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What the media earns from gambling — and what it costs the rest of us

Labor has attempted to duck a fight with Australia’s media over gambling advertising. Why? Just look at the numbers.

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How shrinking legacy media became captives of the gambling industry

The biggest political obstacle to banning gambling ads is the perceived power of the two remaining Australian media oligarchs: Rupert Murdoch and Kerry Stokes.

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How shrinking legacy media became captives of the gambling industry

The biggest political obstacle to banning gambling ads is the perceived power of the two remaining Australian media oligarchs: Rupert Murdoch and Kerry Stokes.

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What do we know about Labor’s gambling advertising reform? Not much, thanks to obsessive secrecy

The federal government has reportedly made stakeholders sign NDAs, and has redacted swathes of information from documents released under FOI. Here are the details we can glean from under the blanket of secrecy.

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US recession fears a J-Horror jump scare for markets caught out on rates

The panic about a possible US recession is more about markets being caught short by an interest rate rise than it is about the real economy.

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Interest rates could fall by Christmas

A shocking day on the stock market has stoked fears of a US recession (though Australian rate cuts could be the silver lining), and crossbenchers are mad about the government’s proposed gambling ads policy.

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Just what exactly is a special envoy anyway?

Philip Ruddock, Barnaby Joyce and Tony Abbott have all been ‘special envoys’ in recent years. But what does the job actually involve?

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The greatest threat to Australia’s social cohesion? The Reserve Bank

The Reserve Bank has been the biggest driver of economic insecurity over the past two years and thus the biggest threat to social cohesion.

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Punted: How media companies and big sport fought gambling reform — and won

Labor has taken a year to come up with regulation of gambling ads that pleases no-one. It’s a sure sign media companies remain powerful.

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Why I’m taking Vic Labor’s donation rules to the High Court

Nomi Kaltmann is part of a group of five independents who ran in the 2022 Victorian election who are now asking the High Court of Australia to declare Labor’s donation rules invalid.

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The G20 is considering a global billionaire tax. Australia is missing in action

74% of Australians support a wealth tax on individuals with over $50 million.

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Tourism Australia scandal may involve ‘serious corrupt conduct’, NACC letter reveals

Letters from the federal corruption watchdog to Tourism Australia reveal the NACC complained the $137k travel scandal should have been reported sooner.

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‘We’re not quite sure what’s going to happen’: An Australian psychologist at one of Gaza’s last hospitals

An Australian psychologist serving in one of Gaza’s last functioning hospitals speaks to Crikey about the situation on the ground.

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Albo puts truth-telling in doubt

Labor’s commitment to a Makarrata commission on First Nations truth-telling is on shaky ground, and the ASX is set for its worst day in two years.

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Harris has turned this from a rout into a contest, and The Donald is rattled

Kamala Harris’ candidacy has knocked Team Trump sideways, and the former president is responding with his worst, most obsessive bitterness and pettiness.

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Whispers, keystrokes, fragile stories: What it’s like reporting on the Wieambilla inquest

Watching the Wieambilla inquest up close reinforced my faith in court reporting. But one part of the process left a sour note.

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Adults don’t have to be competent to vote, so why not enfranchise young children?

A Cambridge academic says six-year-olds should get the right to vote, arguing democracy needs a jolt of radical change in order to survive.

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‘So sharp he’s cut himself’: How Murdoch gained everything but satisfaction

‘Decades of framing political clout, of being the ultimate puppeteer, of the privileged lifestyle, all culminating in a Nevada courtroom having alienated three heirs.’

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‘Demonic and deranged’: Should we be worried about our MAGA-pilled Victorian senator?

UAP Senator Ralph Babet was always quite weird. But lately he seems to be heading further down the MAGA-hole.

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‘Goodies for the war criminal’: Masha Gessen on Netanyahu, Trump and Rupert Murdoch’s influence in Australia

Ahead of their visit to Australia, acclaimed writer Masha Gessen talks to Crikey about their homeland of Russia, the war in Gaza, the upcoming US election, and reasons to be hopeful.

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‘Goodies for the war criminal’: Masha Gessen on Netanyahu, Trump and Rupert Murdoch’s influence in Australia

Ahead of their visit to Australia, acclaimed writer Masha Gessen talks to Crikey about their homeland of Russia, the war in Gaza, the upcoming US election, and reasons to be hopeful.

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Could government bail out Rex?

Any potential buyers for the airline would need to make a massive investment in new planes, and the latest Closing the Gap report is deeply concerning for First Nations peoples.

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My flirtation with Murdoch only lasted two years before my moral compass became too dysfunctional

In this exclusive extract from his new book, Eric Beecher describes his first exposure to the subterranean world of media moguldom.

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As consumers cut spending, governments keep pumping inflation

Inflation continues to resist efforts to bring it down — partly because of government policy. Meanwhile, consumers are spending much less.

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The Wieambilla inquest’s impossible task

Inquiries like the one into the Wieambilla shooting are designed to be as emotionless as possible. But inevitably the grief and pain seep through.

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