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Push the Dutton: A history of great election post-mortems
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/19/liberal-party-review-peter-dutton-post-mortem/
Published: January 19, 2026 01:18
The 2025 Liberal Party election review is not the first report of its kind to be so scathing that its subjects threaten to sue. The post Push the Dutton: A history of great election post-mortems appeared first on Crikey.
No, One Nation isn’t leading the Coalition. The real story is how Albo is undermining the major parties
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/19/one-nation-coalition-newspoll-anthony-albanese-labor/
Published: January 19, 2026 00:56
Is One Nation usurping the Coalition as Australia's second political party? Not so fast. But Anthony Albanese has done plenty to undermine the major political parties. The post No, One Nation isn’t leading the Coalition. The real story is how Albo is…
Australia stays silent as allies learn no Trump deal is worth a damn
Published: January 19, 2026 00:12
Donald Trump has once again demonstrated that no agreement with him is worth the paper it's written off. Yet Australia makes itself ever more reliant on him. The post Australia stays silent as allies learn no Trump deal is worth a damn appeared first on…
On Notice: Parliament back for Bondi response, a national day of mourning, and the Hottest 100 countdown
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/19/bondi-attack-condolence-motion-parliament-returns-hottest-100/
Published: January 18, 2026 23:43
All that and more in this week in Australian politics and news. The post On Notice: Parliament back for Bondi response, a national day of mourning, and the Hottest 100 countdown appeared first on Crikey.
Fires one minute, floods the next: 26 photos show a devastated Great Ocean Road
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/19/great-ocean-road-flash-floods-photos/
Published: January 18, 2026 23:26
Still reeling from the worst bushfires since the 2019-20 Black Summer, Victoria faces down another natural disaster. The post Fires one minute, floods the next: 26 photos show a devastated Great Ocean Road appeared first on Crikey.
One Nation pips Coalition in Newspoll for the first time
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/19/one-nation-pauline-hanson-coalition-newspoll/
Published: January 18, 2026 20:21
Pauline Hanson's party has received a higher primary vote than the Coalition in the latest Newspoll. Plus parliament returns early, with a condolence motion for the Bondi attack victims first on the agenda. The post One Nation pips Coalition in Newspoll…
Australians have a right to their personal data. In practice, it’s not easy to use it
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/16/australian-charities-privacy-data-information-right-to-know/
Published: January 16, 2026 05:16
If a data scientist with close knowledge of the Privacy Act and time on her hands can't exercise her rights, what hope to do the rest of us have? The post Australians have a right to their personal data. In practice, it’s not easy to use it appeared first…
One in 10 teens seeking mental health support from headspace cite social media ban as an issue
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/16/teen-social-media-ban-headspace-mental-health/
Published: January 16, 2026 04:02
Early data from Australia's national youth mental health service shows that the teen social media ban emerged as a prominent factor in why 12- to 15-year-olds were coming to them. The post One in 10 teens seeking mental health support from headspace cite…
Is Australia’s teen social media ban working? We don’t know now, but we will soon
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/16/teen-social-media-ban-is-it-working/
Published: January 16, 2026 01:20
4.7 million accounts were removed from social media platforms under the teen social media ban. Is that a lot? Is that a little? These are important questions that still remain unanswered. The post Is Australia’s teen social media ban working? We don’t know…
The gutting of Australia’s ‘creative sector’ as told to you by management
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/16/australia-creative-sector-arts-industry-board-statements/
Published: January 16, 2026 01:04
Axing performances, withdrawing invitations, codes of conduct — the hollowing out of the nation's arts industry in six board statements. The post The gutting of Australia’s ‘creative sector’ as told to you by management appeared first on Crikey.
In its rush to pass hate speech laws, the Albanese government cast the Muslim community aside
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/16/hate-speech-laws-muslim-community-consultation/
Published: January 16, 2026 00:47
The nation's peak Islamic body was not only the last stakeholder group to be consulted before the draft of the hate speech bill was made public, but it was also not provided a draft as other organisations had been. The post In its rush to pass hate speech…
What have we done to deserve this? A dud bill, from a dud government, railed at by a dud opposition
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/16/labor-coalition-dud-hate-speech/
Published: January 16, 2026 00:38
The government's hate speech bill is very much the product of the Albanese-era. And the reaction to it from the opposition is also deeply in character for a flailing Coalition. The post What have we done to deserve this? A dud bill, from a dud government,…
Australia and the US are at diplomatic crossroads. So who will Trump send over here?
