Love will tear us apart at Albo’s campaign launch
Plenty of old and new Laborites at Anthony Albanese's campaign launch, but do the rank-and-file actually have any real say in who will be the leader?
View ArticleWhy they’re wild about Tanya: the life and times of Labor’s new deputy
Tanya Plibersek is now at the front of the queue to be Labor's next prime minister. Who is she, how did she rise in Parliament, and who's on her side? Freelance journalist Sally Whyte examines the record.
View ArticleTwiggy’s philanthropy under scrutiny
Crikey readers have their say on the ALP leadership, Twiggy Forrest's charitable donations and corporate mismanagement.
View ArticleMedia briefs: McKenzie blasts The Oz … Plibersek beat-up … Bolt’s miaow …
The Daily Telegraph has called out Tanya Plibersek for using taxpayer funds to fly her family to part of her electorate for constituent business -- although that is easily within the rules. So what did...
View ArticleWeek in review: Coalition gets a taste of its own medicine
A "kinder, gentler polity" was nowhere in sight during the first week of Parliament under the Abbott government.
View ArticleCrikey Awards: your pick for the best (and worst) person of the year
Crikey readers have spoken. We have your Person of the Year and Arsehat of the Year. Plus which silver fox got your nod for sexiest male pollie?
View ArticleLabor’s frontbench, too, is a mostly private-school affair
With education reforms given an unclear future, the spotlight has been on Tony Abbott’s private school-dominated cabinet. But a Crikey survey by Dylan Barber finds that the Labor shadow ministry isn't...
View ArticleRenewable energy on the table as Plibersek visits China
A partnership with China on renewable energy could have the dual benefit of showing we do want to be friends and helping set Australia’s economy up for a future beyond the quarry and the sheep’s back.
View ArticleIraqi ambassador rescues Abbott, Labor says ‘trust us’
The government's intervention in Iraq has been agreed without the claimed support of Iraq. But Labor is docilely following Abbott.
View ArticleMedia briefs: eating roos … who wore it better … Lewis’ ABC? …
The Press Council's ruling on that infamous kangaroo piece. And other media tidbits of the day.
View ArticleRazer’s Class Warfare: pssst, Labor, even racists are on Facebook
Labor used to "get" the internet more than the Coalition did. But now its social media presence is full of nice feels, while in parliament it votes for bombings and mass imprisonment.
View ArticleiSentia index: Ebola finally gets some attention in a slow week for politics
The death of Gough Whitlam sparked discussion in what had been an otherwise quiet week.
View ArticleThe 2014 Crikeys: Sexiest Politician
Will Malcolm Turnbull be Crikey's Sexiest Politician five years running? Or will Greens hero's Scott Ludlam's hair finally get the recognition it deserves? Vote for Crikey's sexiest male and sexiest...
View ArticleThe 2014 Crikeys: Arsehat, Person of the Year and Sexiest Pollies are …
Hey, girl! Did Malcolm Turnbull hang onto his Sexiest Male Pollie Crown? And who is Crikey's Person of the Year 2014?
View ArticleNSW Labor has to go Green or go home
NSW Labor has historically turned its attention to competing with the Greens, giving the Liberals a free run.
View ArticleWhat is a conscience vote, anyway?
Same-sex marriage has reignited debate over the 'conscience vote', but what is a conscience vote exactly? And how do they work? Freelance journalist Andrei Ghoukassian explains.
View ArticleAnti-Chinese rally fails to rouse Sydneysiders
A rally to protest against Chinese citizens buying Sydney real estate went nowhere, writes freelance journalist Halifax Bennett.
View ArticleThe more voters get to know Shorten, the less they like him
Bill Shorten's inexperience means Labor has fewer options to exploit disillusionment with the Abbott government, and that he'll remain a mystery figure to most voters.
View ArticleThe Oz analyses Labor Twitter, reckons there’s a spill on the way
The Oz uses all the investigative journalistic skills of someone stalking an ex's Facebook page.
View ArticleInside the gay marriage debate: Shorten sets Joe de Bruyn’s expiration date
The Labor Party has finally committed to a binding vote on same-sex marriage. Eventually.
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