by Bernard Keane | Mar 10, 2019 | Business
Australia’s business elite remains convinced all it needs to do to restore community trust is offer a better “narrative”. It’s all about the spin, not the substance apparently. It’s a view only the deeply delusional and out of touch could...
by Bernard Keane | Dec 13, 2018 | Comment & Analysis, Government
Prime Minister Scott Morrison caved in to crossbench pressure this morning announcing a Commonwealth Integrity Commission. Labor’s presser followed shortly after with Labor Leader Bill Shorten claiming it was too little, too late, too limited in scope, too...
by Bernard Keane | Mar 28, 2018 | Government
Having failed to convince the last of the independents, Derryn Hinch and Tim Storer, to pass its $65 billion tax legislation, the Turnbull government has been forced to temporarily shelve it in a bid to keep the policy alive until after the budget. Crikey’s...
by Bernard Keane | Jan 19, 2018 | Government
Bureaucratic efforts to undermine Freedom of Information laws by insisting it prevents “frank and fearless advice” hurts democracy and further estranges the governing class from the electorate. Bernard Keane reports. Attempts by the Public Service to...
by Bernard Keane | Jan 17, 2018 | Comment & Analysis, Government
The Seven Network giving airtime to far-right extremists makes the job of security agencies more difficult, at a time of a growing threat from neo-Nazi groups, writes Bernard Keane. The Seven Network’s extraordinary attempt to mainstream Nazi views by giving an...