Should the census be conducted every 10 years?
There's a reasonable argument for moving to a 10-year census cycle but not next year and not because of current financial problems. This is an important decision; it needs to be analysed carefully and...
View ArticleAbbott’s reaction to Forgotten Children report straight from Howard playbook
The government has responded to the AHRC report into children in immigration detention much as you might expect from Howard's 1997 Coalition, writes freelance journalist Andrei Ghoukassian.
View ArticleBaird backed the wrong horse, but will it cost him NSW?
NSW Premier Mike Baird has bet it all on privatisation. Unfortunately for him, voters seem to hate it.
View ArticleHockey reveals a gallery of budget grotesques
The government's intergeneration report claims Australia is heading for big economic trouble. But good news! Disaster can be averted if those pesky crossbenchers pass every piece of Coalition legislation.
View ArticleThe proud history of Abbott government backflips
The Abbott government has decided it's going to give a handout to the car industry after all. Crikey takes a look back at some previous broken promises from a government with a very flexible spine.
View ArticleThe enemy of my enemy? Beware of cherrypicking Islamic sects
Western governments have long tried to fight terrorism by supporting opposing sectarian Islamic groups. But this is not necessarily the way forward.
View ArticleThanks for the shout-out, Bolt, but you’re wrong again
Andrew Bolt has mentioned ambulance volunteer Rachelle Irving's Crikey story on witnessing remote Aboriginal communities first hand. But of course, he has missed the point entirely.
View ArticleRundle: one cheer for Clive, unlikely saviour of the Left
It was Clive Palmer who stopped the government passing its disastrous budget, so stop dancing on his political grave.
View ArticleAssad’s mass surveillance scheme didn’t work, and neither will Abbott’s
Syria's attempt to spy on its citizens did nothing to stop terrorism, and neither will Australia's, writes Reem Sweid a Syrian-Australian social policy researcher.
View Article‘PM for Aboriginal Affairs’ slashes millions from indigenous programs
The Aboriginal Legal Service is among the organisations bracing for significant funding cuts.
View ArticleWhat Abbott has delivered (or promised) to his IPA mates
Freelance journalist Andrei Ghoukassian and former Crikey senior journalist Andrew Crook have sifted through all 100 policies promoted by the Institute of Public Affairs and found the Abbott government...
View ArticleHow Abbott rewards the IPA: part 2
Freelance journalist Andrei Ghoukassian and former Crikey senior journalist Andrew Crook have sifted through all 100 policies promoted by the Institute of Public Affairs and found the Abbott government...
View ArticleAbbott’s gifts to the IPA: part 3
Freelance journalist Andrei Ghoukassian and former Crikey senior journalist Andrew Crook have sifted through all 100 policies promoted by the Institute of Public Affairs and found the Abbott government...
View ArticleRundle: four ways the Labor Party could save its bacon
If -- and this is a big if -- the Labor Party wants to continue as an Australian political party with any votes and influence at all, here is what it needs to do.
View ArticleDark cloud for solar in watered-down RET
The good news is the Abbott government has finally agreed to a Renewable Energy Target. The bad news is it is nowhere near where it should be.
View ArticleWhat the ‘phenomenal’ small business write-off is really worth
Get ready for a lot more asset write-off announcements in future, writes economist and journalist Jason Murphy.
View ArticleNo new taxes to see here, just plenty of ‘loophole closing’
As the Netflix tax example shows, pretty much anything can be dressed up as “tax integrity” or “level playing field” or “loophole” if that’s how you want to portray it.
View ArticleRundle: why Ireland is showing us up in same-sex marriage
Australian politics is so broken we can't even pass something that 70% of the population support.
View ArticleAnti-Muslim sentiment reaches fever pitch as ministers channel their inner...
Fully half of Abbott's cabinet made statements about terrorism in May, and all that rhetoric is having a very real (and very scary) effect on the Muslim community, write Voices Against Bigotry founders...
View ArticleSchool’s out: is Abbott winding back public education?
Who should pay for public schools?
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