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Scott Morrison maintains his God delusion to the last

It’s all about human dignity, says Scott Morrison as he leaves Parliament. If only he’d ever had a chance to practise that.

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The tax office’s thirst to watch over you is part of Australia’s expanding surveillance regime

A desire for additional surveillance powers isn’t enough to justify them.

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Qantas pays women 37% less, Telstra and BHP 20%. Fifty years after equal pay laws, we still have a long way to go

For the first time, the public can now access comprehensive data on gender pay disparity at Australia’s private companies. Now it’s time for action.

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Once a critique, conflict has become the media’s how-to go-to. Is there a Swift way out?

The feel-good coverage of Taylor Swift’s Eras tour has been a blessed relief from the usual practice of Australian reporting, which is that if there’s no conflict, there’s just no news at all.

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Crikey reader reply: A supermarket owner on how the duopoly dictates prices

There’s often a disparity between what the consumer pays and the wholesale cost of a product — and it dictates prices at stores like mine.

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Morrison wants to ‘be like Gillard’

The former PM wants to be as respected as Gillard for post-politics conduct, NSW Police have been asked not to march at Mardi Gras, and Barnaby Joyce has a dangerous sleep disorder.

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As we wait for the next fire, it’s clear this country isn’t prepared for what’s to come

Victoria learnt a lot from Black Saturday. Even so, it’s hard to argue that we’re properly prepared for the ever-growing scale of natural disasters driven by climate change.

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Tasmanian election: All the chaos and fun of Australia’s most contradictory polity

Crikey’s guide to the knotted politics of the Apple Isle.

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Treasury’s weird world where tax and profits don’t exist

In the wacky world of the Australian Treasury, somehow profits play no role in inflation, and nor do taxes. Go figure.

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A Nightly vote of no confidence in Seven’s influence

Media and mining mogul Kerry Stokes clearly isn’t happy with the influence of the Seven network — so he’s launching a new ‘economically conservative’ online newspaper from Western Australia.

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Nearly all federal politicians have accepted gifts from Qantas, but not all have declared them

A Crikey analysis shows at least 92% of politicians are members of Qantas’ chairman’s lounge. But a bizarre Senate rule change means there are more that we don’t know about.

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Why Egypt refuses to open its border to Palestinians forcibly displaced from Gaza

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has said that accepting refugees across the border with Gaza would ‘liquidate the Palestinian cause’.

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It’s time we stopped treating Paul Keating like a messiah

Keating is still pushing the same barrows he was in the 1990s, including brazenly unequal tax policy. He is not a prophet; he is a fossil.

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What are anti-siphoning laws? A Crikey clarifier

Anthony Albanese has made a big song and dance about anti-siphoning laws and how they affect what Australians watch on TV. But what are they?

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Coalition overtakes Labor for first time since election

Labor has dropped below the Coalition in federal primary vote polling, Chalmers urged to keep interest rate powers, and the Libs double down on their Border Force tactics.

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Employer groups cry wolf on working from home. Like they absolutely always do

Employer groups are furious at minor improvements to workers rights? What else is new?

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Qantas’ chair must revamp the airline’s tired, profit-hungry strategy

Amid falling profits, pilot strikes and an eroded public reputation, Qantas’ new chair has a big job on his hands.

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Nine saved by Stan, bursting a Hubbl, and corrections galore

This week’s Media Briefs brings you Nine’s lifeline in a tough ad market, corrections galore, and a burst Hubbl.

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Frozen embryos are now people in Alabama as the US tips closer to theocracy

In a ruling guided by pure biblical interpretation, frozen embryos — microscopic collections of cells — are now legally people in Alabama.

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As Banducci checks out of Woolworths, another woman is tasked with saving a sinking ship

Amanda Bardwell replaces the humiliated Woolworths CEO at a time of public scrutiny, price gouging claims and a falling share price. It’s a familiar example of pushing someone off the glass cliff.

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Fans and media rush to defend ‘sound of whiteness’ Swift

Accusations that Taylor Swift is unwilling to get political roundly rebuked, DFAT documents show why Penny Wong voted for ceasefire in December, and former ‘No’ campaigners are spending big in Dunkley.

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Keep talking about stage three tax cuts. A turd rolled in glitter is still a turd after all!

The fact Gina Rinehart and well-paid FIFO workers are in the same tax bracket is insane. Labor made the cuts fairer, but it’s not suddenly a champion of progressive tax reform.

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PwC Australia CEO claims he ‘doesn’t have’ key tax leaks report, despite Oz exec’s access

PwC CEO Kevin Burrowes has told a Senate inquiry he can’t hand over a key report on last year’s tax scandal because he can’t access it. But it seems he could try asking one of his Australian-based executives to hand it over.

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Culture warriors line up to take credit for Brad Banducci’s self-checkout

Forget Four Corners — according to parts of the media and certain politicians, a certain exhausted word was responsible for Brad Banducci’s exit.

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The simple, uncomplicated, welcome joy of Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift soars above her peers not because her fanbase is addled and easily led, but due to the exact opposite: they’re pre-teen epicureans, attuned to finding the best that is sung and strummed.

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