"To see NACC now portraying the hard work of so many people to reveal the tragedy of robodebt — often in the face of media hostility — as somehow an inevitable case of “deception soon being discovered” is sickening." Read @keanebernard.bsky.social on NACC's twisted reasoning.

Crikey@crikey.com.au · 5mo ago

Opinion | The National Anti-Corruption Commission’s reasons why Scott Morrison did nothing wrong on Robodebt are extraordinary and delusional, writes Bernard Keane. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/11/n...

Opinion | The CFMEU crisis in Victoria is the worst government corruption scandal in 40 years. It is time for the Commonwealth to intervene, writes Bernard Keane. buff.ly/SgqitPi

The CFMEU stench coming out of Victoria demands federal intervention

The CFMEU corruption crisis in Victoria — and Victorian Labor's refusal to do anything about it — is now so appalling the Commonwealth must step in.

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Now do Trump.

Building industry corruption and the CFMEU is dominating Vic politics the last few weeks. Here‘s the first part of our investigation from July 2024 www.theage.com.au/national/building-bad-how-bikies-underworld-have-become-a-construction-industry-cancer-20240703-p5jqr0.html

Building bad: How bikies, underworld have become a construction industry ‘cancer’

A months-long investigation featuring secret surveillance reveals how bikies, criminals and underworld figures have infiltrated the building industry, including on large publicly funded projects.

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I bought a carriage… Well at least this is easier to park. I walk at home unaided but this will make things a lot easier when I go out. (Feet are wound free now) This is my choice and it’s a good thing. I was well over all the wounds after each day out with friends. Open to nickname suggestions:

🔥 scoop 🔥 from @keanebernard.bsky.social: travelled overseas? your biometric data + potentially everything from your Medicare card to your drivers licence is being handed to US agencies like ICE

Crikey@crikey.com.au · 6mo ago

Exclusive | The Albanese government is handing access to Australians’ biometric data and ID documents to US agencies like ICE, and not telling anyone. @keanebernard.bsky.social reports.

Can the centre hold in Australian politics? Not if key players stop trying

The One Nationals' "pay more for power for longer" climate policy is crunch time for the remaining Liberal moderates. Do they keep rolling over to appease right-wingers or stand up for their voters? www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/03/n...

Liberals can't roll over to the right to battle One Nation — there's another way

The Nationals' One Nation-fuelled abandonment of climate science leaves Liberal moderates with a choice: give in to terrorists or stand up for their constituents.

crikey.com.au

Malcolm Fraser wanted a new party that's basically 'the progressive Libs' – you could say we now have that in community indies. But can a structured party do things an indie coalition can't? BK & I discuss on the pod. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXfQ... Listen on Apple, Spotify, etc #auspol

The Fraser Manifesto: A former prime minister's plan to replace the Liberal party

YouTube video by Crikey News

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ABC now running completely untrue propaganda for America and Israel. The bombing hasn’t stopped and it has been widely reported that Netanyahu said to his own people they wouldn’t stop pretty much as soon as trump asked him to.

Opinion | Donald Trump wants to impose an economic development plan on Gaza, led by Tony Blair — a man whose deceptions led to 100,000 deaths in Iraq, @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.

Trump's plan to end war crimes in Gaza, naturally, puts war criminal Tony Blair in charge

Perhaps Tony Blair is the ideal man to lead a Trump reconstruction plan in Gaza. His lies about Iraq led to at least 100,000 deaths and helped pave the way for Trump.

crikey.com.au

I don't think this journalist understands the role of public servants compared to ministerial office staff.

Latika M Bourke@latikambourke.com · 10mo ago

EXCLUSIVE PM&C staff abandoned Anthony Albanese's visit to the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, because of its political nature. The opposition said it was 'extraordinary' and undermined the PM's claim that his visit was AUKUS-related. Read more in The Nightly: latika.me/PMandC

“… It is an “agenda” of the white male id — capricious, short-fused, anxious, paranoid, jealous, demanding of control but resentful of the burden of responsibility control brings — the nihilism of privilege.” @keanebernard.bsky.social www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/22/d...

Free speech? Neoliberal economics? Rule of law? No, now only the white male id guides the right

Gone are the days when the cornerstones of right-wing ideology pointed towards neoliberal economics and personal freedom. All has been replaced with the agenda of the anxious white male.

crikey.com.au

Netanyahu is a corrupt, genocidal, thin-skinned man-child who propped up Hamas with millions of dollars. Why is even a foreign propaganda outlet like Sky News giving him a platform?

Netanyahu proves he's a thin-skinned, genocidal man-child — and that News Corp is a foreign propaganda outlet

The Israeli prime minister poses as a tough guy, but criticism reduces him to a quivering jelly of rage. It's no surprise he went to News Corp to vent.

crikey.com.au

What a weird coincidence — everyone attending the productivity roundtable thinks something they directly benefit from would be great for the economy, @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.

