Sophie Black
@sophieblackwords.bsky.social
Editor in chief, Crikey. Formerly a superb fairy wren.
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Through all this, the Palestinian capacity to hold joy in the most ordinary of things resists.
It's graduation season in Gaza
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December 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Through all this, the Palestinian capacity to hold joy in the most ordinary of things resists.
“Liz Truss, the woman whose stint as UK prime minister is dwarfed by the life span of the average pygmy goby reef fish.” Thank you @theshufflediary.bsky.social
At this point, we're fairly convinced Liz Truss is some kind of Nathan Fielder-style social experiment in humiliation.
A matter of Truss: The strange afterlife of a short-lived PM — as she launches her own show
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December 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
“Liz Truss, the woman whose stint as UK prime minister is dwarfed by the life span of the average pygmy goby reef fish.” Thank you @theshufflediary.bsky.social
This week our Cut Through podcast tackles the government’s National AI plan. @crystaljane.bsky.social unpacks this mind melting policy challenge in a really compelling conversation with ANU’s Kimberlee Weatherall and asks whether this plan is up to the task. www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/05/c...
This expert advised on mandatory AI guardrails. The government's national plan doesn’t include them
'The whole area feels like we’re doing a lot of sitting around, sort of hoping things don’t go too badly wrong.'
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December 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This week our Cut Through podcast tackles the government’s National AI plan. @crystaljane.bsky.social unpacks this mind melting policy challenge in a really compelling conversation with ANU’s Kimberlee Weatherall and asks whether this plan is up to the task. www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/05/c...
While the 2025 federal election inquiry has shown there was a clear rise in hostility at election booths around the country, Tim Wilson’s electorate of Goldstein seems to have reached another level.... @rachelwithers.bsky.social on the race that was won by 175 votes www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/a...
'There are still people recovering from the trauma': The Goldstein campaign was worse than we thought
While the 2025 federal election inquiry has shown there was a clear rise in hostility at election booths around the country, Tim Wilson's electorate of Goldstein seems to have reached another level.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:05 AM
While the 2025 federal election inquiry has shown there was a clear rise in hostility at election booths around the country, Tim Wilson’s electorate of Goldstein seems to have reached another level.... @rachelwithers.bsky.social on the race that was won by 175 votes www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/a...
"You could say that we Liberals will deserve a dismal electoral fate if we can’t muster the energy and ignite passion to do what’s right for our families and communities. After all, electoral self-immolation will not be carbon neutral." www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/03/m...
Matt Kean: The Liberals deserve to keep on losing unless they change course
In a blistering assessment of his own party, the former NSW Liberals deputy leader argues the federal party must overcome its worst instincts or face permanent electoral oblivion.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:17 AM
"You could say that we Liberals will deserve a dismal electoral fate if we can’t muster the energy and ignite passion to do what’s right for our families and communities. After all, electoral self-immolation will not be carbon neutral." www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/03/m...
A real crowded field for 2025 -- the official Arsehat nominees are in -- now it's time to get voting people
It’s one for the ages! Barnaby Joyce, Meg O’Neill, Justin Hemmes and more are in the running for Crikey’s Arsehat of the Year award. Who gets your vote?
Vote now for Crikey's 2025 Arsehat of the Year — and boy, it's a crowded field
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December 3, 2025 at 3:35 AM
A real crowded field for 2025 -- the official Arsehat nominees are in -- now it's time to get voting people
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Even Andrew Hastie could be under threat if the surge in One Nation's popularity continues to increase towards the next federal election.
How Pauline Hanson's One Nation could scoop up seats at the next election — and who they could oust
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December 3, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Even Andrew Hastie could be under threat if the surge in One Nation's popularity continues to increase towards the next federal election.
Particularly love the cameo from “future @crystaljane.bsky.social & @rachelwithers.bsky.social” on this ep. New duo in the making. Looking forward to more updates from the future from both of them.
“Labor can play one off the other ... If either Greens or the Coalition is willing to come to the table, the other side loses its power entirely.” Listen now on the Cut Through podcast.
Who ‘won’ politics in 2025? Crikey’s parliamentary year in review
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November 28, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Particularly love the cameo from “future @crystaljane.bsky.social & @rachelwithers.bsky.social” on this ep. New duo in the making. Looking forward to more updates from the future from both of them.
