Number of people worldwide who could fall into acute hunger if oil prices remain above $100 a barrel: 45 million. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/25/i...

Opinion | "It’s no wonder that Don Farrell, a Labor blockhead of almost Marlesian proportions, is behind this ongoing policy of deliberately harming consumers, employers and the economy." www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/25/a...

In an email seen by Crikey, Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher invite “content creators and digital journalists” to submit expressions of interest, including a “short content proposal”. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/25/c...

Anthony Albanese is a traditionalist when it comes to the US alliance — the tradition being that Australian PMs suck up to America no matter what. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/27/a...

As One Nation’s popularity grows, columnists have been declaring it the end of the Australian political system as we know it. But they are ignoring the obvious, time-worn political syndromes at play, writes Sami Shah. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/27/s...

Opinion | "Husic seem built from a conflicting mix of loyalty and outspokenness, fealty and frankness. It remains to be seen if this balance can be maintained." www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/25/e...

Australians slammed by high petrol prices are suddenly in the market for cars that run on electricity. There's never been a better time, thanks to China’s wild overproduction of electric cars. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/26/e...

The cost so far is over $3 billion of federal money — plus another $2 billion from the states — to bailout plants that employ just over 4,000 workers, making for a total of $1.25 million per job. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/26/l...

Members of AI company's executive team will visit to “formalise local partnerships and meet with policymakers and customers”. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/25/a...

Opinion | If Pauline Hanson put forward real policies as her opponents demanded, they'd risk alienating people who love her for who she is, not what she'd do, writes Bernard Keane. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/27/p...

Exclusive: 36 Months answered the government’s call — an unusual one to be extended to an advocacy group — and submitted an ultimately too-expensive bid to do ‘communications services’ for the policy. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/27/3...

Opinion | "It would not surprise if one of Rupert’s pre-war communications to Trump promised: I will deploy the full Fox News propaganda machine in favour of the war. Because that’s precisely what he seems to be doing." www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/24/r...

Will the price of fuel ever return to what it was “before”? Economic correspondent Jason Murphy thinks yes — but in the meantime it will be tough. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/27/f...

Exclusive: 36 Months answered the government’s call — an unusual one to be extended to an advocacy group — and submitted an ultimately too-expensive bid to do ‘communications services’ for the policy. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/27/3...

Where does Anthony Albanese's sucking up to the US rank on the Harold Holt Grovel-O-Meter? www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/27/a...

Opinion | One Nation’s surge has had columnists falling over themselves to declare a seismic, shocking shift in Australian politics. It just reveals their faith in a fantasy version of the country, writes Sami Shah. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/27/s...

Bluefest proprietor Peter Noble is mulling selling the festival’s farm site, with one estate agent estimating its value at $15 million. It probably won’t help ticketholders get a refund, though, writes Michael Sainsbury. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/27/b...

Disaffected voters don’t all automatically turn to One Nation to register their political grievances. Independents have been hoovering up these kinds of votes for years, writes Rachel Withers. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/27/o...

Exclusive: 36 Months answered the government’s call — an unusual one to be extended to an advocacy group — and submitted an ultimately too-expensive bid to do ‘communications services’ for the policy. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/27/3...

Opinion | Pauline Hanson has no policies, her critics say. But that's the point of One Nation — and the reason for her current success, writes Bernard Keane. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/27/p...

Albanese is taking part in one of Australia’s greatest traditions: sucking up to the US, no matter what. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/27/a...

Disaffected voters don’t all automatically turn to One Nation to register their political grievances. Independents have been hoovering up these kinds of votes for years, writes Rachel Withers. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/27/o...

Opinion | One Nation’s surge has had columnists falling over themselves to declare a seismic, shocking shift in Australian politics. It just reveals their faith in a fantasy version of the country, writes Sami Shah. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/27/s...

After nearly three years of operation, the leadership of the National Anti-Corruption Commission will for the first time be grilled on its work by a major parliamentary inquiry. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/26/f...

