Not now Justine

New: A deep dive with some alarming new revelations on the silencing of one of the few remaining independent progressive voices in Australian media. Who killed Meanjin?

The Department of Defence has announced a new $467,000 contract with yet another Israeli weapons manufacturer.

Meanjin’s performance and sustainability were the focus of a review commissioned by MUP in February. The final recommendations of the report, which was never released publicly, did not include closing Meanjin.

"Meanjin’s performance and sustainability were the focus of a review commissioned by MUP. Its report, delivered a month before the publisher’s controversial axing of the 85-year-old journal ... did not include closing Meanjin." —@nickfeik.bsky.social www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/16/m...

A piece from me and Sean Johnson at @openpolitics.bsky.social today on where this parliament is investing. Plenty of graphs for you to play with, have a poke around! www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/16/w...

Not today cupcake

I wrote for Crikey about the decision to shut Meanjin down - and to sever a connection to a hopeful progressive vision of Australian culture

Opinion | Melbourne University Press says it shut down Meanjin for "purely financial reasons". Perhaps the university could have used some of its $273 million surplus to safeguard the seminal journal, @catrionamp.bsky.social‬ writes.

Excellent, probing piece today in Crikey by Catriona Menzies-Pike on the closure of Meanjin www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/08/m...

The Death of Meanjin. a couple of thoughts. open.substack.com/pub/greenwor...

Great piece by Crikey's readers editor Crystal Andrews today: www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/05/h...

Exclusive: Australia’s second-oldest literary journal, Meanjin, is being shut down today for "financial" reasons, Crikey can reveal.

This strangely brings me much sorrow but also much joy

wake up new Dan Andrews gif dropped

Bloody (literally) great photo essay of the March for Australia rally in Melbourne by Emily Grace and Alex Zucco for Crikey. www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/01/m...

Great piece by Ben Eltham today on implications of the ombudsman's investigation into the system that administers income support payment cancellations for jobseekers: www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/12/a...

Excellent piece by Bernard Keane today:

New from me on Gretchen Shirm

Ripper piece from @crystaljane.bsky.social today

think I've come across possibly the best word

new from me!! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

cool cool cool www.semafor.com/article/01/2...

crikey? more like Crankey 🤣🤣🤣

Excellent interview www.liminalmag.com/interviews/m...

After a long holiday everyone be sure to wash your passports in the laundry good to remove all germs

This year's award is a long overdue recognition for a master of the field.

everyone is IMMATURE

The rumours are true, you can subscribe to Crikey for just $69 right now: campaigns.crikey.com.au/subscribe/

ABR looking for a new editor 👀 www.australianbookreview.com.au/about/people...

The Woolworths strike is another example of the shocking disparity between employer and employee protections in Australia, writes @theshufflediary.bsky.social.

New: True stories that would shock the nation (if they had national exposure): open.substack.com/pub/nickfeik...

Who will win the lil bitchy spoon!!

So Crikey is currently on sale - 60% off if you use the promo code CHARLIE60*! I thought it would be a good time to put together a thread of some of the best pieces from the last year or so (*only that code, don't believe the other writers if they say otherwise) www.crikey.com.au/billing/chec...

When Crikey asked Bob Katter about his infamous whiplash-inducing monologue, he replied, “I’m sorry, I don’t know what you’re referring to." Read it here: www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/04/b...

Come be Crikey's new editor and order me around! www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...

In bittersweet news... I'm leaving my role as editor of Crikey next year! It has been a wild ride and I feel so lucky that I got to edit a bunch of incredibly smart, talented and funny people for 2.5 years. I'll be sappy about them at a later date but for now a job ad below!

SEO is dead, long live the comically long engorged headline!

"Fletcher is dark energy, a phenomenon that can’t be observed and can only be inferred from precise calculations of the rates of movements of other objects, as he slowly increases the amount of nothingness in the universe." 🧑‍🍳💋

if press gallery photographers love more than anything its snapping pollies in front of this little halo circle and im here for it always ty

I loved copyediting this and so glad to see it out, Eli does an incredibly attentive job, and it's honestly one of the great Murnane interviews. There's many genuinely stunning moments

Donkey Kong, the ape from the video game, has died

⬇️ Me today on Michelle de Kretser in @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...

Oh no. slate.com/culture/2024...

⬇️ Me today on Michelle de Kretser in @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...

Wrote about Michelle de Kretser's interesting new novel Theory & Practice in @australia.theguardian.com this morning. I wrote it while having covid and a chest infection so you're actually legally required to read it. www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...

they should bring back the iron maiden but for editors who let sentences like this pass

Great exclusive from @cameronwilson.bsky.social that validates what a lot of experts said after this summit. A senior advisor to the SA Premier emailed Jonathan Haidt saying the event was run "with the intent of building momentum" for the social media ban. www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/21/t...