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CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · 1d

love when you get Microsoft Teams as a source of traffic -- lets you know that an article is being shared around people's offices

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 10d

Reporters and healthcare professionals worldwide are scrambling to repair the damage wrought by Trump and his band of bad faith businessmen, writes Grace Tame.

Grace Tame on the grifters swarming around Trump's autism announcement

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 10d

One third of parliamentarians have disclosed at least one trust. The true number of politicians with assets in a trust is likely much higher. @openpolitics.bsky.social reports.

Coalition politicians hide assets in three times as many private trusts as Labor

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Sophie Black @sophieblackwords.bsky.social · 10d

"Despite 715 days of being steadfast in Gaza and working with people and trying to save as many lives as possible...

Finally, I decided to leave Gaza City."

Crikey @crikey.com.au · 13d

"Can you imagine just for the van or truck, you have to pay around US$2,000 just to transport your things."

Leaving Gaza City

Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz said in early September that in Gaza, the 'gates of hell are opening now'. Sure enough, my friend Dr Khamis’ home of Gaza City is now a hellscape. He told me why he's finally, reluctantly, fleeing.

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 10d

Turns out, Tony Blair has been a very busy man...

Tony Blair is a tech evangelist with a lot of power. Insiders are worried

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Sophie Black @sophieblackwords.bsky.social · 15d

Feeling disloyal? Take Crikey's six step guide to offing your leader! all thanks to @theshufflediary.bsky.social
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Is Hastie coming for Ley? Crikey's six-step guide to offing your leader

Is the Liberal Party getting Hastie? You be the judge.

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Sophie Black @sophieblackwords.bsky.social · 15d

No one better than the very sane, very understated, very funny @richjamesuk.bsky.social to walk you through the latest Trump news. Crikey Worm subject line says it all, really.

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Sophie Black @sophieblackwords.bsky.social · 16d

Scrolling through Dezi Freeman's Facebook feed illustrates in stark detail the alleged cop killer's slide from innocuous family posts to full conspiracy theory mode -- @cameronwilson.bsky.social plots out the timeline

Crikey @crikey.com.au · 16d

Exclusive | Crikey has obtained years of private Facebook posts from alleged cop killer Dezi Freeman, showing how the father and photographer became a furious conspiracy theorist.

Track Dezi Freeman's radicalisation from family photographer to alleged cop killer

Dezi Freeman's Facebook posts over the years show grievances blooming into conspiracies and threats of violence.

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Sophie Black @sophieblackwords.bsky.social · 21d

“The bargaining codes in Australia and Brazil and Canada weren’t put forward by the little guys. They were put forward by Globo, News Corp and Postmedia.”

Crikey @crikey.com.au · 21d

Tech giants used Australia's news media bargaining code as an international scare tactic. Crikey spoke to former Google executives to detail the strategy at play.

'Australia's example has spread': Inside big tech's global playbook to stop news media bargaining codes

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Sophie Black @sophieblackwords.bsky.social · 22d

Must read piece here from @nickfeik.bsky.social www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/16/m...

Who killed Meanjin?

And why won’t Melbourne University Publishing engage with efforts to save it?

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 22d

How News Corp Australia’s support for the news media bargaining code was used as a scare tactic by tech giants in Latin America.

'Australia's example has spread': Inside big tech's global playbook to stop news media bargaining codes

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Sophie Black @sophieblackwords.bsky.social · 24d

Scoop: ...with Jacinta Nampijinpa Price facing a defamation case and a booting from the shadow cabinet, it pays to have friends in high places.

Crikey @crikey.com.au · 24d

When Jacinta Nampijinpa Price asked for money to fight a defamation case, Gina Rinehart was happy to oblige.

Gina Rinehart among slew of people bankrolling Jacinta Nampijinpa Price's defamation defence

With Jacinta Nampijinpa Price facing a defamation case and a booting from the shadow cabinet, it pays to have friends in high places.

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 28d

In the absence of any information, many figures were very happy to assign blame for the murder of Charlie Kirk.

Minutes after Charlie Kirk was murdered by an unknown sniper, the blame game began

Charlie Kirk's assassination has immediately prompted right-wing figures to assign blame. Many have explicitly called for 'revenge'.

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 29d

The ugly Murdoch family fight for control of the media empire has ended in estrangement, huge transaction costs and even bigger reputational damage. And it ain't over yet, writes Stephen Mayne.

For the secretive Murdochs, the succession drama has been a nightmare. It's far from over

Despite a 12-year ban on James Murdoch buying into the family business, there's still a lot he can do to fuel this compelling drama.

