Sifting through the wreckage of Labor's election campaign.
JUNE 1, 2019
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This week, we continued to sift through the wreckage of the ALP’s federal election campaign and asked, what now for Labor? We looked at the potential benefits of a Labor-Greens coalition, and analysed some of Anthony Albanese’s key selections for the shadow ministry.

Elsewhere, Bernard Keane asks why the ABC has been so deafeningly silent on the persecution of Witness K and Bernard Collaery. And in the wake of yet another woman’s murder, Jennine Khalik looks at the practical steps being taken to end toxic masculinity.

As always, get in touch to let us know what you thought about our stories this week. Write to boss@crikey.com.au.

Have a great weekend,

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran
Managing Editor

 
ABC missing in action on Witness K and Bernard Collaery persecution

BERNARD KEANE 3 minute read

The two outlets that led the coverage of the biggest scandal in Australian politics have fallen silent on its aftermath.

‘Unholy’ and ‘irrelevant’: Jane Hume’s demonology of superannuation

BERNARD KEANE 3 minute read

The new Minister for Superannuation regards the industry super sector as "unholy" and in desperate need of reform to make it more like its inferior retail super counterpart

Manus detainees are making sure they can no longer be ignored

GREG BARNS 3 minute read

More than 250 detainees have filed documents with the PNG National Court asking for enforcement of their human rights.

Picking up the pieces

The case for a Labor-Greens coalition

DAN HOGAN 4 minute read

A progressive alliance would be a much-needed boon for Labor.

Labor mediocrities rise to the top as party struggles with defeat

BERNARD KEANE 3 minute read

Labor is showing every sign of abandoning the discipline it showed from 2013-19 and is busily promoting mediocrities.

Australia just had its first social media election

CHRISTOPHER WARREN 3 minute read

Targeted misinformation and a quiet undercurrent of anti-immigration and anti-refugee sentiment — social media allowed the real election campaign to fly under the radar.

 
How Stuart Robert can fix the NDIS

CHRIS WOODS 4 minute read

Greens spokesperson Jordon Steele-John offers some tips for the new minister.

Bungled books and matters of fact

AMY GRAY 4 minute read

In a week littered with literary inaccuracies, the question needs to be asked: why are so many authors getting away with sloppy research?

How do you solve a problem like toxic masculinity?

JENNINE KHALIK 5 minute read

Australian women are still facing an epidemic of violence, but the conversation about it has notably shifted to "men's behaviour".

Morrison turns a blind eye to religious persecution in India

4 minute read

The government's push for religious freedom means nothing if it ignores the millions of religious minorities being persecuted by our trade partners.

Australia’s failure in offshore detention reporting

CHRIS WOODS 3 minute read

International media outlets have reported a shocking rise in suicide attempts on Manus. But you wouldn’t know about it from Australia's major papers.

How the media created the Sydney lockout laws

JENNINE KHALIK 4 minute read

With the review of the five-year-old laws now on its way, will we see the same media organisations turn on their heels?

The European Parliament’s Brexitstential crisis
Older forms of representation are undercut by cross-continent social shift, and the European Parliament is being used to register this. The green-global vs nationalist-communal division is emerging, and what just happened in the European Parliament is a measure of things to come. — Guy Rundle

The UK Brexit Party sees a somewhat ironic spectacular success, while the Greens’ rise shows that the shifting nature of class is producing a real shift in politics for the first time in decades.

What I learned about poverty and mental health chairing the robo-debt inquiry

RACHEL SIEWERT 4 minute read

We should not allow our government to slowly erode our humanity and our human rights, year by year, sneaky budget measure by sneaky budget measure.

What to do when a quarter of businesses rip off their workers

BERNARD KEANE 3 minute read

With up to a quarter of small and medium businesses in Australia ripping off their workers, how can wage theft be properly tackled?

Could a merger bring mercy to Bauer Media?

GLENN DYER and EMILY WATKINS 3 minute read

As another CEO bites the dust at Bauer Media, it's time for Australian magazine publishers to look to the future.

Can Ken Wyatt succeed where so many Indigenous affairs ministers have failed?

CHRIS WOODS 3 minute read

Ken Wyatt's appointment as Minister for Indigenous Affairs has been met with broad support. But will he be able to make a difference in Scott Morrison's government?

What’s next for Australia’s ‘most important’ relationship?

3 minute read

The coinciding reelections of Scott Morrison and Indonesia's Joko Widodo gives Australia an opportunity to reaffirm its goals with its rapidly growing neighbour.

 
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