Monthly Archives: January 2025

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When even small-government advocates call for a radical increase in Defence spending, it shows how far malignant non-accountability has spread. The post The IPA would’ve once opposed boosting Defence spending. Now it spurs it on appeared first on Crikey.

Dutton, like Trump, is harking back to an age of ‘prosperity’. But how are young Australians expected to prosper in an increasingly stratified nation? The post For many Australians, prosperity has become a pipedream. Peter Dutton wants to help appeared first on Crikey.

How will social media companies enforce Australia’s teen ban requirements? A Discord leak shows one way it might work. The post How will social media companies ban teens? A leak revealed how big tech uses AI to guess age and gender appeared first on Crikey.

It means poorer health outcomes for us all. The post Labor’s conspiracy-based vape policy is free from facts — but not consequence appeared first on Crikey.

Freedom of information commissioner Toni Pirani outlines her priorities for the managing of access to government information. The post The FOI head wants to improve public access to government information. How? appeared first on Crikey.

The Attorney-General’s Department has said for years the Federal Court hosted no functions. But in a recent reply to a question from the Senate, the court gave a very different answer… The post Is the Federal Court’s yearly party budget $100k or nothing at all? The answer is, amazingly, both appeared first on Crikey.

Will Labor embrace boldness in its election campaign, or settle for trying to sell economic managerialism to disgruntled voters? The post Labor can go out on its managerialist knees or embrace boldness appeared first on Crikey.

Australia’s recent labour productivity performance is spectacular, in the bad way. So the government is seeking help from literally anyone. The post Warmlets? The public submitted some mad ideas to the government’s productivity free-for-all appeared first on Crikey.