Why Australian media needs to be obsessive about power

In the first episode of our new weekly podcast, we’re addressing the biggest criticism of Crikey: that we’re too hard or too soft on Labor… and the Coalition. And the Greens, the independents, One Nation. You get the picture. 

Cut Through host Crystal Andrews speaks to editor-in-chief Sophie Black and politics editor Bernard Keane about how Crikey plans to cover the 48th Parliament, and how journalists and news publishers should be adapting to Australia’s new political landscape. What does it mean to truly scrutinise the people in power, who decides what is “newsworthy”, and why does the media seem to focus on political antics rather than analysis of policy proposals?

Plus is the Coalition now so politically irrelevant that the media should ignore it altogether? 

Read more:

• How our newsroom plans to cover the 48th Parliament (1:21)
• ‘Background use only’: How Labor justifies its silence on Gaza to the media (12:17)
• As Bowen jibes the Coalition on climate, he still lets it dictate his policies. Who’s the real joke? (22:08)
• The grim reaper of Australian politics is back. Finally (18:10)
• Oppositions and accountability — or, trying for the least worst of both worlds (30:20)

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