Once the crucial oil pathways in the Middle East open up again, how quickly would the fuel price settle? “Really fast.” www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/27/f...

Labor is under pressure to come up with a national plan for Australia’s fuel supply as more than 500 petrol stations run out of fuel — with more sure to come. Meanwhile, Donald Trump has lashed out at Australia (again) for not helping with his war in Iran. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/27/c...

Fancy a night where "serious political journalists" get together for "an evening of sketch parodies performed to the melodies of Leonard Bernstein and Sonny Bono”. America has just the event for you. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/26/f...

Only Australia would be dumb enough to find a multinational to compete against... its own owner. That's what we're doing with Rio Tinto. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/26/l...

In the new political alignment of Outward and Inward voters, the Liberals are unable to appeal to either, while Labor courts both, writes Bernard Keane. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/26/a...

China has been massively overproducing electric vehicles for years. It's time for Australia to buy up as many as we can get our hands on. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/26/e...

Freya Leach lost her show on Sky News Australia last year after interviewing a guy garnished with pork products to ward off Muslims. But rest easy — she's got a new gig! www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/26/f...

Long-standing gripes about the NACC's secrecy and failure so far to hold any public hearings are expected to form part of the parliamentary inquiry. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/26/f...

Taxpayers are spending over $1 million per job on subsidising profitable multinationals to keep open unviable smelters. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/26/l...

The liquidator Jason Bettles, a partner at Worrells, said he was “not aware of any insurance that would cover the event if it didn’t go ahead”. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/25/b...

Labor has so far managed to adapt to a new political alignment of Inward vs Outward voters. But the Liberals have been abandoned by both, writes Bernard Keane. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/26/a...

Daily cost of the war by Pentagon estimates: approximately US$1 billion Total cost of the war, based on the above, as of March 25: approximately US$30 billion www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/25/i...

Cochon brings you a NACC* exclusive... from the Thai "Royal Rainmaking Department"... www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/26/f...

Chinese electric vehicle production has been outstripping demand for years now. It's time to strike while the iron is hot and secure our EV supply, @jaesmurphy.bsky.social writes. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/26/e...

Exclusive | The leadership of the National Anti-Corruption Commission will for the first time be grilled on its work by a major parliamentary inquiry. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/26/f...

Three weeks before Bluesfest was scheduled to kick off, proprietor Peter Noble had not yet secured insurance coverage, Crikey can reveal. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/25/b...

The government’s decision to ban Iranian temporary visa holders from Australia has been criticised by the Greens and human rights groups for lacking compassion. Meanwhile, the US and Iran have rejected each other’s peace proposals. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/26/t...

The staggering cost of the US war on Iran goes much further than the petrol pump. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/25/i...

ABC staff have gone on strike for the first time in 20 years. Crikey was on the ground for the momentous occasion. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/25/a...

Content creators will once again be invited to this year’s federal budget lock up at Parliament House. But the government has changed how it will recruit these new voices. @crystaljane.bsky.social reports. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/25/c...

Spare us the theatre around the EU trade deal. Its benefits are entirely around dumping noxious tariffs on European imports, writes Bernard Keane. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/25/a...

If “left” and “right” have lost their explanatory power in a time of fragmenting politics, how about a different ideological spectrum? Bernard Keane writes. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/25/n...

When Ed Husic was dumped from Labor’s frontbench, he did not go quietly. That anger has faded, but his outspokenness on issues like Gaza and Islamophobia hasn’t, writes Rachel Withers. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/25/e...

In the latest Paint by Numbers, Crikey looks at the staggering cost of the war waged against Iran as counted in lives, money and opportunities lost. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/25/i...

Triple J played NWA’s Express Yourself as station staff walked off for the first time in a generation. Crikey was on the ground at ABC headquarters to watch it unfold. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/25/a...

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is expected to visit Australia next week, as the AI company looks to expand its global footprint amid bitter fight with the Trump administration. @cameronwilson.bsky.social reports. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/25/a...