Sophie Black
@sophieblackwords.bsky.social
Editor in chief, Crikey. Formerly a superb fairy wren.
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"When your defeat is so abject that even your avowed enemies wonder if they went too far, you might need to engage in some reflection," @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.
The Liberals' climate policy is so bad even denialists are shocked. What will moderates do?
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November 17, 2025 at 2:48 AM
"When your defeat is so abject that even your avowed enemies wonder if they went too far, you might need to engage in some reflection," @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.
Very clever use of FOI by @cameronwilson.bsky.social means we can read a rundown of the national security’s chiefs AI prompts.
Exclusive | FOI logs reveal Australia's national security chief, Hamish Hansford, used the AI chatbot Copilot to write speeches and messages to his team. @cameronwilson.bsky.social reports.
How Australia's national security chief used AI to write speeches and 'personnel communications'
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November 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Very clever use of FOI by @cameronwilson.bsky.social means we can read a rundown of the national security’s chiefs AI prompts.
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Opinion | Sussan Ley's leadership looks more and more done for as the days tick by. Is there a lesson to be found in the mess? @rachelwithers.bsky.social writes.
Sussan Ley never stood a chance
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November 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Opinion | Sussan Ley's leadership looks more and more done for as the days tick by. Is there a lesson to be found in the mess? @rachelwithers.bsky.social writes.
Donald Trump may have endorsed Andrew Cuomo, but some MAGA supporters see more in Zohran Mamdani… www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/04/n...
Swinging from MAGA to Mamdani: Chatting to NYC voters a day before 'the ultimate clash'
Donald Trump may have endorsed Andrew Cuomo, but some MAGA supporters see more in Zohran Mamdani...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Donald Trump may have endorsed Andrew Cuomo, but some MAGA supporters see more in Zohran Mamdani… www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/04/n...
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Opinion | You'd have to be mad to run for 17 company boards in 23 days. Enter Crikey founder Stephen Mayne...
I'm launching a kamikaze blitzkrieg of nominations for 17 boards to stress test our corporate elections system
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November 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Opinion | You'd have to be mad to run for 17 company boards in 23 days. Enter Crikey founder Stephen Mayne...
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The Labor government has raised a Senate motion to try to get David Pocock out of the gym, in what he has called a "petty" move of retaliation. @daanysaeed.bsky.social reports.
The government wants David Pocock to stop going to the gym
The government has hit David Pocock where it hurts — the gym — in what the independent has labelled a 'petty' move following his win in the Senate last week over question time arrangements.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The Labor government has raised a Senate motion to try to get David Pocock out of the gym, in what he has called a "petty" move of retaliation. @daanysaeed.bsky.social reports.
This is such a fascinating chat with Jenny Hocking on the Whitlam dismissal, the impenetrable nature of Australia’s archives on this issue, what her years of dogged research has revealed and what remains cloaked in secrecy …also a few suggestions on reviewing the constitution…
Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Whitlam Dismissal, we ask Jenny Hocking what must change to improve Australian democracy. She’s got a list… Listen now on the Cut Through podcast.
'We're very locked down': Jenny Hocking on the Whitlam Dismissal and Australia's lack of transparency
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October 31, 2025 at 4:12 AM
This is such a fascinating chat with Jenny Hocking on the Whitlam dismissal, the impenetrable nature of Australia’s archives on this issue, what her years of dogged research has revealed and what remains cloaked in secrecy …also a few suggestions on reviewing the constitution…
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Bernie Sanders told the 13,000 strong Zohran rally that Trump “seems to be very, very concerned about who wins this election”. But it was the establishment Democrats who looked really worried on Sunday night.
'Tax the rich!': On the ground at Zohran Mamdani's final rally
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October 28, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Bernie Sanders told the 13,000 strong Zohran rally that Trump “seems to be very, very concerned about who wins this election”. But it was the establishment Democrats who looked really worried on Sunday night.
Very nice to have @rachelwithers.bsky.social back in the building for a bit of myth busting... www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/28/t...
