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The ABC is always under scrutiny. This is what it’s like behind the curtain

Sure, Aunty has wanted to cut a few of his sketches due to legal concerns (thank you, Cardinal Pell and Ben Roberts-Smith). But mostly she’s left Shaun Micallef to do as he pleases.

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Good riddance to Assad, a Syrian monster. But chaos will follow

The removal of Bashar al-Assad from Syria is an unmitigated good. But there are no guarantees of better, or more peaceful, days ahead.

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Australians will be having a very discounted Christmas and an economically grim New Year

A large majority of Australians say they are going to spend less on Christmas this year. And that will send ripples through our economy heading into 2025.

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Assad flees to Moscow as Syria falls to rebels

Ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has been granted asylum in Russia after being forced from government by rebels over the weekend, and counterterrorism units are investigating the arson attack at Melbourne’s Addas Israel Synagogue.

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‘Funerary’ feeling and unrest at ABC Radio amid high-profile departures

ABC staff tell Crikey that audiences are ‘fucking furious’ at recent changes to the broadcaster’s Sydney radio lineup, and that staff don’t have confidence in audio director Ben Latimer.

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Who was your Person of the Year? It is time to vote!

It was mostly bad. But not all bad. Here are a few figures who did useful and admirable things in 2024.

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Vote now for Crikey’s prestigious Arsehat of the Year

Who is to blame, dear reader? Vote now in Crikey’s Arsehat of the Year awards!

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Aussie passengers face exorbitant fares, delays and cancellations as Qantas limps through holiday season

‘The Albanese government’s answer is a taxpayer-funded ombudsman, a policy that looks like it was written in the Chairman’s Lounge.’

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Consultants earning millions as AUKUS agency stumbles

A review of the Australian Submarine Agency won’t fix what’s wrong with AUKUS: the whole project is a debacle that will never deliver anything but fiscal pain.

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Who was Australia’s biggest shitstirrer in 2024? Help Crikey figure it out

There is no greater honour at Crikey than to be considered a shitstirrer. Who made hell this year for Australia’s most powerful people?

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‘This is the toughest time since the genocide began’: Famine continues to spread across Gaza

Palestinians in Gaza have been subjected to decades of displacement, occupation and blockade. But this hunger is unprecedented.

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France’s government has fallen and political chaos has returned. Here are three scenarios for what could happen next

French democracy is strong at heart, but its current period of instability could see several governments rise and fall before the next National Assembly elections.

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Five Eyes countries warn of youth radicalisation

ASIO director-general Mike Burgess said every Australian terrorist attack, disruption and suspected terrorist incident in 2024 was perpetrated by a young person, and Albo is off to pitch clean energy to WA.

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Why is Chris Minns being referred to ICAC?

Is this a big deal? How does an ICAC referral work?

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Federal Liberal MP lawyers up as explosive email sparks factional war in party’s south Sydney heartland

Exclusive: Hughes MP Jenny Ware told party colleagues at a meeting last night she was seeking legal advice in relation to an email sent by a Young Liberal branch in her own backyard.

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Labor has been vindicated on its spending. Will the Reserve Bank finally do its job and cut rates?

Labor’s spending has generated plenty of criticism — but it’s now the only thing standing between us and a recession engineered by the RBA.

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News Corp reheats HIV hysteria, the IDF ‘Spotify wraps’ its year, and Jason Clare fly(er) fishes

Looks like our dystopian future has arrived.

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‘I think women are better at it’: Sarah Hanson-Young on negotiating in a divided Parliament

The Greens senator reckons Tanya Plibersek and Katy Gallagher are able to leave their egos at the door. So why can’t the blokes?

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Qld’s draconian bill not just a sop to Murdoch — it would fundamentally change the justice system

The Queensland LNP wants to see children as young as 10 locked up for life. The clock is being turned back a long, long way.

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Australia experiences worst growth rate in decades

The September quarter saw Australia’s economy experience its weakest growth in decades (outside of the pandemic), and the government is considering taking more power bill discounts to the next election.

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Adam Bandt has issued terms to Labor. Labor should tell the Greens to get stuffed

The minor party has demanded Labor negotiate a formal agreement ahead of the election. Anthony Albanese would be mad to agree.

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Apparently, Bob Katter doesn’t remember saying I mean, you know, people are entitled to their sexual proclivities, let there be a thousand blossoms bloom, as far as I am concerned, but I ain’t spending any time on it because in the meantime, every three months, a person is torn to pieces by a crocodile in North Queensland

It’s one of the true classics of Australian political memes. But in an interview with Crikey, Bob Katter reveals he has no memory of it.

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It’s one of the true classics of Australian political memes. But in an interview with Crikey, Bob Katter reveals he has no memory of it.

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What the hell just happened in South Korea?

Crikey explains the truly spectacular self-implosion of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.

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Labor acts like a one-term government in failing to block CommBank’s cashgrab

The Albanese government should have responded to the Commonwealth Bank’s new withdrawal charges with threats of immediate reprisal.

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