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Ben Eltham — Contributor

Ben Eltham

Contributor

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

Scott Morrison, Peter Dutton and Marise Payne (Images: AAP)

The 'dole-bludger' myth can die now — the real cheats were highly paid public servants

Jul 10, 2023

Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather (Image: AAP/Lukas Coch)

Max Chandler-Mather, publicity hound with a nose for the kill, is winning on housing

Jul 03, 2023

ABC managing director David Anderson during Senate estimates (Image: AAP/Lukas Coch)

The ABC sacrifices cultural depth for topical breadth in latest cuts

Jun 19, 2023

Scott Morrison

The Morrison government's health funding program went way beyond pork-barrelling

Jun 07, 2023

In the mild world of Australian regulators, no one goes to jail

Jun 02, 2023

PwC scandal only the tip of a chummy, collusive consultancy iceberg

Ben Eltham and Deb Verhoeven

May 26, 2023

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (Image: AAP/Diego Fedele)

Our housing crisis won't be easily fixed. It's designed not to be

May 19, 2023

(Image: Gorkie/Private Media)

Dutton's budget reply wasn't a dog-whistle — it was more like a klaxon

May 12, 2023

Treasurer Jim Chalmers (Image: AAP/Mick Tsikas)

Reading through the budget papers is an exercise in cognitive dissonance

May 10, 2023

Treasurer Jim Chalmers

JobSeeker carve-out reeks of focus group politics — and underestimates voters

May 03, 2023

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese launches his cultural policy

Albanese government gets Australian culture down to a fine art

Jan 31, 2023

Paul Fletcher communications minister

Is this curtains for the arts in the Australian government? Not quite.

Dec 06, 2019

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There are 219 articles by Ben Eltham