Crikey

03/11/2025

Data from 68,000 Australians, some collected as part of a social media companies' age check scheme, has been breached just before the government's new age ban policy kicks in. Cam Wilson reports.

More than 68,000 Australians have been caught up in a data breach affecting a social media platform collecting IDs to check user ages. And that's before the 'social media minimum age' has even kicked in.

03/11/2025

Liberal leader Sussan Ley is on the brink of shelving the party's commitment to net zero to save her leadership, and the RBA is unlikely to cut interest rates today.

Liberal leader Sussan Ley is on the brink of dumping the party's commitment to net zero to save her leadership, and the RBA is unlikely to cut interest rates today.

03/11/2025

Will the RBA cut rates this week? Not likely, according to Crikey's politics editor.

Also, there will be no fewer than three speeches at the National Press Club this week.

03/11/2025

Opinion | There is a clear reason why conservatives within and without the UK demonise London: the city is a symbol of multiculturalism.

Elon Musk is obsessed with London crime, despite the fact that one is now less likely to be mugged or murdered here than in many other major European capitals, or almost any city in America.

03/11/2025

Exclusive | "My concern is that in any circumstance that you’re collecting more personal information, privacy risks increase," Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind tells Crikey.

More than 68,000 Australians have been caught up in a data breach affecting a social media platform collecting IDs to check user ages. And that's before the 'social media minimum age' has even kicked in.

03/11/2025

The tragedy of US power in Latin America is that it never realises its greatest enemy has always been itself.

America's history of 'policing' in Latin America has led to revolutions, coups and killings — and now Trump is continuing the tradition.

03/11/2025

Opinion | Will Liberal moderates let Pauline Hanson write Coalition climate policy? Or will they finally stand up?

The Nationals' One Nation-fuelled abandonment of climate science leaves Liberal moderates with a choice: give in to terrorists or stand up for their constituents.

03/11/2025

It’s been a year since the bombshell Janke racism review at the ABC — but it hasn’t resulted in a more diverse ABC, its annual report reveals.

Read it here: https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/03/the-abc-going-backwards-internal-metrics/

03/11/2025

Curtis Sliwa, who has more than a dozen cats in his apartment with his wife, has made animal protection a central part of his pitch to voters.

Up against Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani, the Republican candidate for mayor of New York City could change the race, if only he'd drop out...

03/11/2025

Each side saw the urgent need to open a safety valve to defuse tensions in the bilateral relationship, so they could walk back from the brink of total economic warfare.

The Trump-Xi meeting has helped open a safety valve to defuse tensions between the US and China.. But how long until things once again simmer over?

03/11/2025

Opinion | Running for 17 public company boards in 23 days has its challenges, but for Stephen Mayne, it’s proving to be a very interesting market-testing exercise of Australia’s corporate elections system.

Running for 17 public company boards in 23 days has its challenges, but it's proving to be a very interesting market-testing exercise of Australia’s corporate elections system.

03/11/2025

Opinion | The right’s obsession with the “lawless London” narrative has less to do with facts, and more to do with political opportunism and a hatred of multiculturalism.

Elon Musk is obsessed with London crime, despite the fact that one is now less likely to be mugged or murdered here than in many other major European capitals, or almost any city in America.