Crikey1h
Australia has passed the teen social media ban. Now, the hard part — making sure it helps, not hurts
The Albanese government's success in passing the teen social media ban is the start, not the end, of a process that will ...
Crikey2h
Raygun, Brat, and The Bear: Canberra’s Press Gallery turns to memes amid election season
As the Senate dealt with 'real' politics, the water cooler politics of the parliamentary press gallery was also heating up.
Crikey2h
Labor ends the year with a flurry of legislation good, bad and indifferent
The end-of-year flood of legislation is a mixed bag of good and bad policy, but Labor delivered much of its agenda.
Crikey3h
Why is no one talking about the politicisation of public sector plants!?
After Gina Rinehart made the cogent suggestion that the public sector sell all its pot plants, please enjoy this... sigh...
Crikey3h
Birmingham was a failed moderate who leaves a legacy of rolling over and letting the right win
Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham was a leading moderate, or so we were repeatedly told. But what does he have to show for it?
Crikey4h
No, we shouldn’t abolish the NACC — the problem is with its leader, not the institution itself
The National Anti-Corruption Commission isn't perfect, but under better management it could be a real threat to the corrupt.
Crikey4h
Yes, we should abolish the NACC — it doesn’t even know what corruption is
The commissioner of the anti-corruption commission does not seem to know — or wilfully attempts to redefine — what corruption ...
Crikey7h
Incredible 32-bill day ends parliamentary sitting year
Parliament has adjourned for the year with the final day seeing an astounding 32 bills passed, and opposition Senate leader ...
Crikey23h
Pro-Palestine activist alleges The Australian defamed them
Pro-Palestine activist Zee Mazloum has issued The Australian and its NSW political reporter Alexi Demetriadi with a concerns ...
Crikey1d
Labor’s term began with promise on the environment. It ends with things worse than ever
The harsh lesson of this term of Parliament is that no major-party government can be trusted to take real climate action.
Crikey1d
Driver licence, Digital ID can still be collected by social media companies under amended teen ban bill
Social media companies like TikTok and Meta will still be able to collect driver licences, passports and Digital ID to decide ...
Crikey1d
Labor voted against the Libs’ immigration detention phone ban twice. Now it’s pitching a very similar proposal
It’s still, in substance, very much the Coalition’s bill from 2017 and 2020,' the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre's Jana Favero ...