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/16/australia-us-ambassador-donald-trump-america/
Published: January 15, 2026 22:41
Donald Trump is in no hurry to appoint an Australian ambassador, even as he nominates a new top diplomat to New Zealand. The post Australia and the US are at diplomatic crossroads. So who will Trump send over here? appeared first on Crikey.
Millions of teens off social media following ban, government claims
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/16/crikey-worm-teen-social-media-ban-5-million-accounts/
Published: January 15, 2026 19:54
The Albanese government has said almost five million social media accounts believed to have belonged to children under 16 were deactivated within two days of the ban coming into force. Meanwhile the Coalition remains divided over proposed hate speech laws.…
The bigotry deep within the MAGA movement is infecting our politics
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/15/maga-movement-bigotry-australian-politics-tucker-carlson/
Published: January 15, 2026 04:20
The bigotry spreading out from Donald Trump’s MAGA movement should be part of the post-Bondi discussion of antisemitism in Australia. The post The bigotry deep within the MAGA movement is infecting our politics appeared first on Crikey.
The Indo-Pacific is getting more dangerous as the rules-based order collapses — and Australia pays the price
Published: January 15, 2026 01:39
Instability in the Indo-Pacific is increasing, bringing the geopolitical uncertainty caused by the actions of Trump 2.0 right to Australia's doorstep. The post The Indo-Pacific is getting more dangerous as the rules-based order collapses — and Australia…
Peter Dutton becomes the ‘no-brainer’, Tennis Australia’s crypto grift, and Jordan Peterson keeps on keeping on
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/15/crikey-tips-peter-dutton-ambassador-australian-open-crypto/
Published: January 15, 2026 01:03
Plus the French embassy in Washington is having a time. The post Peter Dutton becomes the ‘no-brainer’, Tennis Australia’s crypto grift, and Jordan Peterson keeps on keeping on appeared first on Crikey.
If Trump attacks our allies, Albanese must move beyond denialism and cliches
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/15/greenland-donald-trump-australia-anthony-albanese/
Published: January 15, 2026 00:40
Despite our addiction to 'international rules-based order', Australia is fine with Trump's imperialism while it is aimed at dictators and thugs. But what do we do when it is aimed at a friend? The post If Trump attacks our allies, Albanese must move beyond…
Reader reply: Let me briefly share my shoes so you can walk a meter in them
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/15/simon-tatz-free-speech-antisemitism-hate-speech-bernard-keane/
Published: January 15, 2026 00:22
Simon Tatz, former chief of staff in the Gillard-Rudd government and former senior adviser for the Greens, responds to Bernard Keane. The post Reader reply: Let me briefly share my shoes so you can walk a meter in them appeared first on Crikey.
Australia is rushing to criminalise hate speech. But will it actually reduce hate?
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/15/australia-criminalise-hate-speech-bill-will-it-work/
Published: January 14, 2026 23:53
When hate feels urgent, policy tends to be urgent too. But the evidence for knee-jerk legislation working is thin. The post Australia is rushing to criminalise hate speech. But will it actually reduce hate? appeared first on Crikey.
The hate speech bill is an omnibus disaster — and there’s a glaring exclusion
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/15/hate-speech-bill-albanese-bondi-antisemitism-genocide/
Published: January 14, 2026 23:20
The argument the government is putting forward for excluding 'advocating genocide' from this bill's list of hate crimes is nonsensical. The post The hate speech bill is an omnibus disaster — and there’s a glaring exclusion appeared first on Crikey.
Stokes, steel and super doesn’t look like a successful mix
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/15/kerry-stokes-bluescope-steel-australian-super/
Published: January 14, 2026 22:44
The Stokes family's attempt to secure control of BluesSope Steel would enable them to create a monopoly steel maker in a protected market — with some help from Donald Trump. The post Stokes, steel and super doesn’t look like a successful mix appeared first…
Coalition ‘to vote against’ government’s hate speech laws as religious groups raise concerns
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/15/crikey-worm-coalition-vote-against-hate-speech-laws/
Published: January 14, 2026 19:45
The Coalition is reportedly set to vote against the government's hate speech laws with religious groups raising concerns. Meanwhile members of the Trump administration have met with representatives from Denmark as the US president's obsession with annexing…
Okay but Bill Clinton maybe should be in jail?
