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In pictures: The reality on the ground at Melbourne’s anti-immigration March for Australia
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/01/march-for-australia-neo-nazi-anti-immigration-pictures/
Published: September 1, 2025 03:31
'Not my cup of tea,' one anti-immigration protester said of the neo-Nazi presence at the rally. But that didn’t stop attendees from marching behind them.
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Attacking Labor as too late on Iran exposes the Coalition as hypocritical charmers of a terrorist regime
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/01/coalition-hypocritical-attacking-labor-iran/
Published: September 1, 2025 03:29
The Coalition is critical of Labor for not outlawing Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sooner. But the Coalition was eager to ramp up relations with Iran when in power.
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On Notice: Never-ending net-zero negotiations, Pocock’s housing push, and a censure for Katter?
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/01/australian-politics-on-notice-net-zero-pocock-katter/
Published: September 1, 2025 03:23
Everything you need to know about this week in politics.
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Before the horror of Porepunkah, Australia’s media platformed Dezi Freeman for years
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/01/dezi-freeman-alleged-shooter-media-a-current-affair/
Published: September 1, 2025 00:54
When Dezi Freeman was named as the suspect in a police shooting in regional Victoria, it was far from the first time his name and face had appeared in the news.
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Violence, arrests, neo-Nazis: Anti-immigration rallies draw crowds across the country
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/01/anti-immigration-rallies-violence-social-media-age-verification-trial/
Published: August 31, 2025 21:01
Violent clashes have occurred at anti-immigration rallies across Australia, and the findings of the government's social media age verification trial have been made public.
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Trump, Putin, Netanyahu — Australian media has Daddy Issues
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/29/donald-trump-benjamin-netanyahu-vladimir-putin-australian-media/
Published: August 29, 2025 05:23
A pop psycho-analysis of 'great men' has replaced the hard grind of understanding the institutional politics of clashing interests.
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People are using autism to rort the NDIS, but it’s not the people with autism
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/29/ndis-work-autism-support-private-companies/
Published: August 29, 2025 05:09
As a support worker (an autistic one to boot), I've had a ground’s-eye view of an industry with little to no oversight — one where government policy has had the marrow sucked out of it by a vicious circle of shoddy private companies.
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‘Forward deterrence’: Iran’s history of foreign operations and asymmetric war
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/29/irans-history-foreign-operations/
Published: August 29, 2025 02:24
When assessing the credibility of ASIO's claim that Iran is behind antisemitic attacks, it's worth looking at the country's recent conduct.
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With no competition in sight and a hands-off government, Qantas makes gold-plated hay
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/29/qantas-profits-government-competition/
Published: August 29, 2025 02:07
Qantas has enjoyed its second-highest profit on record. But don't expect things to get better for staff or customers.
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Trump’s attack on global tech regulation follows a well-established pattern
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/29/donald-trump-attack-tech-regulation/
Published: August 29, 2025 01:26
It's far from the first time the US government has lashed out at attempts to rein in big tech platforms.
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‘One death is too many’: Cricket star heads for Parliament House
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/29/usman-khawaja-cricket-parliament-house-gaza-gambling-reform/
Published: August 29, 2025 01:07
Usman Khawaja and Crikey got acquainted in the back of a hatchback as part of a (brief) new series: conversations with cricketers in cars.
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‘Hunt down all cops’: Dezi Freeman fantasised for years about killing police in unearthed social media posts
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/29/dezi-freeman-social-media-activity-fantasised-killing-police/
Published: August 29, 2025 00:48
A near decade of private Facebook posts, exclusively obtained by Crikey, Telegram messages and unreported Instagram comments show that Freeman posted more about his hatred of police than anything else.
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Landlord List: See how many properties your local MP owns
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/29/which-australian-politicians-own-multiple-properties/
Published: August 28, 2025 23:34
About 30% of parliament members have declared they or their families own three or more properties.
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Cut Through: No-one knows how the teen social media ban will work
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/29/teen-social-media-ban-how-will-it-work-cut-through-podcast-crikey/
Published: August 28, 2025 22:47
Cam Wilson gets frank about the past 12 months of reporting on the teen social media ban.
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Marles’ master plan? US meetings marred by chaos
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/29/richard-marles-pete-hegseth-usa-iran-ambassador-asio/
Published: August 28, 2025 20:56
High-level talks between Richard Marles and US officials have been undermined by conflicting reports, and Iran's ambassador has left the country (but not before a 'dramatic' press conference).
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Richard Marles humiliated by his US patrons as AUKUS silence deepens
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/28/richard-marles-humiliated-us-aukus-silence/
Published: August 28, 2025 06:09
While Richard Marles was being humiliated by the Trump administration, Americans were pushing for AUKUS to involve joint planning of a war with China. At least someone's saying what the pact really involves.
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Keating impression the depressing high point of increasingly tame Canberra party
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/28/midwinter-ball-2025-politicians-tame/
Published: August 28, 2025 02:32
This year's Midwinter Ball featured decidedly less debauchery than previous years. Crikey suited up for Canberra's glittering night of nights.
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Trump’s firing line, #auspol’s Swift engagement farming, and bootleg Wiggles mascots
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/28/crikey-tips-taylor-swift-anthony-albanese-donald-trump-wiggles/
Published: August 28, 2025 01:44
Plus a Crikey hunch proves to have been right on the money.