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BREAKING | A legal challenge to Australia's teen social media ban has been filed in court, which claims the federal government's social media minimum law is unconstitutional.
Teen social media ban constitutional challenge filed, group says
A spokesperson for Digital Freedom Project told Crikey that a challenge had been filed in court on Wednesday morning.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
BREAKING | A legal challenge to Australia's teen social media ban has been filed in court, which claims the federal government's social media minimum law is unconstitutional.
The award that inspired the unforgettable response from the desk of Gina Rinehart: “Surely you can and should do better, instead of wasting your time and agenda proving you are the ones who should be the recipients of your own childish award?”
On the 20th anniversary of Crikey’s end of year awards, help us pick candidates for the prestigious and sought after Arsehat of the Year.
'[Crikey] should be the recipients of your own childish award': Help us pick our 20th-anniversary Arsehat of the Year
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November 25, 2025 at 5:18 AM
The award that inspired the unforgettable response from the desk of Gina Rinehart: “Surely you can and should do better, instead of wasting your time and agenda proving you are the ones who should be the recipients of your own childish award?”
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The School Strike for Climate was built on social media. Activists fear the teen ban means there won’t be a next one, writes Cam Wilson.
Youth activists fear the teen social media ban will crush their political voice
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November 25, 2025 at 4:47 AM
The School Strike for Climate was built on social media. Activists fear the teen ban means there won’t be a next one, writes Cam Wilson.
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"When your defeat is so abject that even your avowed enemies wonder if they went too far, you might need to engage in some reflection," @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.
The Liberals' climate policy is so bad even denialists are shocked. What will moderates do?
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November 17, 2025 at 2:48 AM
"When your defeat is so abject that even your avowed enemies wonder if they went too far, you might need to engage in some reflection," @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.
Very clever use of FOI by @cameronwilson.bsky.social means we can read a rundown of the national security’s chiefs AI prompts.
Exclusive | FOI logs reveal Australia's national security chief, Hamish Hansford, used the AI chatbot Copilot to write speeches and messages to his team. @cameronwilson.bsky.social reports.
How Australia's national security chief used AI to write speeches and 'personnel communications'
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November 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Very clever use of FOI by @cameronwilson.bsky.social means we can read a rundown of the national security’s chiefs AI prompts.
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Opinion | Sussan Ley's leadership looks more and more done for as the days tick by. Is there a lesson to be found in the mess? @rachelwithers.bsky.social writes.
Sussan Ley never stood a chance
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November 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Opinion | Sussan Ley's leadership looks more and more done for as the days tick by. Is there a lesson to be found in the mess? @rachelwithers.bsky.social writes.
Donald Trump may have endorsed Andrew Cuomo, but some MAGA supporters see more in Zohran Mamdani… www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/04/n...
Swinging from MAGA to Mamdani: Chatting to NYC voters a day before 'the ultimate clash'
Donald Trump may have endorsed Andrew Cuomo, but some MAGA supporters see more in Zohran Mamdani...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Donald Trump may have endorsed Andrew Cuomo, but some MAGA supporters see more in Zohran Mamdani… www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/04/n...
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Opinion | You'd have to be mad to run for 17 company boards in 23 days. Enter Crikey founder Stephen Mayne...
I'm launching a kamikaze blitzkrieg of nominations for 17 boards to stress test our corporate elections system
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November 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Opinion | You'd have to be mad to run for 17 company boards in 23 days. Enter Crikey founder Stephen Mayne...
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The Labor government has raised a Senate motion to try to get David Pocock out of the gym, in what he has called a "petty" move of retaliation. @daanysaeed.bsky.social reports.
The government wants David Pocock to stop going to the gym
The government has hit David Pocock where it hurts — the gym — in what the independent has labelled a 'petty' move following his win in the Senate last week over question time arrangements.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The Labor government has raised a Senate motion to try to get David Pocock out of the gym, in what he has called a "petty" move of retaliation. @daanysaeed.bsky.social reports.
This is such a fascinating chat with Jenny Hocking on the Whitlam dismissal, the impenetrable nature of Australia’s archives on this issue, what her years of dogged research has revealed and what remains cloaked in secrecy …also a few suggestions on reviewing the constitution…
Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Whitlam Dismissal, we ask Jenny Hocking what must change to improve Australian democracy. She’s got a list… Listen now on the Cut Through podcast.
