Jack Callil
@jackcallil.bsky.social
Deputy editor @crikey.com.au
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Jack Callil
@jackcallil.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Hi all 👋 I'm deputy editor at @crikeynews.bsky.social.
Freelancers, we're always open to pitches for news, analysis, opinion and investigations. We pay $300 for 600-800 words per article we commission.
E: jcallil@crikey.com.au
Freelancers, we're always open to pitches for news, analysis, opinion and investigations. We pay $300 for 600-800 words per article we commission.
E: jcallil@crikey.com.au
Not now Justine
Justine McCarthy: I’ve had enough of other people’s rudeness
Justine McCarthy: I’ve had enough of other people’s rudeness
On buses, trains, in cafes and shops, the most common engagement is no longer with other humans but with phones
www.irishtimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Not now Justine
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New:
A deep dive with some alarming new revelations on the silencing of one of the few remaining independent progressive voices in Australian media. Who killed Meanjin?
A deep dive with some alarming new revelations on the silencing of one of the few remaining independent progressive voices in Australian media. Who killed Meanjin?
Who killed Meanjin?
And why won’t Melbourne University Publishing engage with efforts to save it?
www.crikey.com.au
September 16, 2025 at 5:59 AM
New:
A deep dive with some alarming new revelations on the silencing of one of the few remaining independent progressive voices in Australian media. Who killed Meanjin?
A deep dive with some alarming new revelations on the silencing of one of the few remaining independent progressive voices in Australian media. Who killed Meanjin?
Reposted by Jack Callil
The Department of Defence has announced a new $467,000 contract with yet another Israeli weapons manufacturer.
Australia hands half a million to Israeli weapons company, Tesla chair's salary, and an AFL star on Charlie Kirk
Plus an Aussie tech founder simply loves the media!
www.crikey.com.au
September 16, 2025 at 5:04 AM
The Department of Defence has announced a new $467,000 contract with yet another Israeli weapons manufacturer.
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Meanjin’s performance and sustainability were the focus of a review commissioned by MUP in February. The final recommendations of the report, which was never released publicly, did not include closing Meanjin.
Who killed Meanjin?
www.crikey.com.au
September 16, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Meanjin’s performance and sustainability were the focus of a review commissioned by MUP in February. The final recommendations of the report, which was never released publicly, did not include closing Meanjin.
"Meanjin’s performance and sustainability were the focus of a review commissioned by MUP. Its report, delivered a month before the publisher’s controversial axing of the 85-year-old journal ... did not include closing Meanjin."
—@nickfeik.bsky.social
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/16/m...
—@nickfeik.bsky.social
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/16/m...
Who killed Meanjin?
And why won’t Melbourne University Publishing engage with efforts to save it?
www.crikey.com.au
September 16, 2025 at 5:48 AM
"Meanjin’s performance and sustainability were the focus of a review commissioned by MUP. Its report, delivered a month before the publisher’s controversial axing of the 85-year-old journal ... did not include closing Meanjin."
—@nickfeik.bsky.social
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/16/m...
—@nickfeik.bsky.social
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/16/m...
A piece from me and Sean Johnson at @openpolitics.bsky.social today on where this parliament is investing. Plenty of graphs for you to play with, have a poke around!
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/16/w...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/16/w...
The company they keep: Where do your MPs invest their salaries? Search our database
See which companies and industries are popular with MPs and their families, and check out parliament’s biggest shareholders.
www.crikey.com.au
September 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
A piece from me and Sean Johnson at @openpolitics.bsky.social today on where this parliament is investing. Plenty of graphs for you to play with, have a poke around!
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/16/w...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/16/w...
Not today cupcake
September 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Not today cupcake
Reposted by Jack Callil
I wrote for Crikey about the decision to shut Meanjin down - and to sever a connection to a hopeful progressive vision of Australian culture
Opinion | Melbourne University Press says it shut down Meanjin for "purely financial reasons". Perhaps the university could have used some of its $273 million surplus to safeguard the seminal journal, @catrionamp.bsky.social writes.
