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Dutton’s debacle: How the faux-tough immigration cops lost control of our borders

Peter Dutton presided over a department that enabled organised crime, sex traffickers and illegal immigrants to treat our borders as porous.

Insider: Tell us what you still need to know about the Voice to Parliament

Insider: Tell us what you still need to know about the Voice to Parliament

Today Crikey is bringing a curated selection of Voice referendum coverage out from behind the paywall, free to read.

Lacklustre advertising of remote Voice polling booths a ‘huge wasted opportunity’

Lacklustre advertising of remote Voice polling booths a ‘huge wasted opportunity’

Crikey-ICTV’s report on inadequate advice at remote polling booths spurred the comment it’s clear it ‘wasn’t planned through a cultural lens’.

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Police using sniffer dogs on Melbourne trains are barking up the wrong tree

If, as evidence suggests, sniffer dogs don’t deter people from carrying or using drugs, why is Victoria Police using them on public transport?

Drug testing services can save lives but NSW and Victoria stubbornly refuse to get on board

NSW Health Minister Ryan Park tells Crikey he isn’t personally convinced of the need for drug testing — even as experts line up to back the services.

‘Bullied and harassed’: Qantas pilots accuse management of intimidation over pay

Working harder for less money, pilots at Qantas’ Perth-based subsidiary have long complained of being treated as third-class workers.

What will Palmer’s $2m give the No Camp, and cost Australian voters?

How effective the fossil fuel billionaire and UAP founder’s cash injection will be will depend on how much of a say he has in how it’s used.

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Damned lies and carbon credit verification: who checks if sequestration is real?

Damned lies and carbon credit verification: who checks if sequestration is real?

There’s been no independent analysis of whether tens of millions of carbon credits are legit. Insiders say the verification system is broken.

‘Community, that’s where the real yarns happen’: Thorpe sits down for Voice Q&A in regional NT

‘Community, that’s where the real yarns happen’: Thorpe sits down for Voice Q&A in regional NT

Lidia Thorpe was interviewed in language on her opposition to the Voice, what a successful No vote could mean for Treaty, and more.

Andrews’ housing plan is ambitious and sensible — the backlash is not

Andrews’ housing plan is ambitious and sensible — the backlash is not

The Victorian premier announced a practical housing plan this week, but it’s apparently going to kill people and impoverish single mothers.

Fox news: Rupert steps down

Fox news: Rupert steps down

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has stepped down as chair of Fox News and News Corp and eldest son Lachlan looks set to take the reins, and former Labor minister and No campaign director Gary Johns has called for a ‘very, very heavy cultural intervention’ for Indigenous kids.

Shareholder money tossed like confetti in Qantas board’s remuneration fiesta

Shareholder money tossed like confetti in Qantas board’s remuneration fiesta

Chairman Richard Goyder solemnly spoke words of regret over ‘loss of trust’, but happily can afford to smile again with his hefty pay rise.

Presbyterian Church failed to properly consult its Indigenous ministers ahead of Welcome to Country ban

Presbyterian Church failed to properly consult its Indigenous ministers ahead of Welcome to Country ban

Exclusive: A church committee had four years to consult with its missionary organisation and two Indigenous ministers. In its final report, which quotes Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s father, their views are absent.

Cold-calling referendum voters isn’t likely to move the needle. Try the door-knock

Cold-calling referendum voters isn’t likely to move the needle. Try the door-knock

If the referendum Yes and No campaigns really want to persuade people, knocking on doors is a better way to go.

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A tale of two sides of the highway: the impact of Indigenous regimes in the Barkly fires

On the west of the Stuart Highway is a patchwork burn. To the east is a 1.3M-hectare blanket burn. The difference is largely due to Indigenous fire regimes.

‘Not many airlines do such a dumb thing’: how outsourcing took Qantas from soaring to sore

The flying kangaroo’s outsourcing frenzy has resulted in subpar maintenance, ‘putrid’ cabin conditions and poor payment for crew members.

Blankets and bubble wrap: how art from all over central Oz makes its way to Desert Mob

‘It’s a Hail Mary to get a sculpture 1000 kilometres from A to B in one piece.’

Australia races to meet deadline to avoid getting kicked out of global transparency group

After failing for several years to hand in a plan on government transparency, Australia has one more chance to get it right.

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Australia’s top police met with Clearview AI after it was slammed for breaking nation’s privacy law

EXCLUSIVE: An Australian Federal Police officer arranged for the Clearview AI CEO to appear at a meeting with Australian top police to ‘get some education on the Clearview issue’.

‘All skeleton’: Can Qantas’ new CEO salvage an airline amid the wreckage?

‘What she needs to realise is that she won’t get customers back until she gets the staff back,’ a pilot told Crikey.

No-one knows why this business logo appears in the Yes campaign’s ‘You’re the Voice’ ad

The opening shot of the John Farnham-backed campaign includes something placed there by ‘mistake’. But nobody will say why.

‘Car breakdowns, locked gates’: AEC gears up for remote voting in the NT

October 14 is the day the nation votes on the Voice. But for many in remote communities, the time to cast a ballot is during the three weeks prior.

The Australian ‘unfairly’ characterised Louise Milligan as lazy and deceitful: Press Council

The finding comes two years after Milligan first filed a complaint over the piece, which first ran on June 8 2021 in print and online.

Meta is profiting from Australian ads for drugs, fake cash, cloned credit cards and illegal goods

One advertisement seen by Crikey even offers a monkey for sale.

Spot fires, mullets and a general air of rubber. Alice Springs festival of wheels is a sensory feast

Red CentreNATS was a visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory and — for the fans collecting strips of shredded tyre — tactile experience.

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