'We're very locked down': Jenny Hocking on the Whitlam Dismissal and Australia's lack of transparency
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October 31, 2025 at 4:12 AM
This is such a fascinating chat with Jenny Hocking on the Whitlam dismissal, the impenetrable nature of Australia’s archives on this issue, what her years of dogged research has revealed and what remains cloaked in secrecy …also a few suggestions on reviewing the constitution…
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Bernie Sanders told the 13,000 strong Zohran rally that Trump “seems to be very, very concerned about who wins this election”. But it was the establishment Democrats who looked really worried on Sunday night.
'Tax the rich!': On the ground at Zohran Mamdani's final rally
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October 28, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Bernie Sanders told the 13,000 strong Zohran rally that Trump “seems to be very, very concerned about who wins this election”. But it was the establishment Democrats who looked really worried on Sunday night.
Very nice to have @rachelwithers.bsky.social back in the building for a bit of myth busting... www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/28/t...
The Forgotten People: Busting the myths of Menzies and Whitlam
Historic prime ministers Robert Menzies and Gough Whitlam are lionised by their respective parties. But just how accurate are the myths that have built up around them? And how relevant are they anyway...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Very nice to have @rachelwithers.bsky.social back in the building for a bit of myth busting... www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/28/t...
Waymo is setting its sights on Sydney streets, reports @cameronwilson.bsky.social www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/28/w...
Waymo in talks to start testing self-driving taxis in Australia
A Transport NSW spokesperson confirmed Waymo has been in contact, with the Google-linked autonomous taxi company having appointed local lobbyists.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Waymo is setting its sights on Sydney streets, reports @cameronwilson.bsky.social www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/28/w...
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Exclusive from my colleague Anton Nilsson:
Ecuador's armed forces are using rocket launchers to attack illegal miners operating at a site licensed to a subsidiary of Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting
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Ecuador's armed forces are using rocket launchers to attack illegal miners operating at a site licensed to a subsidiary of Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting
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October 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Exclusive from my colleague Anton Nilsson:
Ecuador's armed forces are using rocket launchers to attack illegal miners operating at a site licensed to a subsidiary of Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting
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Ecuador's armed forces are using rocket launchers to attack illegal miners operating at a site licensed to a subsidiary of Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting
www.crikey.com.au/20...
Very clever way of digging into an issue that seems so big it's hard to know where to start... www.wired.com/ai-issue/
AI of a Thousand Faces
What happens now that AI is everywhere and in everything? WIRED can’t tell the future, but we can try to make sense of it. Behold: 17 readings from the furthest reaches of the AI age.
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October 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Very clever way of digging into an issue that seems so big it's hard to know where to start... www.wired.com/ai-issue/
"A governor-general can intervene just once to influence the democratic game, after which he must leave. He is like the bee that can sting only once and then dies… That is the case for Sir John Kerr."
-- Canadian governor-general Jules Léger, 1977.
-- Canadian governor-general Jules Léger, 1977.
This is the first indication from Sir John Kerr that Queen Elizabeth II approved of the position he had taken during his dismissal of Gough Whitlam, historian @palaceletters.bsky.social writes.
Whitlam dismissal secrets unearthed from the archives of the Canadian governor-general
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October 27, 2025 at 4:06 AM
"A governor-general can intervene just once to influence the democratic game, after which he must leave. He is like the bee that can sting only once and then dies… That is the case for Sir John Kerr."
-- Canadian governor-general Jules Léger, 1977.
-- Canadian governor-general Jules Léger, 1977.
This week on Cut Through @keanebernard.bsky.social & @crystaljane.bsky.social pick through the Fraser manifesto: a former PM’s plan to replace the Liberal Party.
"Describing these things as left wing reflects the way in which our politics is being twisted." www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/24/c...
"Describing these things as left wing reflects the way in which our politics is being twisted." www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/24/c...
The Fraser manifesto: A former prime minister's plan to replace the Liberal Party
'Describing these things as left wing reflects the way in which our politics is being twisted.'
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October 24, 2025 at 3:20 AM
This week on Cut Through @keanebernard.bsky.social & @crystaljane.bsky.social pick through the Fraser manifesto: a former PM’s plan to replace the Liberal Party.
"Describing these things as left wing reflects the way in which our politics is being twisted." www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/24/c...
"Describing these things as left wing reflects the way in which our politics is being twisted." www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/24/c...