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It’s been a long week for Crikey associate editor Cam Wilson, who was suspended from Twitter last Sunday for posting about an Australian company. Why? It was deemed he’d breached the platform’s privacy rules… even though the information he shared is publicly available. Luckily for him the suspension has now been lifted, but it’s a sign of just how much power Twitter has — and how its privacy settings can be easily exploited. Meanwhile politics editor Bernard Keane spent the week calling out the myth that the Liberal Party hate’s taxes (when in reality Scott Morrison is Australia’s biggest taxing prime minister since John Howard). Keane also shook his head at the gross hypocrisy that is the Coalition calling for “more transparency” over the financial donors backing independent candidates running in Liberal-held seats. The Morrison government lecturing about transparency? Give us a break! You can find all those stories, and plenty more from the Crikey team, below. |
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Time to exercise your democratic rights and vote for Crikey’s Arsehat of the Year
Break out your 2021 opinions and share your vote for Crikey's best and worst of the year. |
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I’m suspended from Twitter for tweeting public business records. Is this privacy taken too far?
Protecting online privacy is a positive step by tech companies, but the execution of such policy is key. In this case, it seems like overreach. |
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A Murdoch consigliere to run the ACCC? How very Australian — and very wrong
Gina Cass-Gottlieb is more than just a mate of the Murdochs. She's a director of the family trust. It's highly improper for her to head up the competition regulator. |
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Dreaming of an Omicron Christmas... |
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Will Australia be hit by the great maple syrup drought?
Climate change could see Canada's 'liquid gold' become one of the world's hottest commodities. |
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Media has to stop misleading us on Morrison’s obsession with increasing our taxes
Lazy journalists are happy to repeat Scott Morrison's claim that he is committed to lower taxes. Yet his own budget papers show the opposite is true. |
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Wanted, one large mirror: do Liberals seriously want to whine about ‘secrecy’?
The government's demand for greater transparency by grassroots independent candidates sits rather poorly with its refusal to reveal the source of much of its revenue. |
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Brett Finch’s fame and flaws a distraction from true tragedy of child abuse
The media have naturally focused on Brett Finch's celebrity status in covering allegations of the former sportsman's involvement in a child sexual abuse ring. But the truth is it's totally irrelevant. |
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Queensland: open one day, wary the next. The battle to win in 2022 has just begun
Annastacia Palaszczuk reopening the border is a high stakes game — one that could determine who wins in 2022. |
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The Assange problem |
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The humiliation of American women is playing out in the US Supreme Court
The devastation wrought upon the lives of American women by the constant attacks on legal abortion is not a side effect. Rather, it's the point of the entire exercise. |
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When the muppets call you puppets, you know you’re getting under their skin
Climate philanthropist Simon Holmes à Court is putting the heat on members of Scott Morrison's team and their blood is boiling. But he makes no apologies. |
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MYEFO: Morrison’s massive tax haul will buy his reelection, and expand government
Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg will dramatically lift taxing and spending as they continue to expand, not shrink, the size of government. |
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Question Time: Shredded dolls, secretive polls and a farewell to smokes
A lot has been happening in the world of news. But just how closely have you been paying attention? |
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