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How one dark day unravelled Australia’s narrative on terrorism
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/28/porepunkah-shooter-dezi-freeman-soverign-citizen-white-right-wing-extremism-terrorism/
Published: August 28, 2025 01:36
The peddled narrative that a spectrum stretches from pro-Palestine protests to antisemitic violence has been discredited this week. Meanwhile, the real threat of white right-wing extremism has been tragically displayed.
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Why the sovereign citizen movement is no longer a fringe curiosity
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/28/porepunkah-shooting-sovereign-citizen-movement-no-longer-fringe/
Published: August 28, 2025 00:31
Sovereign citizens have become an influential faction of Australia’s far right.
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Reynolds’ victory over Higgins the latest chapter in a very public fight with no winners
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/28/linda-reynolds-brittany-higgins-defamation-fight/
Published: August 27, 2025 23:41
Literally nothing good has come from any of it.
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Between Iran and Israel, Australia is caught in a vice. Albanese must tred carefully
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/28/iran-ambassador-expulsion-australia-israel-benjamin-netanyahu-albanese/
Published: August 27, 2025 23:18
Israel expects solidarity against Iran and opposes Palestinian recognition. Iran seeks to exploit diaspora politics while claiming to speak for the Palestinians. Canberra cannot afford to be trapped by either.
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Still at large: Alleged cop killer remains in hiding
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/28/porepunkah-police-killer-search-coalition-gas-sussan-ley/
Published: August 27, 2025 20:59
The man accused of killing two police officers in Porepunkah remains at large in Victorian bushland, and internal Coalition debate over energy policy is heaping pressure on Sussan Ley.
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High country cop killer on the run
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/27/porepunkah-police-shooting-manhunt-iran-ambassador-antisemitism/
Published: August 26, 2025 21:02
A man from the Victorian town of Porepunkah is yet to be found after killing two police officers, and Australia has expelled Iran's ambassador after uncovering 'credible evidence' Tehran was behind two antisemitic attacks.
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How Crikey will report on the teen social media ban (and how we got here in the first place)
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/26/crikey-insider-teen-social-media-ban/
Published: August 26, 2025 04:30
The teen social media ban started with an FM radio show and a dream. But where does it go now?
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The role of the absurd in Trumpland
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/25/donald-trump-absurd-cracker-barrel-logo-change/
Published: August 25, 2025 05:09
Two major prongs of the US president's politics — his attacks on reality and his expanding personal power — only serve to reinforce one another.
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On Notice: Climate fight brewing, Midwinter Ball looms and Pocock to host cricket great — parliament’s back!
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/25/australian-politics-crikey-on-notice-pocock-midwinter-ball-climate/
Published: August 25, 2025 01:42
All that and more in your guide to this week in politics.
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The Liberals used to be the party for women — then John Howard came along
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/25/liberal-party-women-john-howard/
Published: August 25, 2025 01:15
In its early years, the Liberal Party achieved many firsts for women. That now feels like a long, long time ago.
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The key figures underpinning the NDIS and its generational reform project
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/25/ndis-changes-autism-labor-reform-paint-by-numbers/
Published: August 25, 2025 01:02
Labor's health minister has a mammoth task before him in reforming the NDIS.
The post The key figures underpinning the NDIS and its generational reform project appeared first on Crikey.
If Americans can’t rely on Trump to protect them, how can we?
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/25/australia-defence-security-america-donald-trump-firing-defense-intelligence-agency/
Published: August 25, 2025 00:42
Donald Trump is now downgrading America's intelligence capability. For countries dependent on that capability like Australia, it's another sign we're on the wrong end of a bad deal.
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Money and votes may speak louder than equity for Labor’s higher-education policy
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/25/universities-labor-policy-votes-money-equity/
Published: August 24, 2025 23:57
The Job Ready Graduates scheme was introduced in 2021 by the Morrison government to discourage students from entering disciplines that would be less 'job-ready'. So why are we still stuck with it?
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Record crowds at Gaza protests as Israel ramps up plans for ground invasion
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/25/record-crowds-gaza-protests-net-zero-coalition/
Published: August 24, 2025 21:55
Protesters took to the streets over the weekend in the wake of a declaration of an 'entirely man-made' famine in Gaza City, and the Coalition is gearing up for another fight over net zero.
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Australia’s capital class remains too focused on profit to truly address productivity
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/22/economic-roundtable-tax-reform-jim-chalmers-amy-remekis/
Published: August 22, 2025 06:14
A key problem with the economic roundtable is many of those hauled in to fix Australia's productivity black hole have spent the past 25 years gunning for more privatisation.
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‘No doubt the media are going to make fun of that’: Bruce Lehrmann finds new ways to suffer in court
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/22/bruce-lehrmann-court-appeal-lowlights/
Published: August 22, 2025 02:20
A few lowlights from Bruce Lehrmann's latest trip to court.
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Rushed teen social media ban lacks ‘critical’ safety protections, government’s own emails reveal
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/22/teen-social-media-ban-lacks-critical-safety-protections/
Published: August 22, 2025 02:09
To meet Australia’s self-imposed deadline for the ban, Department of Communications staff said important recommendations would only be considered in a 2027 review of the law.
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Netanyahu proves he’s a thin-skinned, genocidal man-child — and that News Corp is a foreign propaganda outlet
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/22/benjamin-netanyahu-sky-news-sharri-markson-news-corp-israel-palestine/
Published: August 22, 2025 01:59
The Israeli prime minister poses as a tough guy, but criticism reduces him to a quivering jelly of rage. It's no surprise he went to News Corp to vent.
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