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Politics reporter with @crikey_news in Sydney and Canberra. Ex-NCA NewsWire. Originally from Sweden. Email: anilsson(at)https://t.co/H3Mef12rjw
Joined December 2011
Exclusive: Australia's fresh anti-corruption committee broke anti-corruption laws with its $30 million office fit-out, documents reveal. https://t.co/XC5uBjZtsd
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One of the first acts of Australia’s new anti-corruption agency was to commit 'significant non-compliance' with finance law by failing to officially sign off on tens of millions of dollars of...
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Parliament is sitting, the Reserve Bank of Australia will make a rate announcement, and Bob Katter will get an official portrait. Welcome to another week in Australian politics!
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Also, there will be no fewer than three speeches at the National Press Club this week.
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Videos posted to social media appear to show Ecuadorian soldiers using a BM-21 multiple rocket launcher to hit an alleged illegal mining operation. @antonknilsson reports.
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Videos posted to social media show Ecuadorian soldiers blasting a hillside with a BM-21 rocket launcher.
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Exclusive | Scott Morrison has registered himself as having a relationship with a $2.5 trillion Saudi fossil fuel company whose board member was once appointed by Morrison to a COVID recovery taskforce. @antonknilsson reports.
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When he was prime minister, Morrison appointed a Saudi fossil fuel firm's board member to two different taskforce roles in 2019 and 2022.
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Breaking: Crikey understands both the opposition and the crossbench, including the Greens, are opposed to Labor's bill, meaning it will struggle to get through the Senate.
Barely anyone except Labor supports the government's FOI reforms via @crikey_news
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Barely anyone except Labor supports the government's FOI reforms via @crikey_news
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Those opposed to the tightening of Australia's freedom of information regime are gathering force, meaning Labor will struggle to drag its bill through the Senate.
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What’s in the incoming brief from the climate change department that's so sensitive that the Albanese government is bucking the Senate to keep it secret?
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A long-running quest to obtain a departmental brief hit another wall yesterday.
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Exclusive | Monash University is scrapping its flagship sustainability institute, sparking backlash among some of its staff. @antonknilsson reports.
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The uni's plans to 'streamline operational services' by closing down its flagship institute dedicated to climate action and sustainability have sparked internal backlash.
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Australia was the blueprint. Today, Anton Nilsson and his investigative partners from Indonesia, Brazil, and Canada bring you the definitive read on the tech fight against news media bargaining codes worldwide.
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Meta and Google ran public campaigns, made threats to stop serving news, struck private deals and mobilised prominent supporters to try to influence or stall laws in Brazil, Canada, Indonesia and...
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Could the deals newsrooms signed with Google be used to prevent them pursuing legal action over the use of news to train AI bots?
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Google has signed more than 2,000 secret contracts with news outlets around the world — now there's speculation that the fine print could expose some publishers to an AI grab.
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How News Corp Australia’s support for the news media bargaining code was used as a scare tactic by tech giants in Latin America.
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Today, Crikey and a group of global investigative journalists reveal what’s really at stake when newsrooms sign licensing deals with Google, including clauses to bar legal action.
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Google has signed more than 2,000 secret contracts with news outlets around the world — now there's speculation that the fine print could expose some publishers to an AI grab.
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Crikey's @antonknilsson was one of several dozen journalists who traveled to Bogotá, Colombia to plan a global investigative series into the lobbying tactis of big tech. Here's how the project took shape.
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The influence of lobbyists on media and tech policy is no secret, but this project gathered reporters from across the world to compare notes on the tactics and talking points of big tech.
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The UK's former AUKUS director general is now working for Palantir, the controversial US tech giant.
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The UK's former director general for AUKUS will abide by a two-year lobbying moratorium, US tech firm Palantir says.
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A federal shadow minister is choosing to disclose his diary. Will others follow suit? @crikey_news @antonknilsson
https://t.co/1tr5Ue1kaA
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A Nationals senator and shadow minister has said he'll begin regularly disclosing his diary. But there is no requirement on other shadow ministers and ministers to do the same.
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It's an arduous process to find out what meetings Albanese government ministers have attended. One Nationals shadow minister has decided to buck the trend.
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A Nationals senator and shadow minister has said he'll begin regularly disclosing his diary. But there is no requirement on other shadow ministers and ministers to do the same.
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Heard the sad news about Brian today and thought about all the years I’ve been listening to him and admiring his genius. Rest in peace dear Brian.
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Here's me (and @crystal_jane and @BernardKeane and @antonknilsson) on the result. My crossbench analysis at 31:45 https://t.co/PIU6UtDYyl
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Cut Through · Episode
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Crikey's @antonknilsson also visited Bray Park State School in Peter Dutton's electorate of Dickson, which is on a skinny 1.7% margin. Of note: every voter Anton spoke to said they gave their primary vote to minor party candidates. Which way do you think this seat will go?
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As @antonknilsson found out, Scott Morrison is not keen to talk about Donald Trump.
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Plus: the question Scott Morrison refused to answer.
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