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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Elon Musk and Donald Trump share a lover's quarrel for the ages

1 day ago | crikey.com.au | Richard James

A VERY PUBLIC UNCOUPLINGWho could have predicted it would all end in tears? Answer: Absolutely everyone. Anyway, here we are, with US President Donald Trump and his former DOGE figurehead Elon Musk having the most public break-up imaginable while the rest of the world sits back and reaches for the popcorn. In the past few hours, Musk has posted on his X social media platform: “Without me, Trump would have lost the election”, adding: “Such ingratitude”.
Super tax reforms likely to pass after Chalmers gets Greens on side

2 days ago | crikey.com.au | Richard James

TREASURER ‘NOT CONVINCED’ COALITION WANTS CHANGEThe main themes of the week — namely Labor’s superannuation tax plans, defence spending and Dorinda Cox’s defection — have continued to dominate news coverage overnight, with most publications leading this morning on one of the topics. Let’s look at the super reforms, shall we?
Donald Trump's merciless war on diversity zeroes in on ship names

3 days ago | crikey.com.au | Charlie Lewis

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has taken time out from his busy schedule of telling Richard Marles what to do and preparing to be fired to order the US Navy to strip the name of prominent gay rights activist and navy veteran Harvey Milk from a ship. Keep in mind this intervention has landed in June — traditionallyrecognised as Pride month since the late ’90s. Until now, at least.
Australian officials held talks with Trump administration about ICC sanctions — and fears for Aussies

3 days ago | crikey.com.au | Daniel Hurst

Senior Australian officials held talks with the Trump administration to raise concerns over US sanctions against the International Criminal Court, with new documents revealing fears Australians could be affected.
Don Farrell 'determined' to strike trade deal with Europe

3 days ago | crikey.com.au | Richard James

IT’S THE ECONOMY, STUPIDAfter a couple of days of arguments over defence spending and political defections, economic news is back in the spotlight with plenty of updates for us to focus on this morning. The Australian Financial Review has led overnight on the continuing negotiations over a free trade deal between Australia and Europe, “as insurance against Donald Trump’s tariff war”.
Bad maths: How economic modelling paved the way for AI on climate change

4 days ago | crikey.com.au | Royce Kurmelovs

Whatever the harm, it will be worth it — this was the basic message techno-futurist Eric Schmidt offered at a recent US Senate hearing in April when he was asked to explain why he’d said that humanity must burn as much oil, gas and coal as it took to create the AI that would solve climate change.
Post-er boy Scott Morrison returns, and didn't Albo think defecting senators should quit parliament?

4 days ago | crikey.com.au | Charlie Lewis

That was then, this is now: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and other senior Labor figures on Senator Fatima Payman after she defected from Labor to the crossbench in July 2024:Answering questions about her defection, Albanese said it was ‘very clear’ West Australians wanted to elect Labor to the Senate seat, rather than her specifically. ‘Fatima Payman received around about 1,600 votes in the WA [federal] election, the ALP box above the line received 511,000 votes,’ he said.
Where should we put a new city? More than 2,000 readers weigh in

4 days ago | crikey.com.au | Jason Murphy

Last week, I wrote an article that hypothesised where Australia could establish a new city to accommodate an expected influx of 2 million people over the next few years. The answers you offered could not be more spread out: people have voted for every place imaginable, from Karratha in Western Australia to Thrumster, a tiny town inland of Port Macquarie. The point of the exercise, though, was never to find a single optimal location; it was to draw out the conversation on population in Australia.
The mushroom trial has become a media circus, so Crikey went to watch

4 days ago | crikey.com.au | Daany Saeed

The sleepy Latrobe Valley town of Morwell is having quite the moment. Journalists, podcasters and an award-winning author or two have descended on the Victorian town for the mushroom murder trial of Leongatha woman Erin Patterson. The trial has garnered worldwide attention for the unusual allegations that sit before a locally drawn jury and Supreme Court Judge Christopher Beale.
Dorinda Cox's defection from the Greens overshadows defence spending ruckus

4 days ago | crikey.com.au | Richard James

PM UNDER DEFENCE PRESSURE AS COX DEFECTSAmid the continuing clamour for increased defence spending as demanded by the US, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese yesterday chose to focus on the defection of Western Australian Senator Dorinda Cox from the Greens ahead of his cabinet meeting in Perth today. Albanese and Cox held a press conference in the WA capital on Monday after the latter gave her former boss, new Greens leader Larissa Waters, just 90 minutes’ warning.