Greens need to get their act together

Saturday Oct 15

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This week Crikey took a good look at Mark Latham — now the head of One Nation in the NSW upper house — and his plans to double party numbers by quitting his eight-year term early. As Anton Nilsson reported, it might just work. Meanwhile on the other side of the aisle, Bernard Keane suggested it’s high time the Greens got their lines straight on the Voice to Parliament debate.

Also this week, Amber Schultz reported from a City on the Hill church, Madonna King weighed in on the way rape trials are conducted, Christopher Warren and Keir Semmens examined the threat of nuclear war, and Julia Bergin looked at how social media has shaped our understanding of what’s happening in Ukraine.

All that plus Guy Rundle with some choice words for the NTEU, and plenty more highlights from the Crikey team.

Have a great weekend,

Peter Fray,
Editor-in-chief

Mark Latham’s ‘devilishly clever’ plan to expand One Nation

ANTON NILSSON

The One Nation NSW leader's 'cynical' strategy is probably permissible, according to a prominent barrister.

Mark Latham (Image: AAP/Joel Carrett)

Green antics on Voice to Parliament look increasingly like game-playing and self-indulgence

BERNARD KEANE

What's the Greens' position on backing an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in the referendum? It seems to vary a lot.

Lidia Thorpe and Adam Bandt (Image: AAP/Lukas Coch)

Federal politicians are more likely to own an investment property than any other profession in Australia

CAM WILSON and ANTON NILSSON

Federal politicians are twice as likely than the average Australian taxpayer to own an investment property, with 44% disclosing at least one.

Michelle Ananda-Rajah, Dan Tehan and Karen Andrews each declared six properties (Image: Supplied/AAP)

Essendon case shows why it is time for church and state to be truly separated

MICHAEL BRADLEY

Taxpayers should not be propping up religious institutions that engage in behaviour which society has rejected as no longer acceptable.

Former Essendon CEO Andrew Thorburn (Image: AAP/Ellen Smith)

Godly with a chance of arancini balls: what goes down at a City on a Hill pub sermon

AMBER SCHULTZ

The church is facing backlash over its controversial comments on abortion, being transgender and same-sex attraction, yet was quick to play the victim of 'cancel culture'.

Patrons of City on a Hill (Image: Facebook/City on a Hill)

Rape on trial in Australia is archaic and shameless. There has to be a better way

MADONNA KING

Current practices of cross-examination in cases regarding sexual assault or rape are inadequate — and only further harm victims.

(Image: Adobe)

How social media is aiding our understanding of the war in Ukraine

JULIA BERGIN

Human tragedy, military tactics, or political power play? Here's which social media accounts to follow for intel on the war in Ukraine.

A medical worker after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 10 2022 (Image: AAP/AP/Roman Hrytsyna)

A YouTuber is trying to claim an expensive video game weapon as a tax deduction

CAM WILSON

elmaxo spent hundreds of dollars on a 'collector's phlogistinator' for a video and believes the ATO should accept it as a work expense.

(Image: YouTube/elmaxo)

The freedom movement is convoying through Melbourne. Why are they still protesting?

SCOBIE MCKAY

Over the weekend, hundreds of cars full of protesters travelled from across Australia to revolt against Dan Andrews, believing he's ushering in a new world order.

(Image: Scobie McKay)

Has the Russian nuclear threat gone from impossible to probable?

CHRISTOPHER WARREN

Hey, remember fear of nuclear war? Very big in the ’80s. Well, thanks to Vladimir Putin, it's back. But is it a passing fad or plausible danger?

Russian President Vladimir Putin (Image: AAP/AP/Gavriil Grigorov/Kremlin)

60 years after the Cuban missile crisis, armageddon looms again

KEIR SEMMENS

Vladimir Putin has backed himself into a corner. Is he savvy enough to know how vicious the backlash will be if he presses the nuclear button?

(Image: Getty)

Why the NTEU, our most radical union, should stop taking political positions on… most things

GUY RUNDLE

Unions have a right to express political opinions on global matters. But as the union of opinion-havers, the NTEU should be an exception.

(Image: Zennie/Private Media)

What will we do without Tim Smith?

CHARLIE LEWIS

In a now-deleted tweet, the former opposition attorney-general recently tarred 3AW's Neil Mitchell as an 'awful, duplicitous, hateful individual'. Oh Tim, how we'll miss you.

Former Victorian opposition attorney-general Tim Smith (Image: AAP/James Ross)

Santos chief’s new climate scam: a fossil fuel-driven zero carbon future

BERNARD KEANE

Fossil fuel company Santos continues to spruik carbon capture and storage. And the technology continues to fail.

Santos Managing Director and CEO Kevin Gallagher (Image: AAP/Aaron Bunch)

Crikey’s guide to King Chuckie III’s cut-price coronation

TOM RED

Amid grim economic times, King Charles is hoping for a more low-key coronation than previous royal blowouts. Here's how we reckon he'll do it.

(Image: Tom Red/Private Media)

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