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Yes, we should nationalise Qantas — this privatisation experiment has been disastrous!

With the crises at Qantas and other privatised industries now manifest, we are returning to the reasons we nationalised in the first place.

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No, we shouldn’t nationalise Qantas — there’s plenty we can do instead

Let’s reconsider the two crucial factors: competition and information.

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Locking up 10-year-olds is racist by design and in effect

If the age of criminal responsibility is lowered, almost all of the extra children arrested, incarcerated and institutionalised will be Indigenous.

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Labor MPs defect on census changes

Labor’s decision to remove gender identity and sexuality information from the next census is proving unpopular even within the party, and Kamala Harris is about to sit down for her first unscripted interview since becoming the Democrat nominee.

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Middle Arm looks like another win for Labor lobbyists Brookline

Should party strategists be lobbyists? The Greens have raised concerns about a senior member of Labor’s 2022 campaign team representing a firm that will benefit from a key decision made during the campaign.

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Albo accused a journalist of acting unethically. Did they?

Has the PM got a solid grasp on what journalistic ethics actually are? One expert says no.

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‘Julian Leeser said I shouldn’t nominate’: Why Philip Ruddock got rolled by the Libs

Exclusive: Why did Liberal Party elder Philip Ruddock lose preselection as Hornsby mayor? The man himself says Julian Leeser was behind it.

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Take your pick on Bandt’s super-profits tax: Revenue now, or retirement savings later

The Greens’ proposal for a super-profits tax will end up costing every Australian via their superannuation balances. Which might be worth it — but let’s not pretend it won’t happen.

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‘Purplepingers’ wants a ‘cheeky revolution’. But does he have a real plan for the Senate?

Maybe the revolution will be televised after all (on TikTok).

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The Oz’s unfortunate pic, Social Services (finally) asks what people think, and an old fashioned Fordham farrago

The Department of Social Services calls on an old friend, Grover joins the (inevitable) CPAC circuit, and plenty more in this weeks Tips and Murmurs.

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Telegram founder’s arrest is radical — if it’s a crime to build privacy tools, there will be no privacy

Pavel Durov’s arrest suggests that the law enforcement dragnet is being widened from private financial transactions to private speech.

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Delivery of renewables vital for energy supply

The energy market operator says power shortages could occur if proposed renewable projects are delayed, and the FBI is trying to home in on a motive for Donald Trump’s would-be assassin.

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Why is Labor lavishing so much money on a shonky outfit like Austal?

Shipbuilder Austal has featured in a succession of scandals. So why is the federal government so keen to lavish taxpayer funding on a company that misleads its investors and delivers dud boats?

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Climate action is crucial to Australia’s standing in the Pacific

Long a regional laggard on climate action, Australia must convince Pacific leaders it’s serious about moving away from fossil fuels.

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‘A potpourri of ideas’: Crikey readers weigh in on Guy Rundle’s pitch to reform the ABC

Plus, a novel idea to improve the behaviour of Australian parliamentarians.

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‘Shameful’: Fox Sports executive’s secret abusive Twitter account revealed

Exclusive: It was an open secret that Foxtel’s head of cricket had a pseudonymous Twitter account which was used to attack colleagues, rivals and athletes, and to post sexist and racist content.

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‘One word: Cashflow’ — Simon & Schuster swallows independent publisher Affirm

Affirm Press CEO and co-founder Martin Hughes told Crikey he didn’t see the swallowing up of independent publishers as a problem, but merely a ‘cyclical’ thing that creates opportunities for new publishers.

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The knockout suit, a decapitated whale, and the Dems are doing it again: The week in US politics

Trump appoints the literal brain worms guy to his team, and the Democrats hit back hard with a TikTok dance. US politics in 2024, baby!

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Tourism Australia execs who ‘tried to hide’ they were in Cannes spent $66k on the trip

Exclusive: The two Tourism Australia executives who tuned in to a job cuts meeting on Zoom from Cannes flew there in business class and spent more than $66,000 on the trip.

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Labor needs to succeed where the Coalition failed on CFMEU

The CFMEU has faced repeated allegations of misconduct that have vanished when subjected to scrutiny. Will this time be any different?

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Dutton wrong with ‘unprecedented’ visa claim

Peter Dutton claims Palestinians arriving in Australia on tourist visas after fleeing a war zone is unprecedented. This is false.

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Greens plan $296bn ‘big corporations’ tax grab

The Greens are banking on being able to withhold supply as they propose a swathe of huge new taxes on corporate profits, and 22,000 international students will be prevented from studying in Australia under the new cap.

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The AUKUS submarine deal has been exposed as a monumental folly. Is it time to abandon ship?

The good news, perhaps, is that it is difficult to imagine the nuclear-powered submarines will ever arrive. The bad news is we will still have to pay the Americans and the British in the meantime.

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Is Labor treating the CFMEU as it did Qantas or PwC?

Is it a WTF situation or whataboutism to even ask?

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Chalmers gets philosophical while Dutton goes after corporations

While the treasurer is talking about the ‘fourth economy’, Peter Dutton is living out the transition by attacking corporations for gouging consumers.

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