passive systems to create ultra-low energy demand.