Crikey calling: budget blues — and surprises
Budget week in Canberra highlighted the economic constraints facing an Abbott government -- and gave a hint that the Coalition may be Labor lite when it comes to future budgets. Crikey deputy editor...
View ArticleParallax Podcast: The Great Gatsby, Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing & more
Baz Luhrmann. Joss Whedon. And...Todd Phillips. In this feisty episode of The Parallax Podcast, Luke Buckmaster and Rich Haridy debate Baz's new blockbuster and more -- including Joss Whedon's upcoming...
View ArticleCrikey calling: who will be PM next week?
Will Julia Gillard still be PM in a week? Canberra correspondent Bernard Keane games the situation with Crikey deputy editor Cathy Alexander -- and suggests the ALP's problems go much, much deeper than...
View ArticleParallax Podcast: World War Z, After Earth, Mud, West of Memphis & more
This fortnight on the Parallax Podcast: Brad Pitt and zombies, Will Smith and fear smelling aliens, Matthew McConaughey and flawed father figures, The Memphis Three and more.
View ArticleParallax Podcast: Man of Steel, Monsters University, Sydney Film Fest rundown...
It's been a tumultuous week in Australian current affairs -- what with Superman and the crazy kids from Monsters Inc. returning to our screens. Parallax Podcast critics Luke Buckmaster and Rich Haridy...
View ArticleCrikey Calling: the Ruddvolution podcast
Kevin Rudd is back to stop the boats, steer the economy through choppy waters, reform the Labor Party ... and win an election. Can he do it? Bernard Keane joins Jason Whittaker to review Rudd's first...
View ArticleCrikey Calling: the Kevin-will-fix-it podcast
Kevin Rudd scrapped the carbon tax, but can he stop the boats? Bernard Keane joins Crikey editor Jason Whittaker for an update on the Rudd revolution.
View ArticleCrikey Calling: the stop-the-boats-and-call-an-election podcast
Kevin Rudd shipped them to PNG, now Tony Abbott is calling in the military. They'll stop the boats, but will it bring the votes? Crikey's Bernard Keane and Jason Whittaker talk asylum seekers and the...
View ArticleCrikey Calling: everything you need to know about the election
With an election in the air, Crikey's Bernard Keane and Cathy Alexander mull over the issues and who'll win -- with a startling diversion into chaos theory. And Bernard sneaks in a plea for voluntary...
View ArticleCrikey calling: rates and taxes fall, but will that win over voters?
The first week of the election campaign brought a cut in interest rates, a pledge to cut the corporate tax rate and a surprise political comeback. Crikey's Bernard Keane and Cathy Alexander discuss how...
View ArticleCrikey Calling: the ‘smash the state’ election podcast
Crikey's Guy Rundle and Cathy Alexander pan the parties, smash the state and call for a new order in Australian politics. This is Crikey's uncut response to a dull, technocratic and gaffe-obsessed...
View ArticleParallax Podcast: Elysium, Now You See Me, Pain & Gain, The Gatekeepers and more
Mean robots, slippery magicians, shady bodybuilders, high-ranking intelligence officers and more in this fortnight's episode of The Parallax Podcast.
View ArticleCrikey Calling: the thank-god-we’re-halfway podcast
They're halfway down the straight, and who's got his neck in front? Crikey's political oracle Bernard Keane talks to Jason Whittaker about the challenge facing Tony Abbott to run down Kevin Rudd.
View ArticleParallax Podcast: Stoker, Kick-Ass 2, Upstream Colour, Frances Ha & more
Strange house guests, dodgy superheroes, pigs in trippy art films, freewheeling hipsters and more in this fortnight's episode of The Parallax Podcast.
View ArticleCrikey Calling: the how-has-it-come-to-this podcast
With one week remaining in the election campaign, how has it come to this for Labor? Bernard Keane and Cathy Alexander look at Kevin Rudd’s rough road and what we can expect from the last week of the...
View ArticleCrikey Calling: the Australians-don’t-understand-the-economy edition
Crikey Canberra correspondent Bernard Keane and writer-at-large Guy Rundle talk the Australian economy, the Labor leadership and Bob Katter's drongo appeal.
View ArticleParallax Podcast: Blue Jasmine, Mood Indigo, White House Down, Byzantium & more
Woody Allen dramatics, Michel Gondry inventions, Roland Emmerich explosions and more in this fortnight's episode of The Parallax Podcast.
View ArticleCrikey Calling: the clearing-the-decks podcast
Crikey Canberra correspondent Bernard Keane joins editor Jason Whittaker to look at the first days of a Coalition government: the departmental shake-up and policy challenges ahead.
View ArticleParallax Podcast: Stories We Tell, The Act of Killing, The Bling Ring & more
Family indiscretions, mass murderers, Somali pirates, celebrity wannabes and more in this fortnight's episode of The Parallax Podcast.
View ArticleParallax Podcast: Gravity, Rush, Lovelace, Sharknado & more
Astronauts lost in space, feuding Formula 1 drivers, legendary porno stars, ferocious human-eating sharks and more in this week's The Parallax Podcast.
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