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Ben Eltham — Contributor

Ben Eltham

Contributor

Ben Eltham has been covering Australian politics and culture for Crikey since 2007.

Flooding in southern NSW, April 6, 2024 (Image: AAP/Dean Lewins)

Are we really prepared for the climate crisis when it comes to infrastructure?

Apr 12, 2024

Pitch Festival in 2023 (Image: Facebook)

Pitch Festival debacle raises serious questions about sustainability of big outdoor music events

Mar 11, 2024

Education Minister Jason Clare (Image: AAP/Lukas Coch)

Jason Clare has a blueprint to radically change higher education in Australia. Can he fund it?

Mar 04, 2024

Smoke from bushfires in Western Victoria, Thursday February 22 (Image: Ben Eltham)

As we wait for the next fire, it's clear this country isn't prepared for what's to come

Feb 26, 2024

Taylor Swift performs at the MCG, Friday, February 16 (Image: AAP/Joel Carrett)

As Taylor Swift sells out the MCG, local festivals and music venues shut their doors

Feb 19, 2024

A Westpac branch in Melbourne (Image: AAP/Joel Carrett)

Westpac’s latest scandal shows corporate crime still pays

Feb 05, 2024

A Chemist Warehouse store in Sydney (Image: AAP/Bianca De Marchi)

The Chemist Warehouse-Sigma merger is a major test of Labor's competition plans

Jan 25, 2024

Anthony Albanese and Housing Minister Julie Collins (Image: AAP/Lukas Coch)

Politics has started up early this year and Labor will need all the housing wins it can get

Jan 18, 2024

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers

Look closely — there are real warning signs in Labor's MYEFO budget report

Dec 15, 2023

STC Seagull cast members 2023

Fault lines across Australian cultural organisations after the horror in Israel and Gaza

Ben Eltham and Jessi Ryan

Dec 07, 2023

Victoria's new Governor Margaret Gardner and Victorian Premier Dan Andrews (Image: AAP/Diego Fedele)

The piece Monash Uni refused to publish on wage theft and Victoria's new governor

Industrial Relations

Aug 22, 2023

Minister for Education Jason Clare at the National Press Club in Canberra

Cracks in unis' shiny chrome and steel need serious infill — and serious money

Aug 09, 2023

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