Meanjin's 'financial' shutdown doesn't add up
www.crikey.com.au
September 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I wrote for Crikey about the decision to shut Meanjin down - and to sever a connection to a hopeful progressive vision of Australian culture
Reposted by Jack Callil
Opinion | Melbourne University Press says it shut down Meanjin for "purely financial reasons". Perhaps the university could have used some of its $273 million surplus to safeguard the seminal journal, @catrionamp.bsky.social writes.
Meanjin's 'financial' shutdown doesn't add up
www.crikey.com.au
September 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Opinion | Melbourne University Press says it shut down Meanjin for "purely financial reasons". Perhaps the university could have used some of its $273 million surplus to safeguard the seminal journal, @catrionamp.bsky.social writes.
Excellent, probing piece today in Crikey by Catriona Menzies-Pike on the closure of Meanjin
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/08/m...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/08/m...
Meanjin's 'financial' shutdown doesn't add up
Melbourne University reported a $273 million surplus in 2024 on an operating income of $3.2 billion. It is against these figures that the 'purely financial decision' to close Meanjin has raised eyebro...
www.crikey.com.au
September 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Excellent, probing piece today in Crikey by Catriona Menzies-Pike on the closure of Meanjin
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/08/m...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/08/m...
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The Death of Meanjin. a couple of thoughts. open.substack.com/pub/greenwor...
The Death of Meanjin
Price of everything, value of nothing dept.
open.substack.com
September 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The Death of Meanjin. a couple of thoughts. open.substack.com/pub/greenwor...
Reposted by Jack Callil
Exclusive: Australia’s second-oldest literary journal, Meanjin, is being shut down today for "financial" reasons, Crikey can reveal.
Literary journal Meanjin to close after 85 years of publishing
Meanjin, a mainstay of Australia's cultural landscape and the nation's second-oldest literary publication, is shuttering after Melbourne University Publishing decided to cease financial support.
www.crikey.com.au
September 4, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Exclusive: Australia’s second-oldest literary journal, Meanjin, is being shut down today for "financial" reasons, Crikey can reveal.
This strangely brings me much sorrow but also much joy
September 3, 2025 at 8:09 AM
This strangely brings me much sorrow but also much joy
wake up new Dan Andrews gif dropped
September 3, 2025 at 2:01 AM
wake up new Dan Andrews gif dropped
Bloody (literally) great photo essay of the March for Australia rally in Melbourne by Emily Grace and Alex Zucco for Crikey.
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/01/m...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/01/m...
In pictures: The reality on the ground at Melbourne's anti-immigration March for Australia
'Not my cup of tea,' one anti-immigration protester said of the neo-Nazi presence at the rally. But that didn’t stop attendees from marching behind them.
www.crikey.com.au
September 1, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Bloody (literally) great photo essay of the March for Australia rally in Melbourne by Emily Grace and Alex Zucco for Crikey.
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/01/m...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/01/m...
Great piece by Ben Eltham today on implications of the ombudsman's investigation into the system that administers income support payment cancellations for jobseekers: www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/12/a...
Could this be the death of Australia's nightmarish welfare system?
Mutual obligation is one of the last great shibboleths of Australian politics. Now the entire system is under scrutiny with potentially big implications for our welfare system.
www.crikey.com.au
June 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Great piece by Ben Eltham today on implications of the ombudsman's investigation into the system that administers income support payment cancellations for jobseekers: www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/12/a...
Excellent piece by Bernard Keane today:
Labor read the room on Gaza. What does that say about our indifference to Palestinians?
Labor's silence on the genocide in Gaza has been simultaneous with its near-total silence on Indigenous affairs since the referendum.
www.crikey.com.au
May 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Excellent piece by Bernard Keane today:
New from me on Gretchen Shirm
Out of the Woods by Gretchen Shirm review – a compelling reflection on bearing witness
For her fourth novel, the former lawyer draws on her experience working as a legal intern in the UN tribunal for former Yugoslavia
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
New from me on Gretchen Shirm
Ripper piece from @crystaljane.bsky.social today
Is Peter Dutton aware that women... can vote?
In 2022, Scott Morrison made bungled, offensive comments about women. Three years later, Peter Dutton is just ignoring women altogether.
www.crikey.com.au
April 17, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Ripper piece from @crystaljane.bsky.social today
think I've come across possibly the best word
March 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
think I've come across possibly the best word
