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Crikey@crikey_news · 2 h

Opinion | If the RBA wants to keep punishing households with higher interest rates, it should invest in a bigger thesaurus. crikey.com.au/2025/07/23/int…

crikey_news's tweet card. The monetary policy board minutes show a body desperately trying to conjure any reason it could find not to cut interest rates — despite the evidence staring it in the face.

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Crikey@crikey_news · 23 h

Opinion | "The Albanese government is undeniably, unambiguously and absolutely complicit in the genocide." #opinion crikey.com.au/2025/07/25/han…

crikey_news's tweet card. I was attacked by a NSW Police officer in an act of state violence against those protesting the Gaza genocide, all while the Labor government refuses to act.

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Crikey@crikey_news · Jul 25

Opinion | "None of the violence that day — and I wasn’t the only one who experienced it — happened in a vacuum," writes Hannah Thomas. crikey.com.au/2025/07/25/han…

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"It’s just the way I want to do things. As a personal choice, I believe protection from false claims is best achieved through transparency," said Nationals Senator Ross Cadell. crikey.com.au/2025/07/24/nat…

crikey_news's tweet card. A Nationals senator and shadow minister has said he'll begin regularly disclosing his diary. But there is no requirement on other shadow ministers and ministers to do the same.

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Crikey@crikey_news · 4 h

Sadly, “I Don’t Like It” by Pauline Pantsdown, did not make the list. Here’s what did. crikey.com.au/2025/07/25/bes…

crikey_news's tweet card. You voted, we made the playlist.

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Crikey@crikey_news · 5 h

How many shared values do Australians have with Donald Trump and MAGA Republicanism? Virtually none — despite what shills for the US defence alliance insist, writes Bernard Keane. crikey.com.au/2025/07/23/uni…

crikey_news's tweet card. With Donald Trump's America showing zero commitment to democracy, the rule of law, human rights or free trade, is it time to admit things have changed?

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Crikey@crikey_news · 7 h

When it comes to surrendering Australian sovereignty to China, there are two standouts: Tony Abbott's wretched government, and News Corp. crikey.com.au/2025/07/21/new…

crikey_news's tweet card. Tony Abbott, News Corp and the Coalition attack Anthony Albanese for visiting China. But they happily surrendered Australian sovereignty to Beijing a decade ago.

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Crikey@crikey_news · 15 h

A political deal on the teen social media ban scrapped an exemption for apps that could prove they were "low risk". Now the government might bring it back. crikey.com.au/2025/07/24/tee…

crikey_news's tweet card. A deal between Labor and the Coalition led to a significant change to the law just days before it was introduced to parliament. Now, there's a growing sense the government might bring it back.

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Crikey@crikey_news · 21 h

“[The bill] got gutted six ways to Sunday.” How a political deal changed the teen social media ban at the last minute. crikey.com.au/2025/07/24/tee…

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Crikey@crikey_news · 22 h

Emmanuel Macron's decision to recognise the state of Palestine, and Keir Starmer taking a tougher line, puts pressure on Anthony Albanese — who has offered nothing but platitudes on Gaza. crikey.com.au/2025/07/25/mac…

crikey_news's tweet card. France has announced it will recognise Palestine, and the UK is calling Israel's actions 'indefensible'. Anthony Albanese looks increasingly flatfooted and out of touch.

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Crikey@crikey_news · 22 h

As expected, this list does not feature a single song released after 2016. That’s democracy! crikey.com.au/2025/07/25/bes…

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Crikey@crikey_news · 24 h

The late Hulk Hogan was at the centre of one of the weirdest and most consequential chapters in American media history. crikey.com.au/2025/07/25/hul…

crikey_news's tweet card. Hulk Hogan was, among many other things, at the centre of one of the weirdest and most consequential chapters in American media history.

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Crikey@crikey_news · Jul 25

The agency responsible for AUKUS seems to neither know nor care whether the billions we're handing to the British and Americans represents value for money. crikey.com.au/2025/07/25/auk…

crikey_news's tweet card. Australia is handing billions of dollars to the US and the UK for AUKUS — with no accountability for how it is spent. All we get is 'assurances'.

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Crikey@crikey_news · Jul 25

Facing collapsing sales and plunging profits, Elon Musk says he has the answer to Tesla's woes. crikey.com.au/2025/07/25/tes…

crikey_news's tweet card. Tesla insists its collapsing sales and plummeting profits aren't the whole story. But will investors be willing to bet on Elon Musk?

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Crikey@crikey_news · Jul 25

Hulk Hogan was a character who represented many things, including the current threats to America's free press. crikey.com.au/2025/07/25/hul…

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Crikey@crikey_news · Jul 25

That half a billion dollars we just gave the Americans for AUKUS? There's no accountability for it — whatsoever. All we can get is "assurances", Bernard Keane writes. crikey.com.au/2025/07/25/auk…

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Crikey@crikey_news · Jul 25

With France recognising the state of Palestine, Anthony Albanese is left looking isolated and flatfooted as our allies take a tougher stance on genocide, Bernard Keane writes. crikey.com.au/2025/07/25/mac…

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Crikey@crikey_news · Jul 24

The Masters Apprentices, Paul Kelly, The Triffids and… Rüfüs Du Sol? The Crikey-est 100* of Australian Songs is now a playlist for your weekend listening. crikey.com.au/2025/07/25/bes…

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Crikey@crikey_news · Jul 24

Telsa isn't just about cars anymore (or so Elon Musk is desperate for you to believe). crikey.com.au/2025/07/25/tes…

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Crikey@crikey_news · Jul 24

One in five children in Gaza City is malnourished, as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer calls the situation 'a humanitarian catastrophe'. crikey.com.au/2025/07/25/gaz…

crikey_news's tweet card. One in five children in Gaza City is malnourished, as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer calls the situation 'a humanitarian catastrophe'.

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