Over the past few days Crikey has been tackling the vexed question of whether the prime minister’s faith is changing Australian politics. Investigations editor David Hardaker has been looking at how Scott Morrison’s relationship with God guides his career, policies and decisions. How does the PM see his role and his life through such a lens?

In total we published a dozen articles by Hardaker, prominent theologians and religious thinkers. You can find a selection of those articles below, or read the whole series online here.

Elsewhere this week, Georgia Wilkins dug around in the bottomless Canberra pork-barrel, while Bernard Keane has plenty to say about News Corp and climate change. Oh, and he also had some words in defence of Tony Abbott.

GEORGIA WILKINS 2 minute read

Labor says no investigations will change the government's attitude: 'They're so rotten the only way to stop the rorts is to vote them out.'

BERNARD KEANE 4 minute read

News Corp enjoys the dual status of a political party and a media organisation, with the power of one and the non-accountability of the other. And the rest of the mainstream media is complicit.

BERNARD KEANE 3 minute read

A new audit shows the department has bungled a major maritime surveillance contract established when John Howard was prime minister.

CAM WILSON 3 minute read

Little to no information can be found on who runs a Facebook page which has spent a sizeable sum running clearly partisan ads in key states.

BERNARD KEANE 4 minute read

The evidence to support the economic orthodoxy that bringing in foreign workers is good for employment is hard to find.

GEORGIA WILKINS 2 minute read

There's double, double toil and trouble brewing in SA politics, and Premier Steven Marshall looks weak and damaged.

MICHAEL BRADLEY 4 minute read

To Janet Albrechtsen and the free-speech brigade, advocating for survivors is 'partisan' and having an opinion is 'dividing the nation'. Really?

CHARLIE LEWIS 1 minute read

Who took Boris Johnson to a music festival? How many Andrews ministers have flown the coop? And how many times can one premier break COVID restrictions? Test your news skills now!