In this extract from the latest Crikey Read, author Alison Pennington explains how greed and short-term thinking have pulled the rug out from future generations.

Dominic Perrottet and Chris Minns have ruled out further privatisation and taxes. Here's what they told Crikey they will do to ease the burden instead.

The case is at once a savage revelation of what Parliament takes from its workforce, and a common enough narrative of workplace breakdown.

Rupert Murdoch's deposition remarks have left Fox News wedged between a rock and a hard place — it needs a Houdini escape.

Nine's alarmist 'Red Alert' series claims to forewarn readers about war with China. Instead, it provides a lot of 'khaki hyperbole'.

Group administrator Charlie Bakhos has called for action against people perceived to have disrespected Christian beliefs and endorsed acts of vandalism during Sydney's WorldPride.

One Christian political figure says Islam or belief in climate change were more likely to inspire violence than Christian premillennialism.

The central bank's research finally concedes the truth about wages, but don't expect its board to highlight it.