‘You don’t, but it’s easier to run a hospital with all the patients sleeping.’ The Final Programme, 1968 “Easiest way to run the world, for that matter,” Jerry Cornelius replies in the ...

All the states have adopted four-year maximum parliamentary terms without much fanfare, and yet at a federal level Australia has stayed at three years. Is it time for Australia to just bite the ...

While other media outlets suck up to the rich and powerful under the guise of doing a “list”, this year Crikey wants to recognise a higher honour: being a shitstirrer. We’ve assembled our ...

'Leaders of the major political parties need to look at their own internal processes before attempting to persuade voters to support four-year terms.' All the states have adopted four-year maximum ...

Crikey’s readers have comfortably voted Gina Rinehart Arsehat of the Year for 2024. For the first time, we decided to give the recipient a chance to express their gratitude. Rinehart, to her ...

It’s amazing it took this long. We looked back over the past 14 years of Crikey awards, allocating our readers’ choices for Arsehat of the Year and were shocked by a major omission: Gina ...

In a year where many of our institutions failed us, it's unsurprising a fearless piece of journalism, by Kate McClymont, was so important to Crikey's readers. As one of Jones’ alleged victims ...

In early 2022 I unblocked Crikey’s political editor Bernard Keane on Twitter. I figured it was only polite before I began editing him. He graciously unblocked me too and neither of us ...

After 1,000 submissions, a heated debate session, and one very enthusiastic winner (congrats, Max!), the Shitstirrers Index has become one of Crikey’s most successful initiatives. How can I tell?

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Crikey is an independent Australian source for news, investigations, analysis and opinion focusing on politics, media, economics, health, international affairs, the climate, business, society and ...

Crikey is an independent Australian source for news, investigations, analysis and opinion focusing on politics, media, economics, health, international affairs, the climate, business, society and ...