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The man alleged to have killed two police officers in the Victorian town of Porepunkah this week self-identified as a sovereign citizen.

Dezi Freeman’s hatred of police and rejection of government and the law are well-documented in social media posts and court documents.

Like many in the movement, Freeman’s views reportedly became more radical during the COVID-19 pandemic. During that time, he built a public profile, sh...

The federal government says too many children are on the NDIS, and many of them are ‘over-serviced’.

Health Minister Mark Butler has unveiled a new plan, ‘Thriving Kids’, pitched as a way to save the NDIS by moving children with ‘mild’ and ‘moderate’ autism and developmental delay off the scheme and back onto mainstream supports – which, over time, were defunded.

But the plan ra...

When a group of Neo-Nazis recently took to the streets of Melbourne, Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan said that Nazi’s “don't belong” in Australia. 

But while that might be a good sentiment, is it actually true? 

Today, Arrernte writer and Crikey contributor Celeste Liddle, on Australia’s white nationalist past – and how in failing to reckon with it we’ve set the stage for the movement t...

As Israel's assault on Gaza city continues, Israeli aircraft and tanks have pounded the eastern and northern outskirts of the city, destroying buildings and homes. 

It comes as a record number of Australians turned out this weekend in protest against the war – and as the relationship between the Australian and Israeli government worsens. 

But while Australia moves to recognise a Palestinian state, it continues its m...

“I’m REAL and I’m sitting here blushing because of YOU!”

That’s the message 76-year-old Thongbue “Bue” Wongbandue received from a flirty Facebook Messenger chatbot before it proposed he travel to New York for a meet-up.

Bue – who was cognitively impaired after suffering a stroke – packed a suitcase to catch a train, believing the woman was real. He never made it home alive.

Jeff...

This week in Canberra, the press, unions, business leaders and politicians have all been talking about one thing: the economic roundtable. 

It’s been spruiked by the government as a way to address a core problem with the economy – sluggish productivity. 

But what is actually on offer – and will it make a difference to the rising structural inequalities we face?

Today Executive Director of The Australia I...

Qantas has been told it’s the “wrong kind of sorry”.

Five years after illegally outsourcing 1,800 ground staff, the airline has been hit with a record $90 million penalty on top of compensation for workers.

Qantas is promising cultural change, but the court's judgment questions whether the airline’s remorse is real or just for show, given the move saved the company hundreds of millions of dollars in the long...

Fresh off the back of his meeting with Putin in Alaska, US President Donald Trump has held talks with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky. 

While details of those talks are still trickling out, this time things seem to have gone well. 

Trump has promised Ukraine security, and is now talking about a peace deal – though not a ceasefire. 

Today, associate professor of political science and international affairs at ...

Darwin’s crocodile farms supply some of the world’s most exclusive fashion houses.

But as award-winning journalist Katherine Wilson started looking into this booming hundred million dollar industry, she knew she had to visit the Northern Territory herself.

As she got closer to this secretive industry, what she found was shocking: animals being kept in cramped conditions and being killed in drawn out processes, Indigenou...

This is part two of a two-part series. Start with Part 1: Inside Australia's secretive crocodile skin industry.

The lucrative Australian crocodile skin industry has always sold its conservation credentials - arguing that by farming the animals, they were ensuring the future of the species. 

Two prominent scientists, using successful media businesses to promote research which showed those benefits, gave credibility to an indust...

When the Australian government appointed its envoy to combat Islamophobia, it came amid escalating violence in Gaza. 

But signs have emerged that the envoy chosen - Aftab Malik - appears to see his role as separate from the conflict in the Middle East.

Now there are questions about why Malik was chosen, and concern about whether his report - due any day now - will go far enough to address Islamophobia in this county.

Today, Cr...

A few weeks ago, Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar addressed the National Press Club to discuss what he describes as the “next great industrial revolution”.

Singing the praises of the economic opportunity of artificial intelligence, Farquhar called on the government to loosen the rules – allowing AI models to train themselves using creative works, without paying for it.

Now, as Treasurer Jim Chalmers and the Pro...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Australia – like many countries – saw protesters take the streets.

They weren’t just protesting lockdowns, they were rallying around a tangle of fears and conspiracies.

Those threads fused into a broader worldview that pulled people down a pipeline and built a small industry of influencers.

Today, Conspiracy Nation authors Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson on the conspiracy pipeline: how it ...

It’s easy to dismiss conspiracy theories as fringe or imported.

But conspiratorial ideas are gaining traction with everyday Australians – about one in three endorse at least one conspiracy belief.

They’re also being echoed by people in power, and have spilled into real-world violence.

Today, Conspiracy Nation authors Cam Wilson and Ariel Bogle on how conspiracies leap from the fringe to the mainstream – incl...

When dead fish began washing up on South Australian beaches earlier this year, Dr Scott Bennett was alarmed.

Scott’s a marine ecologist at the University of Tasmania, and knew that dead fish on shore meant trouble under the surface.

On a dive in June, Scott came face-to-face with the devastating impact of the largest algal bloom Australia has ever seen.

The full impact still isn’t known – but some of Australia&rsq...

Australia will recognise a Palestinian state at the United Nations in September, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced.

Albanese claims the move will help advance a two-state solution and is “humanity’s best hope” for peace in the Middle East.

But as Israel intensifies its military campaign in Gaza once again, what difference does recognition really make?

Today, contributing editor of The New Daily, Amy Re...

In May this year, Kumanjayi White died after being restrained by police inside a supermarket in Alice Springs. Just weeks later, the coroner released her findings into the fatal police shooting of Kumanjayi Walker, who was killed in Yuendumu in 2019.

Both men were Warlpiri, and both died after encounters with Northern Territory police.

Jampijinpa Hargraves is Kumanjayi White’s grandfather – and a Warlpiri elder who has ...

Labor is laying the groundwork for a major overhaul of Australia’s tax system. 

In just over a week, a hand-picked group of people from business, unions and government will gather in Canberra for an economic roundtable.

Already, a range of ideas are being touted for debate: from lowering company tax rates, to rethinking negative gearing, and a carbon tax.

The prime minister is watching carefully to see which ideas gain t...

As ceasefire talks with Hamas stall, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was expected to convene his security cabinet to agree on a new Gaza strategy.

He’s been pushing for a full military takeover of the strip – but that plan is exposing deep divisions inside his own government. The meeting was postponed, senior defence officials warn the operation would be costly and endanger the remaining hostages, and critics ...