Crikey Weekender could also be called “In Case You Missed It”. We hate thinking you might not have gotten a chance to read the choicest cuts from another wild week of Crikey.

So today I present to you some highlights. My personal favourites are Bernard Keane’s truth-telling meets takedown of the man we should start calling “ScoNo”, and a taster of Amber Schultz’s excellent deep dive into Australia’s $1.6 billion funeral industry.

If neither of those pieces float your boat, there’s so much more to read — from a look at the tumbling house of cards that is Crown, to the failure of carbon capture; from the broken NDIS, to a glaring loophole in the fight to keep MPs honest.

BERNARD KEANE 4 minute read

Scott Morrison refuses to accept responsibility for the failure of the vaccination rollout and its result: half the country in lockdown. It confirms what's been clear for a long time -- he is wholly unsuited to the job of prime minister.

CAM WILSON 3 minute read

MPs must declare any gifts they receive on the job — but nothing says they have to declare who provided them.

KISHOR NAPIER-RAMAN 3 minute read

Not only do Coalition ministers defend the multimillion-dollar rort, one of its senators is now denigrating the national audit office that exposed it.

AMBER SCHULTZ 4 minute read

The NDIS rollout is an abject failure — once an innovative scheme, it has been mismanaged so poorly, its architects hardly recognise it.

BERNARD KEANE 3 minute read

Chevron's multibillion-dollar Gorgon carbon capture and storage process has been a dismal failure — and it's the easy version.

GEORGIA WILKINS 2 minute read

In seeking a gag order against a former employee turned whistleblower, ClubsNSW may have inadvertently attracted more attention to allegations of money laundering through the state's pokies.

ALAN AUSTIN 3 minute read

Australia could have anticipated that COVID would take a toll on wage growth, and it did. But corporate profits in certain sectors have enjoyed a very healthy pandemic.

CHARLIE LEWIS 3 minute read

Mark Zuckerberg speaks brightly of taking Facebook into a 'metaverse'. Evidence shows the metaverse is coming. But do we want it to?

BERNARD KEANE and GLENN DYER 3 minute read

Sydney's construction sector can survive a fortnight's shutdown, but if it continues beyond that point, there's a real risk of major economic damage in a vital sector.

GEORGIA WILKINS 3 minute read

In one 'phantom' committee the one and only ghost who walks is Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Labor calls that an 'abuse of process'.

KISHOR NAPIER-RAMAN 3 minute read

Australia is considering re-establishing a diplomatic presence in Kabul, a disturbing indication that its rushed withdrawal was 'a complete fiasco'.

BERNARD KEANE 4 minute read

The Australian's Paul Kelly has offered what he thinks is a good way forward for Scott Morrison on climate action — blaming it all on the undemocratic, illegitimate forces of global financial interests.