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The narrative surrounding AUKUS has been a triumph of spin. This week in Crikey, we unpacked it: David Hardaker went behind the marketing and Bernard Keane appraised the unguided missile that is Defence Minister Richard Marles, while Maeve McGregor described the war Australia is unprepared for.

Also this week we had a chat with the co-writer of Kevin Rudd's Apology speech and got his thoughts on the Voice, explored false claims that the referendum is rigged, and published a defence of Kitchen Cabinet.

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AUKUS is propelled by myths and secrets. It’s time they were busted
DAVID HARDAKER

The narrative surrounding AUKUS has been a triumph of spin. Yet behind the marketing lies a vastly different reality.

(Image: Zennie/Private Media)
 
Fraud, deception and missed targets: inside the shambles of the AUKUS submarines 
DAVID HARDAKER

The US Virginia-class nuclear submarine program has been beset by countless issues. Is Australia set to inherit expensive lemons?

(Image: Zennie/Private Media)
 
Qantas tickets-for-no-service scam: airline board, top management need to go now
BERNARD KEANE

What did they know and when did they know it? Qantas' chair, board and senior management all have serious questions to answer about the tickets-for-no-flights scandal.

(Image: Gorkie/Private Media)
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The Yes campaign must abandon its ‘make history’ shtick or risk being on the wrong side of it
GUY RUNDLE

Progressives seem more interested in changing people's core sense of self than they are in the practicalities of just winning the damn referendum.

Anthony Albanese at the Yes23 official campaign launch (Image: AAP/Mark Brake)
 
‘Tip of the iceberg’: deaths of four Indigenous women showcase dire state of DV in the NT
JULIA BERGIN

The NT is the national leader in rates of domestic and family violence by a factor of seven. And it's getting worse.

NT Local Court in Alice Springs (Image: AAP/Aaron Bunch)
 
We’re already at war, but Albanese the appeaser is blind to it
MAEVE MCGREGOR

Rather than confront the horrifying realities of the climate emergency, the Albanese government gaslights the nation.

Wildfires in West Kelowna, Canada; Anthony Albanese (Images: Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press/AP/AAP)
 
‘They want ticket prices to keep going up’: pilots hit out at Qantas’ competition stranglehold
MICHAEL SAINSBURY

Qantas pilots have slammed CEO Alan Joyce, telling Crikey he is 'intentionally keeping capacity down to keep prices up'.

Alan Joyce (Image: AAP/Joel Carrett)
 
Unguided missile Richard Marles again demonstrates his poor judgment
BERNARD KEANE

In a role once occupied by Labor giants, Richard Marles has stood out for all the wrong reasons in the Albanese government.

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles (Image: AAP/Lukas Coch)
 
Something stinks. Should Labor’s Qantas bromance go to the corruption watchdog?
BERNARD KEANE

The cosy relationship between the Albanese government and Qantas is crinkling the nose. It needs to be investigated.

Transport Minister Catherine King and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (Images: AAP/Private Media)
 
Why I advise survivors engaging with News Corp to keep their eyes wide open
MICHAEL BRADLEY

News Corp is, above all else, a political organisation. And there is always the risk that it will place its own imperatives above the interests of a vulnerable person with whose story it has been entrusted.

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No camp said the referendum is ‘rigged’. Then came viral electoral fraud claims
CAM WILSON

A far-right researcher said it was 'incredibly noteworthy' that undermining the Australian Electoral Commission had gone mainstream.

A video from the official No campaign (Image: Fair Australia)
 
The progressive case for raising the GST
BENJAMIN CLARK

The left has rallied around 'taxing the rich', as if tax were a punishment. But it shouldn’t be seen that way.

A woman buying groceries (Image: AAP/Sipa USA)
 
In defence of Kitchen Cabinet, where humanising is the point
ESTHER ANATOLITIS

The show is remarkable viewing ­— and it’s hard to imagine any straight interview that would elicit the same revelations.

Kitchen Cabinet host Annabel Crabb and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton (Image: Kitchen Cabinet/ABC)