How the productivity roundtable became a vast gaslighting exercise — and sums up the fatal rot in Australian politics

The run-up to the productivity roundtable has been a giant demonstration of how politics in Australia is merely a quarrel of vested interests and not the national interest.

crikey.com.au

Media Release: Jewish Council backs march across Sydney Harbour Bridge We stand with – and join – those marching across the bridge and call for immediate action to stop the Gaza genocide and for a future where everyone is free, from the river to the sea.

How it started. How it's going..

News Corp launched a disgusting smear campaign against @sarahschwartz.bsky.social last summer. But an independent review just completely cleared her of fake charges of antisemitism -- and pointed out how the media took her out of context

News Corp smear campaign against Sarah Schwartz demolished by independent review

The Australian launched a smear against Sarah Schwartz alleging antisemitism. An independent review has completely cleared her and pointed the finger at News Corp instead.

crikey.com.au

Never mind dying babies, what about Senate decorum? Crikey reveals how Labor sets its priorities when it comes to genocide in Gaza. @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.

'Background use only': How Labor justifies its silence on Gaza to the media

Labor's response yesterday to mass starvation in Gaza was to condemn a Greens senator for mentioning it. Then it tried to spin itself as the victim.

crikey.com.au

Police in Canterbury today informed a protestor that the phrase "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza" could be considered a declaration of support for Palestine Action and therefore a terrorism offence.

Dear Sydney: you're not a global city, you're just a toytown run by a grubby entertainment-gambling industrial complex. Love, @keanebernard.bsky.social

The terrors of toytown: Sydney quakes in the shadows of entertainment and gambling egos

Sydneysiders should stop pretending they live in a serious city. It's run by the entertainment-gambling industrial complex, and it stinks.

crikey.com.au

At least 73 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since dawn, including 33 aid seekers, according to medical sources.

‘Horrific scenes’ in Gaza as Israel kills dozens of aid seekers

At least 73 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since dawn, including 33 aid seekers, according to medical sources.

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This week the media fell for OpenAI's bullshit about massive productivity gains from adopting AI — just another demand for handouts by big business, @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.

OpenAI's 'productivity' garbage is an age-old scam — and one that's long crippled Australia

Touting the economic benefits of AI is straight from business lobbyists' playbook, one used over and over again.

crikey.com.au

In NSW, violent crime is surging. Meanwhile Premier Chris Minns is obsessing over pro-Palestine protesters, @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.

Gaza protesters cop a beating while criminals run increasingly rampant: It's Chris Minns' NSW

crikey.com.au

How long before the government does something about the department of defence? A new report reveals spectacular failings around our helicopter carriers, @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.

Choppers of credibility: How 15 years of Defence debacle gave us dud helicopter carriers

The Department of Defence's management of our two largest naval vessels was characterised by spectacular incompetence, critical failures and possible fraud, a new report shows.

crikey.com.au

Welcome to the jungle: the "rules based international order" that Australia has lectured other countries about for decades is dead and buried. www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/24/d...

Trump's bombing proves 'the global order' was just power politics all along. Now? Welcome to the jungle

Australia has long been an enthusiastic supporter of a 'rules-based international order'. That order is now dead at the hands of the Trump administration. And it turns out China was right — it was a s...

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What was Australia's role in Trump's attack on Iran? You're not allowed to know. While other governments treat their citizens as adults, Labor keeps us in the dark.

What was Australia's role in Trump's attack on Iran? You're not allowed to know

Other US allies are being transparent with their people about any role their nation played in the attack on Iran. But from Australia's leaders? Crickets.

crikey.com.au

The American empire is in accelerating decline, exposing vassal states like Australia to increasing global chaos and violence. How is Australia's political establishment coping? Not too well. www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/19/d...

Chaos, violence and war become the norm as the US empire collapses

The US is now the main agent of global chaos. How should Australia's policymakers respond?

crikey.com.au

Anthony Albanese doesn't need to chase Trump, and voters don't want him to. He should ignore News Corp and the Coalition and keep his distance, @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.

Albanese should be avoiding Trump like the plague. Why is he (and Australia's toytown media) chasing him?

crikey.com.au

The genocide, ethnic cleansing and aggression demonstrated repeatedly by Benjamin Netanyahu exposes the double standard at the heart of the west's foreign policy. The regime change we really need is the removal of him and his genocidal government from office.

The regime change the West needs is the end of Netanyahu

Benjamin Netanyahu's unprovoked attack on Iran is another in the long list of examples of how the right is now the biggest threat to global stability and security.

crikey.com.au