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/14/bill-clinton-epstein-scandal-donald-trump-jail/
Published: January 14, 2026 01:49
Even ignoring Bill Clinton's friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, his administration rivals Trump's for sheer grubbiness. The post Okay but Bill Clinton maybe should be in jail? appeared first on Crikey.
SA Premier Malinauskas refuses to apologise over Abdel-Fattah ‘hateful rhetoric’ remarks
Published: January 14, 2026 01:28
The axed Adelaide Writers' Week Palestinian-Australian speaker has taken the first step in defamation proceedings against the SA premier after remarks he made about her in a press conference on Tuesday. The post SA Premier Malinauskas refuses to apologise…
In Australia’s tinpot civil society, ‘power speech’ is on the cusp of defeating free speech
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/14/australia-free-speech-power-speech-bondi/
Published: January 14, 2026 00:56
Free speech in Australia is under attack from multiple directions. And its assailant is power speech: the right of the powerful to dictate terms to and attack those with less power. The post In Australia’s tinpot civil society, ‘power speech’ is on the…
In Dunstan’s Adelaide, the city’s elites are pushing writers out of the Australian story
Published: January 13, 2026 23:53
By abandoning the hands-off restraint that 1970s Premier Dunstan brought to Adelaide and that Gough Whitlam made national through the Australia Council, the Writers' Week imbroglio threatens to push Australian storytellers out of the Australian story. The…
Don’t ban Elon Musk’s X — force it to have safeguards, say anti-child abuse and women groups
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/14/elon-musk-x-ai-grok-deepfake-australia-esafety-commission/
Published: January 13, 2026 23:52
Civil society groups are pressuring the Australian government to act quickly using existing powers to end the production of deepfakes and alleged child abuse material by X's AI bot, Grok. The post Don’t ban Elon Musk’s X — force it to have safeguards, say…
If you can’t get online in Iran, do you still count as human?
Published: January 13, 2026 23:22
An internet blackout is a powerful tool in a regime's armory — obscuring the extent of the state's oppression and fracturing reality by fanning whataboutism and conspiracy theories. The post If you can’t get online in Iran, do you still count as human?…
Conroy, Fitzgibbon, Morrison… or Ian Thorpe? Breaking down the guessing game over Rudd’s replacement
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/14/kevin-rudd-replacement-us-ambassador-donald-trump/
Published: January 13, 2026 22:40
Media outlets have responded to Kevin Rudd's resignation with trademark restraint, suggesting just about all of Australia's ex-politicians and celebrities as possible contenders for his job. The post Conroy, Fitzgibbon, Morrison… or Ian Thorpe? Breaking…
Thousands killed in Iran as Trump declares ‘help is on the way’
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/14/crikey-worm-iran-protests-donald-trump-help/
Published: January 13, 2026 19:49
US President Donald Trump has told anti-government demonstrators in Iran to keep protesting, saying 'help is on the way', as reports suggest thousands of people have been killed. The post Thousands killed in Iran as Trump declares ‘help is on the way’…
Gina Rinehart to the rescue, Schwartz get stuck in, and… kids love reading now?
Published: January 13, 2026 02:16
Plus an exclusive excerpt from a future (and not at all made up) News Corp exposé. The post Gina Rinehart to the rescue, Schwartz get stuck in, and… kids love reading now? appeared first on Crikey.
Could the Bondi royal commission actually be good for our public discourse?
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/13/bondi-royal-commission-could-be-good-for-australia/
Published: January 13, 2026 01:28
Probably not, but imagine finally having a substantive national conversation about what constitutes antisemitism. The post Could the Bondi royal commission actually be good for our public discourse? appeared first on Crikey.
The Adelaide Writers’ Week fight rolled out at board level months before Bondi
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/13/adelaide-writers-week-bondi-bondi-shooting-boycott/
Published: January 13, 2026 01:06
The emergence of a key letter casts new light on the rationale used by the festival board to uninvite Randa Abdel-Fattah. The post The Adelaide Writers’ Week fight rolled out at board level months before Bondi appeared first on Crikey.
