Well, it’s been a big week for Crikey — and the world.

We celebrated surviving 20 years with our minds mostly intact (a surprise, we know). As some of our favourite writers reflected on Crikey’s wild ride, we delved into the archives to share some of our biggest scoops, spills and scandals.

A little further afield, calls of pandemic grew ever louder, while Australia prepared for the blow.

The good news is we still have two days left to celebrate our birthday. Tell a friend to crack into the Crikey archive and enjoy every story completely paywall-free all weekend.

They can even get a 20% discount on annual subscriptions by using the promo code BDAY20 before midnight Sunday.

Thanks for partying with us. Here’s to another 20 years.

BERNARD KEANE and GLENN DYER 3 minute read

The government wants you to know that coronavirus will harm the economy and the budget — they're just not prepared to do anything about it.

STEPHEN MAYNE 4 minute read

To survive three years was unlikely, to notch up 20 is quite remarkable. Here's how we did it, writes Crikey founder Stephen Mayne.

GUY RUNDLE 5 minute read

Assange stands up to the courts — but what of the press?

BERNARD KEANE 4 minute read

Political staffers now have huge power over the spending of millions of taxpayer dollars, but face no accountability. It's time they were either treated like politicians or treated like public servants.

GUY RUNDLE 6 minute read

Evolution or devolution? A look back over the past 20 years of politics, technology, and wars of all kinds.

AMBER SCHULTZ 5 minute read

Bettina Arndt claims women are just as likely to be perpetrators of domestic violence. Crikey checks the facts.

BERNARD KEANE 4 minute read

A review of the Abbott government's data retention scheme has shown it is being widely abused by scores of bodies around the country.

DAVID HARDAKER 4 minute read

Last week, Inq investigated the influence of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia. Today, we look at one example of what it gets for its efforts.

BERNARD KEANE 3 minute read

While Australia faces an investment drought, the government is deterring billions in renewable energy investment because of its climate denialism. The result is more expensive and less reliable power.

CHRISTOPHER WARREN 3 minute read

It's been 11 years since the phone hacking scandal first broke, but the company is still feeling the effects.

KAREN O'CONNELL 3 minute read

Will strengthening our domestic violence laws prevent the kind of violence we saw, and railed against, this past week?