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 29d

Crikey's Anton Nilsson was one of several dozen journalists who traveled to Bogotá, Colombia to plan a global investigative series into the lobbying tactis of big tech. Here's how the project took shape.

Why we joined an international investigation into how big tech lobbying is rewiring the future

The influence of lobbyists on media and tech policy is no secret, but this project gathered reporters from across the world to compare notes on the tactics and talking points of big tech.

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · Sep 9

Exclusive | Porn websites will be legally required to check users' ages and restrict access to proven adults, under a new internet regulation introduced in Australia today. @cameronwilson.bsky.social reports.

Porn websites must legally check users' ages under Australia's new rules

Adult websites will need to figure out all users' ages and restrict access to only adults 'where technically feasible and reasonably practicable', starting from March next year.

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CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · Sep 8

The federal government wants fewer FOIs.

Crikey wants more. We know filing FOIs can be daunting — so let us do it for you!

For the next few weeks, we're accepting ideas for requests that we'll take, shape, file and then will keep you in the loop when we hear back.

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Sophie Black @sophieblackwords.bsky.social · Sep 8

Go on, pick up the phone today!*

*don’t actually call us please we beg you, fill out this form thanks.

Crikey @crikey.com.au · Sep 8

Anthony Albanese is trying to make it harder to hold him accountable. We're fighting back. Let us file an FOI for you.

Labor wants fewer FOIs. Crikey wants more — let us file them for you

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Charlie Lewis @theshufflediary.bsky.social · Sep 8

Great piece: "When people talk about cultural vandalism and the insult to the legacy of Meanjin, I think they mean that the decision to close the journal severs a connection to this history, to the possibility of a cultural nationalism that isn’t defined by racism and imperial fealty."

Sophie Black @sophieblackwords.bsky.social · Sep 8

Catriona Menzies-Pike does the maths on Meanjin www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/08/m...

Meanjin's 'financial' shutdown doesn't add up

Melbourne University reported a $273 million surplus in 2024 on an operating income of $3.2 billion. It is against these figures that the 'purely financial decision' to close Meanjin has raised eyebro...

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Sophie Black @sophieblackwords.bsky.social · Sep 8

Catriona Menzies-Pike does the maths on Meanjin www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/08/m...

Meanjin's 'financial' shutdown doesn't add up

Melbourne University reported a $273 million surplus in 2024 on an operating income of $3.2 billion. It is against these figures that the 'purely financial decision' to close Meanjin has raised eyebro...

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · Sep 5

Opinion | Child sexual abuse by adults does not happen because of a lack of respect or consent. It happens because adults weaponise their power over children, writes Grace Tame.

The numbers don't lie: Australia needs grooming prevention education

Child sexual abuse by adults does not happen because of a lack of respect or consent. It happens because adults weaponise their power over children.

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Crystal Jane @crystaljane.bsky.social · Sep 5

I wrote this. Every journalist, social media producer and news influencer in Aus should read it & memorise @whiterosesociety.bsky.social principles of reporting.

Huge thank you to @kurtsengul.bsky.social for invaluable expertise, I was very tempted to publish all your answers verbatim. #auspol

Crikey @crikey.com.au · Sep 4

The golden rule of reporting on neo-Nazis? Don’t interview them.

How to report on neo-Nazis without giving them what they want

Media coverage of the anti-immigration marches was a 'propaganda triumph' for Australian neo-Nazis, who use media-baiting tactics to spread their message.

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Sophie Black @sophieblackwords.bsky.social · Sep 5

Essential listening

Crikey @crikey.com.au · Sep 5

“He begged me for an interview. Said ‘please’. And I said, ‘Not interested, mate.’” Scobie McKay is urging journalists to draw a line in the sand when reporting on the far right.

Cut Through: How journalists got played by neo-Nazis this week

'Their real political agenda is to shift the Overton window,' journalist Scobie McKay tells Cut Through.

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · Sep 5

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price must be wondering what she did wrong. She's only rehashed the Great Replacement Theory that Peter Dutton peddled in February, writes Bernard Keane.

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price isn't the problem — it's the Liberals' obsession with replacement racism that will help it get replaced

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price's version of the Great Replacement Theory only rebadges what Peter Dutton said back in February, but she's being criticised for it. What gives?

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Sophie Black @sophieblackwords.bsky.social · Sep 5

The United Kingdom’s former director general for AUKUS has scored a top job with controversial tech firm Palantir….

Crikey @crikey.com.au · Sep 5

The UK's former AUKUS director general is now working for Palantir, the controversial US tech giant.

As top AUKUS official joins Palantir, ethics watchdog warns of lobbying 'risks'

The UK's former director general for AUKUS will abide by a two-year lobbying moratorium, US tech firm Palantir says.

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