Bernard Keane
Why Australia’s future is female and the outlook for male-dominated industries is bleak
A long-term shift to a more female-oriented workforce in Australia has accelerated in recent years, with Australia’s jobs boom heavily favouring women.
NBN bombshell: New report shows network a nightmare for SMEs
Businesses switching over to the NBN faced weeks of lost services, an inability to resolve complaints and major impacts on their operations, new data shows.
Tony Abbott takes departing shot at “white anters”
After hours of avoiding the media spotlight following his loss to Malcolm Turnbull on Monday night, Tony Abbott emerged yesterday to critici…
The dirty secret of penalty rate opponents: business is booming
The inconvenient truth of the penalty rates debate is that, far from being destroyed by penalty rates as employers and right-wing lobby…
No new taxes to see here, just plenty of ‘loophole closing’
The government is putting a lot of faith in its ability to portray Labor as the party of higher taxes. It had better work, because it’s be…
Your guide to the data retention debate: what it is and why it’s bad
It’s time to clarify what data retention is and the nature of the threat it poses to citizens writes Crikey’s Bernard Keane. C…
Your guide to the data retention debate: what it is and why it’s bad
It’s time to clarify what data retention is and the nature of the threat it poses to citizens writes Crikey’s Bernard Keane. Crikey has…
Unemployment lurches up while government navel-gazes
The extent to which the Abbott government’s woes have effects in the real world of Australian lives was on display in last week’s Januar…
Data retention hearings off to nonsensical start
In a ridiculous start to the Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security’s hearings into Attorney-General George Brandis’ mass survei…
Data retention — what it is and why it’s bad
With the Australian government “actively considering” data retention, and Australian Security Intelligence Organisation chief David Irvi…
