Jack Callil
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Deputy editor @Crikey_news ✉️ Send me pitches. Send me tips. Send me your firstborn. [email protected] At the other place at https://t.co/yjclsACZzB
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Joined April 2014
I've stepped into the deputy editor role at @crikey_news 👋. Freelancers, we're always open to pitches for news, analysis, opinion and investigations. We pay $300 for 600-800 words per article we accept and commission. E: jcallil@crikey.com.au
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Reddit will argue the teen social media ban is unconstitutional and that Reddit does not fit the law's definition of a social media platform.
crikey.com.au
While complying with the law, the popular tech platform will argue the teen social media ban is unconstitutional and that Reddit does not fit its definition of a social media platform.
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I wrote a long read about the risks of being pregnant in America in 2025
abc.net.au
In the wake of widespread abortion bans, US prosecutors launch hundreds of cases charging people with crimes related to their pregnancy, miscarriage, stillbirth or birth.
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Opinion | In a blistering assessment of his own party, the former NSW Liberals deputy leader @Matt_KeanMP argues the federal party must overcome their worst instincts or face permanent electoral oblivion.
crikey.com.au
In a blistering assessment of his own party, the former NSW Liberals deputy leader argues the federal party must overcome its worst instincts or face permanent electoral oblivion.
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In a Senate inquiry, Melbourne University sidestepped a question over offers from external parties to purchase or take over the 85-year-old journal, and denied that external pressures contributed to its closure.
crikey.com.au
In a Senate inquiry, Melbourne University sidestepped a question over offers from external parties to purchase or take over the 85-year-old journal, and denied that external pressures contributed to...
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The Labor government has raised a Senate motion to try to get David Pocock out of the gym, in what he has called a "petty" move of retaliation. @daanysaeed reports. https://t.co/tArhXLCPFV
crikey.com.au
The government has hit David Pocock where it hurts — the gym — in what the independent has labelled a 'petty' move following his win in the Senate last week over question time arrangements.
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The government's AUKUS payment of $798 million to the Trump administration in May was rushed through by Defence bureaucrats in breach of payment rules, documents obtained by Crikey reveal.
crikey.com.au
Bureaucrats were in a hurry to ensure the Americans got their AUKUS payment earlier this year — and ditched payment rules to make it happen.
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Whitlam dismissal secrets revealed in newly released 'Palace letters' btw Canadian G-G & the Queen re: Kerr's dismissal of Whitlam govt. Why are hundreds of files still closed by our Nat. Archives? 'It's Time' - to release the dismissal archives! #auspol
crikey.com.au
This newly uncovered material, exclusively published by Crikey, is the first indication from Sir John Kerr himself that Queen Elizabeth II approved of the position he had taken during his dismissal...
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Whitlam dismissal secrets unearthed from the archives of the Canadian governor-general via @crikey_news
https://t.co/b3oTyuvFDv Enough of the delusion:the Queen knew nothing and the Palace played no part in the venal partisan drunk Kerr's sacking of a democratically elected PM
crikey.com.au
This newly uncovered material, exclusively published by Crikey, is the first indication from Sir John Kerr himself that Queen Elizabeth II approved of the position he had taken during his dismissal...
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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.
crikey.com.au
Videos posted to social media show Ecuadorian soldiers blasting a hillside with a BM-21 rocket launcher.
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Hell yeah!!!
Overland is thrilled to welcome Cher Tan as our new Managing Editor.
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"Can you imagine just for the van or truck, you have to pay around US$2,000 just to transport your things."
crikey.com.au
Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz said in early September that in Gaza, the 'gates of hell are opening now'. Sure enough, my friend Dr Khamis’ home of Gaza City is now a hellscape. He told me why...
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Exclusive | The Albanese government might have recognised Palestine, but it is continuing to hand taxpayer money to Israeli companies steeped in genocide, writes @bernardkeane.
crikey.com.au
Yet again, the government is handing taxpayer money to a company steeped in Palestinian blood: Elbit Systems. It's quite a contrast to Anthony Albanese's posturing on recognising Palestine.
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Exclusive | Crikey has obtained years of private Facebook posts from alleged cop killer Dezi Freeman, showing how the father and photographer became a furious conspiracy theorist.
crikey.com.au
Dezi Freeman's Facebook posts over the years show grievances blooming into conspiracies and threats of violence.
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Opinion | The past 30 to 40 years have demonstrated that federal politicians are simply incapable of policing themselves.
crikey.com.au
Interest disclosures provide the public transparency around conflicts of interest and corruption. But Australia's system lacks teeth.
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Opinion | Australian media is desperate to maintain interest in this killing, but seemingly with no interest or care in how it has been weaponised to attack my community.
crikey.com.au
The trans person tangentially involved in this incident has been thrust into an international news story against their will, their name and face plastered across the world by major news networks.
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Why would the UN report on Gaza change the government’s approach? None of the previous authoritative conclusions of genocide have, writes Charlie Lewis.
crikey.com.au
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, a UN Human Rights report has found. We'll just add this to the pile, we guess.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Charlie Kirk and the pundits and politicians sanitizing his legacy.
vanityfair.com
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
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