Tom Crowley
@tomiscrowley.bsky.social
ABC federal political reporter
Here’s the damage
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Here’s the damage
My take from last night’s budget coverage on the fiscal big picture after a full term of Labor budgets.
March 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
My take from last night’s budget coverage on the fiscal big picture after a full term of Labor budgets.
Solid haul at the Lifeline Book Fair
February 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Solid haul at the Lifeline Book Fair
Technodeudalism 🤟🏽
February 6, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Technodeudalism 🤟🏽
Lot of very cursed ads kicking around on The Other Website these days, but this gentleman wants to make sure you're familiar with your major thirds and minor sixths.
January 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Lot of very cursed ads kicking around on The Other Website these days, but this gentleman wants to make sure you're familiar with your major thirds and minor sixths.
Labor's candidate for Leichhardt doubling down on The Repacholi Stratagem (preselect Big Units). Could be a game changer.
January 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Labor's candidate for Leichhardt doubling down on The Repacholi Stratagem (preselect Big Units). Could be a game changer.
Another year passes and I remain irredeemably shithouse at present wrapping. Measuring, cutting, shaping, taping, one unmitigated nightmare. 2/3 look fine but conceal mangled horrors within. Merry Christmas.
December 24, 2024 at 6:15 AM
Another year passes and I remain irredeemably shithouse at present wrapping. Measuring, cutting, shaping, taping, one unmitigated nightmare. 2/3 look fine but conceal mangled horrors within. Merry Christmas.
Magnificent cultural artefact this. Not a lick of anything even slightly left of field, every choice somehow more mainstream than the last. And yet you can’t deny they are, indeed, bangers and you’d be singing along unselfconsciously. If that isn’t Warnie.
December 24, 2024 at 4:22 AM
Magnificent cultural artefact this. Not a lick of anything even slightly left of field, every choice somehow more mainstream than the last. And yet you can’t deny they are, indeed, bangers and you’d be singing along unselfconsciously. If that isn’t Warnie.
8/ The Possessed (Elif Batuman) - this has been sitting on my shelf for years. Adored her novel The Idiot which was a Russian lit spoof/homage. This is a Russian lit guid and looks hilarious.
December 17, 2024 at 6:21 AM
8/ The Possessed (Elif Batuman) - this has been sitting on my shelf for years. Adored her novel The Idiot which was a Russian lit spoof/homage. This is a Russian lit guid and looks hilarious.
7/ Power Without Glory (Frank Hardy) - bit ashamed that I have never read this Australian (and specifically Melburnian) political classic. High time.
December 17, 2024 at 6:21 AM
7/ Power Without Glory (Frank Hardy) - bit ashamed that I have never read this Australian (and specifically Melburnian) political classic. High time.
6/ The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order (Gary Gerstle) - more postwar history. Normally allergic to the word neoliberal (on account of vagueness) but have heard this is excellent. Pretty sure it was on a @bevansadvocate.bsky.social list.
December 17, 2024 at 6:21 AM
6/ The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order (Gary Gerstle) - more postwar history. Normally allergic to the word neoliberal (on account of vagueness) but have heard this is excellent. Pretty sure it was on a @bevansadvocate.bsky.social list.
5/ India After Gandhi (Ramachandran Guha) - read the first few chapters earlier this year. Love a good 'magisterial' vibe. This one super readable and detailed, fills a gap that has been missing for English-language Indian history.
December 17, 2024 at 6:21 AM
5/ India After Gandhi (Ramachandran Guha) - read the first few chapters earlier this year. Love a good 'magisterial' vibe. This one super readable and detailed, fills a gap that has been missing for English-language Indian history.
4/ Postwar (Tony Judt) - been on my shelf and list for a couple of years now on @benjamin-clark.bsky.social's rec. Am a postwar history nut, keen to cross this off.
December 17, 2024 at 6:21 AM
4/ Postwar (Tony Judt) - been on my shelf and list for a couple of years now on @benjamin-clark.bsky.social's rec. Am a postwar history nut, keen to cross this off.
3/ Bigger Government (Marc Robinson) - A second go after a partial read earlier this year. Like an intergenerational report but global and with razor sharp policy insight. Killer section on health cost drivers.
December 17, 2024 at 6:21 AM
3/ Bigger Government (Marc Robinson) - A second go after a partial read earlier this year. Like an intergenerational report but global and with razor sharp policy insight. Killer section on health cost drivers.
2/ Minority Report (George Megalogenis) - No elaboration required. Big George Mega guy but have heard mixed reviews. Will demolish one afternoon.
December 17, 2024 at 6:21 AM
2/ Minority Report (George Megalogenis) - No elaboration required. Big George Mega guy but have heard mixed reviews. Will demolish one afternoon.
1/ Creation Lake (Rachel Kushner) - Looks a treat. Quote on the back claims it is Kill Bill written by Le Carre.
December 17, 2024 at 6:21 AM
1/ Creation Lake (Rachel Kushner) - Looks a treat. Quote on the back claims it is Kill Bill written by Le Carre.
There’s a strange and serene beauty to some of these. Why are they… so moving?
December 14, 2024 at 11:15 PM
There’s a strange and serene beauty to some of these. Why are they… so moving?
Andrew Leigh announcing that donations under $2 can be tax deductible if you keep the receipt, which in the nicest possible way is something that only Andrew Leigh would actually bother to do.
December 4, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Andrew Leigh announcing that donations under $2 can be tax deductible if you keep the receipt, which in the nicest possible way is something that only Andrew Leigh would actually bother to do.
Ron’s been splinched
December 2, 2024 at 11:18 PM
Ron’s been splinched
You’ll never guess what the financing system is
November 16, 2024 at 4:46 AM
You’ll never guess what the financing system is