The Forgotten People: Busting the myths of Menzies and Whitlam
Historic prime ministers Robert Menzies and Gough Whitlam are lionised by their respective parties. But just how accurate are the myths that have built up around them? And how relevant are they anyway...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Very nice to have @rachelwithers.bsky.social back in the building for a bit of myth busting... www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/28/t...
Waymo is setting its sights on Sydney streets, reports @cameronwilson.bsky.social www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/28/w...
Waymo in talks to start testing self-driving taxis in Australia
A Transport NSW spokesperson confirmed Waymo has been in contact, with the Google-linked autonomous taxi company having appointed local lobbyists.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Waymo is setting its sights on Sydney streets, reports @cameronwilson.bsky.social www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/28/w...
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Exclusive from my colleague Anton Nilsson:
Ecuador's armed forces are using rocket launchers to attack illegal miners operating at a site licensed to a subsidiary of Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting
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Ecuador's armed forces are using rocket launchers to attack illegal miners operating at a site licensed to a subsidiary of Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting
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October 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Exclusive from my colleague Anton Nilsson:
Ecuador's armed forces are using rocket launchers to attack illegal miners operating at a site licensed to a subsidiary of Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting
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Ecuador's armed forces are using rocket launchers to attack illegal miners operating at a site licensed to a subsidiary of Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting
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Very clever way of digging into an issue that seems so big it's hard to know where to start... www.wired.com/ai-issue/
AI of a Thousand Faces
What happens now that AI is everywhere and in everything? WIRED can’t tell the future, but we can try to make sense of it. Behold: 17 readings from the furthest reaches of the AI age.
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October 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Very clever way of digging into an issue that seems so big it's hard to know where to start... www.wired.com/ai-issue/
"A governor-general can intervene just once to influence the democratic game, after which he must leave. He is like the bee that can sting only once and then dies… That is the case for Sir John Kerr."
-- Canadian governor-general Jules Léger, 1977.
-- Canadian governor-general Jules Léger, 1977.
This is the first indication from Sir John Kerr that Queen Elizabeth II approved of the position he had taken during his dismissal of Gough Whitlam, historian @palaceletters.bsky.social writes.
Whitlam dismissal secrets unearthed from the archives of the Canadian governor-general
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October 27, 2025 at 4:06 AM
"A governor-general can intervene just once to influence the democratic game, after which he must leave. He is like the bee that can sting only once and then dies… That is the case for Sir John Kerr."
-- Canadian governor-general Jules Léger, 1977.
-- Canadian governor-general Jules Léger, 1977.
This week on Cut Through @keanebernard.bsky.social & @crystaljane.bsky.social pick through the Fraser manifesto: a former PM’s plan to replace the Liberal Party.
"Describing these things as left wing reflects the way in which our politics is being twisted." www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/24/c...
"Describing these things as left wing reflects the way in which our politics is being twisted." www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/24/c...
The Fraser manifesto: A former prime minister's plan to replace the Liberal Party
'Describing these things as left wing reflects the way in which our politics is being twisted.'
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October 24, 2025 at 3:20 AM
This week on Cut Through @keanebernard.bsky.social & @crystaljane.bsky.social pick through the Fraser manifesto: a former PM’s plan to replace the Liberal Party.
"Describing these things as left wing reflects the way in which our politics is being twisted." www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/24/c...
"Describing these things as left wing reflects the way in which our politics is being twisted." www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/24/c...
"A 74-year-old Pakistani couple, my parents, apply for a short visit to see their grandchildren. They’ve held this same tourist visa many times. Same applicants, same evidence, different outcome. Something has changed." Sami Shah on the cost of our migration panic www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/23/s...
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October 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
"A 74-year-old Pakistani couple, my parents, apply for a short visit to see their grandchildren. They’ve held this same tourist visa many times. Same applicants, same evidence, different outcome. Something has changed." Sami Shah on the cost of our migration panic www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/23/s...
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Opinion | If the Liberals chase the One Nation vote, they’ll render themselves unelectable among women, younger voters and in the cities, writes Bernard Keane.
Chasing One Nation is a dead end for the Liberals — and would guarantee a split
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October 23, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Opinion | If the Liberals chase the One Nation vote, they’ll render themselves unelectable among women, younger voters and in the cities, writes Bernard Keane.