Kevin Rudd quit as US ambassador, and with him goes a steady source of column inches
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/13/kevin-rudd-quit-us-ambassador-news-corp/
Published: January 13, 2026 00:14
With the impending departure of Kevin Rudd from the US ambassador role, News Corp will need a new subject for slow news days. The post Kevin Rudd quit as US ambassador, and with him goes a steady source of column inches appeared first on Crikey.
Taiwan, AUKUS and the US midterms: Australia will be forced to face global turbulence caused by Trump
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/13/australian-politics-2026-aukus-trump-midterms-taiwan/
Published: January 12, 2026 22:36
Looming political strife in the US and a potential conflict over Taiwan could make the next two years a very dangerous time. The post Taiwan, AUKUS and the US midterms: Australia will be forced to face global turbulence caused by Trump appeared first on…
Partisan fighting begins over hate speech, gun laws in the wake of Bondi shooting
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/13/bondi-shooting-hate-speech-gun-laws-parliament-debate/
Published: January 12, 2026 19:50
The government’s proposed hate speech and gun laws in the wake of the Bondi shooting will come under scrutiny after Anthony Albanese recalled federal parliament early. Meanwhile the death toll in Iran continues to grow. The post Partisan fighting begins…
Jacinda Ardern quits Adelaide Festival’s Writers Week in wake of growing boycott
Published: January 12, 2026 03:31
Former New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern has quit the Adelaide Festival's Writers Week in the wake of a boycott around the cancellation of Palestinian-Australian academic Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah. The post Jacinda Ardern quits Adelaide Festival’s Writers Week in…
Royal commission must focus on the role of Pezzullo and Dutton in serial intelligence failures
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/12/bondi-royal-commission-dutton-pezzullo/
Published: January 12, 2026 01:36
The failings of security agencies in the years leading up to the Bondi attack demand that two men face particular scrutiny in a royal commission — the men most closely associated with the Home Affairs portfolio. The post Royal commission must focus on the…
Trump’s checklist for establishing a fascist government (Part VI)
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/12/trumps-checklist-for-establishing-a-fascist-government-part-vi/
Published: January 12, 2026 01:09
Part six of an escalating list. The post Trump’s checklist for establishing a fascist government (Part VI) appeared first on Crikey.
I want detailed answers from the Bondi Royal Commission, for all of us
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/12/bondi-royal-commission-answers-anthony-albanese/
Published: January 12, 2026 01:09
Without a royal commission, many members of Australia’s Jewish community did not feel that we would properly be able to understand what allowed antisemitism to escalate. The post I want detailed answers from the Bondi Royal Commission, for all of us…
The Australian defended Bill Leak to the death. So why is it coming for Cathy Wilcox’s Bondi cartoon?
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/12/the-australian-cathy-wilcox-bondi-cartoon-bill-leak/
Published: January 12, 2026 00:32
The Australian has run at least 10 stories decrying Cathy Wilcox's controversial cartoon about the Bondi royal commission. The hypocrisy is staggering. The post The Australian defended Bill Leak to the death. So why is it coming for Cathy Wilcox’s Bondi…
Photo essay: Devastating bushfires sweep Central Victoria
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/12/photo-essay-devastating-bushfires-sweep-central-victoria/
Published: January 12, 2026 00:14
'We’ve got no chance,' one CFA member said, as they tried to battle the Longwood Fire, one of many that scorched Victoria over the weekend. The post Photo essay: Devastating bushfires sweep Central Victoria appeared first on Crikey.
Moscow’s calculus: Why a permanently excluded Russia endures in Ukraine
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/12/why-russia-fighting-ukraine-still/
Published: January 11, 2026 22:47
In Ukraine, Russia seeks neither decisive military triumph nor territorial aggrandisement for its own sake. The deeper purpose is to redraw Europe’s security map, restore credible deterrence and compel acknowledgement of Russia’s indispensable role in…
Victoria bushfires turn fatal
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/12/victoria-bushfires-turn-fatal/
Published: January 11, 2026 19:56
Victoria Police has confirmed one person has been found dead in an area affected by the Longwood bushfire. Meanwhile rights groups have said over 500 people have been killed in Iran following two weeks of protests. The post Victoria bushfires turn fatal…