March
Labor’s latest excuse for YouTube ban exemption
New documents reveal a third reason the Albanese government has exempted YouTube from its social media ban for people under 16: “Broad community sentiment.”
Labor’s environmental promise sleeps with the fishes
Labor went to the last election talking big on the environment, but political reality has got in the way.
December 2024
Plibersek’s EPA a threat to mining, claims WA premier
An unapologetic Roger Cook said: “We’ve made our position in relation Nature Positive absolutely clear.”
PM lacks the guts to try again on EPA: Greens
Anthony Albanese has been labelled both courageous and gutless after he torpedoed talks to establish an EPA.
November 2024
Big tech’s warning on rushing teen ban on social media
The government’s proposed ban allowed the industry just a day to make fresh submissions in response to a bill introduced to parliament last week.
‘Vested interests’ frustrate gambling ad reforms
Communications Minister Michelle Rowland is facing growing frustration, including from within her own party, over the shelving of plans to restrict gambling advertising.
Inquiry outlines plan to tame social media giants
The federal government should increase pressure on social media giants by improving enforceability of Australian law on the most popular platforms, an inquiry has recommended.
April 2024
Companies at risk of ‘state-sponsored greenwashing’, Senate told
The ACCC has not yet signed off on the government’s Climate Active carbon neutrality certification even though more than 500 companies already use it.
Green antics give corporates nightmares
After Nick McKim’s savaging of Brad Banducci, business may be wary of co-operating with Greens-led inquiries. Some, it seems, already are.
‘Take a chill pill’: Graeme Samuel urges calm on environment law delay
Former competition tsar Graeme Samuel has urged conservation groups to “take a chill pill”, and for miners to stop talking “rubbish” on plans to overhaul federal environment laws.
March 2024
It’s the Malaysia Plan all over again
One can only imagine the reaction if Labor was in opposition and had done the same thing.
December 2023
Beetaloo’s Tamboran shrugs off Greens-Labor ‘water trigger’ move
But the nation’s gas lobby slammed this week’s surprise deal to expand scrutiny of gas projects as a costly duplication of state laws.
November 2023
‘We didn’t have a plan’: Optus admits it was caught out
In a make-or-break appearance for Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, senators failed to land a knockout blow, but gleaned some damaging admissions.
Albanese takes ownership of detainee deal
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he was “fully involved” in Thursday’s deal with the opposition in response to last week’s High Court decision.
Optus says payouts for mass outage would set a precedent
Optus has laid out its defences to criticism of its network outage, as CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin considers her future.
August 2023
Labor, Greens to meet over housing impasse
The government and the Greens will hold talks this week in a bid to break the Senate impasse over the $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund.
June 2023
Malcolm Turnbull gets personal
The former prime minister lashed the intelligence of Lachlan Murdoch at a Crikey event on Tuesday night.
April 2023
New roadblocks sought for Beetaloo gas developments
The recommendations of a Senate inquiry will intensify pressure on prospective gas developers in the Beetaloo Basin.
February 2023
Bowen to climate activists: don’t ‘squander this opportunity’
Chris Bowen is personally lobbying key activist groups to ensure they back emissions reforms ahead of the “most critical decade for climate action”.
September 2022
The Greens don’t mind coal and gas
The superannuation holdings of Adam Bandt and his wife reveal a markedly less hostile stance to fossil fuels.