This week we took you inside two very different conferences. Amber Schultz relayed the most interesting kernels of the jobs summit in Canberra, while Cam Wilson delivered a diamond dispatch from a lesser-known gathering. Come inside a wedding venue in south-west Sydney where anti-vax doctors rubbed shoulders with dumped One Nation candidates as a congregation of freedom lovers made plans for their own parallel Christian society.

Also this week, Bernard Keane outlined the key role Fox News plays in Australia’s foreign and defence policy, and Keir Semmens presented a sample of the network’s inflammatory coverage leading up to the January 6 insurrection.

Plus Guy Rundle explained why Labor will not reverse the stage three tax cuts.

BERNARD KEANE 4 minute read

Fox News continues to peddle conspiracy theories in support of Donald Trump and its damaging impact on US democracy will affect Australia too.

KEIR SEMMENS 7 minute read

From Tucker Carlson to Laura Ingraham, from Sean Hannity to Donald Trump himself, outrage and lies spewed forth from election day on.

CAM WILSON 3 minute read

Wealthy Australians are taking advantage of the superannuation system's favourable tax concessions.

AMBER SCHULTZ 3 minute read

Given Labor had business and training solutions at the ready, is there any point at all to the jobs and skills talkfest?

CAM WILSON 9 minute read

The remnants of Australia's anti-vaccine, anti-lockdown movement gathered in a glitzy wedding venue in Sydney's south-west to plan their next move.

EDDIE SYNOT 6 minute read

Wamba Wamba First Nations lawyer and researcher Eddie Synot explains why the Voice to Parliament would be significant step forward.

BERNARD KEANE 3 minute read

The Greens, who regard an Indigenous Voice to Parliament as an afterthought, have hardened their opposition to a referendum.

GUY RUNDLE 6 minute read

'Taxes buy civilisation' only works in a social democracy. Now working-class families plot their own life course. Reneging on cuts would be a political killer.

EMMA ELSWORTHY 4 minute read

Sussan Ley has wrongly claimed electric utility vehicles do not exist. And boy have people let her know about it.

CAM WILSON 2 minute read

Andrew Tate's migration to Rumble has boosted the popularity of the 'free speech' YouTube alternative that's home to conspiracy and hate.

CHARLIE LEWIS 2 minute read

Crikey has received overwhelming support for its defence against Lachlan Murdoch's lawsuit. From Malcolm Turnbull to 'Donald Trump', here are some of our favourite comments.

BERNARD KEANE and GLENN DYER 3 minute read

Under the guise of 'affordability', the Morrison government was planning a new attack on consumer protections in the financial services sector.

AMBER SCHULTZ 4 minute read

With sexual harassment and abuse of young people endemic in Australia, consent education doesn't go far enough to protect kids.

CHARLIE LEWIS 1 minute read

Arch-conservative Tasmanian senator Eric Abetz returns, repping a characteristically modern concern: keeping Australia British.