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Jack Callil @jackcallil

4 Feb 2024

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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Jun 10

Data centre builders are using dodgy offsets, loopholes and loose regulations to shirk their renewable energy responsibilities. We need a moratorium on all data centre developments. crikey.com.au/2026/06/10/mor…

We need a moratorium on Australia's data centre development

Do you expect AI companies to build the renewable energy actually needed to offset their energy demand — or fight tooth and nail to shirk regulation?

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May 22

Opinion | As former independent senator Rex Patrick writes, a new scathing report confirms a slow-motion democracy scandal that's been in play for a decade or more. crikey.com.au/2026/05/22/fre…

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May 8

Opinion | Writing for Crikey, Julie Hare details the tattered legacy of Julie Bishop, who has resigned as chancellor of ANU following years of scandals and allegations of mismanagement. Read: crikey.com.au/2026/05/08/jul…

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Apr 30

It’s not just the plane — Gina Rinehart’s fingerprints are all over the recent flurry of hefty donations to Pauline Hanson’s One Nation. crikey.com.au/2026/04/30/gin…

Gina Rinehart's executives are making big One Nation donations

A CEO and a director at companies in Gina Rinehart’s Hancock empire have donated $500,000 each to One Nation.

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Apr 27

Exclusive | The US wants access to the biometric data of anyone with even a “nexus” with Australia, obtained documents reveal. @bernardkeane reports. crikey.com.au/2026/04/27/don…

FOI confirms Donald Trump's grab of Australians' biometric data is even bigger than feared

Well, it's confirmed: government documents show we're negotiating to hand access to every Australian travellers' biometric data to the United States. And it's worse than we thought.

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Apr 9

Exclusive: Nine has told its editorial staff — which includes The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and the Australian Financial Review — that their use of AI must improve and that usage will be monitored. crikey.com.au/2026/04/09/nin…

Nine outlines AI 'vision' as it tells journalists to increase AI use

Nine’s editorial staff, which includes The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and the Australian Financial Review, were told at an all-staff meeting that their use of AI must improve.

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Mar 31

Recent piece by me: theguardian.com/books/2026/m…

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Mar 27

Albanese is taking part in one of Australia’s greatest traditions: sucking up to the US, no matter what. crikey.com.au/2026/03/27/ant…

Where does the Albanese government rank on the Harold Holt Grovel-O-Meter?

Anthony Albanese is a traditionalist when it comes to the US alliance — the tradition being that Australian PMs suck up to America no matter what.

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Mar 13

RT @crikey_news: Writing exclusively for Crikey today, Rick Morton tears into the NACC's long-awaited robodebt report that exonerated Scott…

The NACC robodebt report: A heartbreaking work of staggering incompetence

Rick Morton wrote the book on robodebt. He delivers a damning verdict on the NACC's long-awaited robodebt report, which exonerated Scott Morrison and Kathryn Campbell.

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Mar 13

Opinion | Writing exclusively for Crikey, Grace Tame reflects on the prime minister calling her "difficult", the media storm following her pro-Palestine chant, and which social causes do and don't ignite public support. crikey.com.au/2026/03/13/gra…

The difficult truth

Writing exclusively for Crikey, Grace Tame reflects on the prime minister calling her 'difficult', the media storm following her pro-Palestine chant, and which social causes do and don't ignite...

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Mar 10

Opinion | Anthony Albanese has a big problem brewing among a crucial cohort from Labor’s mammoth 2025 victory: young women. Crystal Andrews writes. crikey.com.au/2026/03/10/ant…

These young women helped Albanese get elected. Now? They’re done with him

Why did the prime minister's 'difficult' description of former Australian of the Year Grace Tame spark such a visceral reaction from young women?

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Mar 6

Opinion | Writing exclusively for Crikey, former prime minister Paul Keating eviscerates what he calls the “extravagant untruth” of the Nine newspapers' 2023 "Red Alert" series that predicted war with China in three years. crikey.com.au/2026/03/06/pau…

War with China in three years? Paul Keating unleashes on Nine's 'Red Alert' hysteria

In March 2023, Nine newspapers unleashed an extraordinary series warning of war with China within three years and our unpreparedness for it. On the third anniversary, former prime minister Paul...

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Mar 5

Exclusive | A new algorithmic "engine" designed to save the NDIS billions is at a 'critical risk', with senior staff warning that the new framework planning is in chaos, writes Rick Morton. crikey.com.au/2026/03/05/ric…

New NDIS reform is in chaos, insiders say

Documents seen by Crikey show that senior staff at the National Disability Insurance Agency have warned that the policy design of the so-called New Framework Planning is in disarray.

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Feb 27

Exclusive: Labor is bringing back its friendless, half-forgotten FOI bill. crikey.com.au/2026/02/27/fre…

Labor's FOI bill is back from the dead — unchanged and still friendless

Pretty much no-one but Labor liked the freedom of information bill last time it was on the agenda. Despite that, it's been brought back.

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Feb 23

Opinion | "Australian literary culture needs funding that will enable organisations to make truly long-term plans, rather than going through bouts of feast and famine." buff.ly/1Fjteg9

Writers Victoria's funding has been cut to $0. It's part of a broader arts funding crisis in...

I taught a course at Writers Victoria to roughly 12 aspiring writers. One has since published five novels, and another has published two books that have won or been shortlisted for major literary...

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Feb 20

RT @crikey_news: Exclusive: Scott Britton, an architect of the unlawful robodebt scheme, has a new job, Rick Morton reveals for Crikey. h…

Exclusive: Robodebt architect remains employed in a senior governance role in the public service

Scott Britton was a national manager of the customer compliance branch in the Department of Human Services and signed a June 2014 minute that first detailed how robodebt would work.

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Feb 3

Exclusive | The Albanese government is handing access to Australians’ biometric data and ID documents to US agencies like ICE, and not telling anyone. @bernardkeane reports. crikey.com.au/2026/02/03/aus…

Trump, ICE set to be handed access to Australians' biometric data, ID documents

The Albanese government is giving the Trump administration and agencies like ICE access to Australians' biometric data — and we're not being told anything about it.

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11 Dec 2025

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/2025/12/12/red…

Reddit files High Court challenge to the teen social media ban

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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7 Dec 2025

I wrote a long read about the risks of being pregnant in America in 2025 abc.net.au/news/2025-12-07/p…

'This was a wanted pregnancy': The mothers facing prosecution in Trump's America

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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2 Dec 2025

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/2025/12/03/mat…

Matt Kean: The Liberals deserve to keep on losing unless they change course

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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