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We set a world record* for the most FOI requests filed in a single session to protest the government’s proposal to weaken the system and exclude people from using it, @cameronwilson.bsky.social writes.
As the reigning FOI world record holder, I really want you to take my crown
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October 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
We set a world record* for the most FOI requests filed in a single session to protest the government’s proposal to weaken the system and exclude people from using it, @cameronwilson.bsky.social writes.
Content warning: contains extreme amounts of cringe
Trump’s rambling speech in Sydney in 2011 had a familiar tone and touched on many of the same subjects he likes to talk about nowadays: his own riches, golf, and China.
Has Donald Trump ever been to Australia? Indeed he has... let us remind you what happened
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October 22, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Content warning: contains extreme amounts of cringe
Did someone say shares in rare earths? Check out the MPs who could benefit from our minerals deal with the US....
Yesterday's announcement of a critical minerals partnership with the US comes on the back of a strong year for the sector. Crikey looks at which politicians have shares in the companies that mine rare earths.
Which politicians may benefit from the $13 billion minerals deal with the US?
Australia and the US have signed a landmark critical minerals deal worth billions. It's been a good time to be an investor in the lead-up.
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October 22, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Did someone say shares in rare earths? Check out the MPs who could benefit from our minerals deal with the US....
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Scoop: The federal government was warned last month that 1 in 3 parents plan to help their kids get around the social media ban.
The risk of "non-compliance snowballing and becoming normalised" could "undermine" the ban, the report says, based on polling done in Feb/March
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The risk of "non-compliance snowballing and becoming normalised" could "undermine" the ban, the report says, based on polling done in Feb/March
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October 20, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Scoop: The federal government was warned last month that 1 in 3 parents plan to help their kids get around the social media ban.
The risk of "non-compliance snowballing and becoming normalised" could "undermine" the ban, the report says, based on polling done in Feb/March
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The risk of "non-compliance snowballing and becoming normalised" could "undermine" the ban, the report says, based on polling done in Feb/March
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“He really did say ‘if I’m going down, you’re going down with me!’” Catch up on the entire Australian Parliament Sports Club saga on the podcast.
Australian Parliament Sports Club saga: What counts as lobbying?
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October 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
“He really did say ‘if I’m going down, you’re going down with me!’” Catch up on the entire Australian Parliament Sports Club saga on the podcast.
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October 17, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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We smuggled* @theshufflediary.bsky.social into the very heart of Tony country, former PM
Abbott’s Mosman book launch…
*bought a ticket
Abbott’s Mosman book launch…
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Cracks about the ABC and Malcolm Turnbull, and calls for his return as opposition leader: Tony Abbott launches his history of Australia, and Charlie Lewis was there.
The enduring cult of Tony Abbott
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October 15, 2025 at 5:11 AM
We smuggled* @theshufflediary.bsky.social into the very heart of Tony country, former PM
Abbott’s Mosman book launch…
*bought a ticket
Abbott’s Mosman book launch…
*bought a ticket
Scott Morrison has registered himself as having a relationship with a $2.5 trillion Saudi fossil fuel company whose board member was once appointed by Morrison to a COVID recovery taskforce. www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/15/s...
Scott Morrison declares role with Saudi oil company
When he was prime minister, Morrison appointed a Saudi fossil fuel firm's board member to two different taskforce roles in 2019 and 2022.
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October 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Scott Morrison has registered himself as having a relationship with a $2.5 trillion Saudi fossil fuel company whose board member was once appointed by Morrison to a COVID recovery taskforce. www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/15/s...
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The data center boom is a real estate story, with developers often using their large war chests to overwhelm local opposition. This tiny Michigan town was forced to cave to Related Digital's demands because it couldn't afford a lengthy legal battle.
Towns are saying no to AI data centers. One got sued over it.
A developer sued a Michigan township after it voted against a data center proposal. Cities in Ohio and Missouri have explored data center bans.
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October 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The data center boom is a real estate story, with developers often using their large war chests to overwhelm local opposition. This tiny Michigan town was forced to cave to Related Digital's demands because it couldn't afford a lengthy legal battle.