All the states have adopted four-year maximum parliamentary terms without much fanfare, and yet at a federal level Australia has stayed at three years. Is it time for Australia to just bite the ...

'Leaders of the major political parties need to look at their own internal processes before attempting to persuade voters to support four-year terms.' All the states have adopted four-year maximum ...

We suspected oil and gas lobbying was reaching cyclonic intensity, pressuring governments to approve the final components of one of the largest fossil fuel developments in the country’s history.

In a year where many of our institutions failed us, it's unsurprising a fearless piece of journalism, by Kate McClymont, was so important to Crikey's readers.

Crikey's Shitstirrer of the Year gets under everyone's skin — and skilfully uses that ability to drive attention towards their political cause.

‘You don’t, but it’s easier to run a hospital with all the patients sleeping.’ The Final Programme, 1968 “Easiest way to run the world, for that matter,” Jerry Cornelius replies in the ...

After Crikey readers awarded Gina Rinehart the coveted Arsehat of the Year award, a spokesperson quickly got in ...

On her last day at the publication, Crikey's editor Gina Rushton reflects on her years working at Australia's most surprising ...

The inevitable cacophony from the galahs of the economic commentariat about “out of control” spending and budget deficits that followed yesterday’s Mid Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook ...

'While the political class might not be ready to accept that hung parliaments are here to stay, voters seem to be, with the major party vote continuing its long downward trajectory.' That’s not ...