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Around the world in 2024, there was a continuing sense that the institutions we rely on were relentlessly failing us. So perhaps it’s unsurprising that it was a fearless piece of old-fashioned investigative journalism, exposing serious allegations against a powerful man, that prompted our readers to award a comfortable victory to Crikey’s 2024 person of […]
With Meta agreeing to a $50 million settlement over claims that the company ran roughshod over Australians’ privacy during the Facebook Cambridge Analytica controversy, Australia’s information commissioner promised that some Australians will get a slice of the payout. In a statement today, Australia’s information commissioner Elizabeth Tydd celebrated the “largest ever payment” as part of […]
If Peter Dutton really is going to share the details of his nuclear energy proposition this week, he better get a move on. In the Canberra press gallery, many journalists are wondering exactly when the announcement will be dropped. Last week, some reporters were told the announcement would come sometime this week. One well-connected journalist […]
The departures of recent high-profile and beloved ABC Radio Sydney personalities have left a sour taste in the mouths of ABC Radio staff as the national broadcaster shakes up its lineup for 2025. Late last month ABC Sydney Mornings presenter Sarah Macdonald revealed on air that her contract had not been renewed, and weekend presenter […]
If the greyhound abuse industry in NSW is a particularly sordid mess presided over by the gambling-addicted NSW Labor Party, things are even grubbier in Victoria. Greyhound Racing Victoria’s annual report emerged at the end of October and the outlook is bleak for citizens in Australia’s highest-taxed state. Despite the Victorian government handing $40 million […]