Chris Berg, Author at Crikey

Jim Chalmers’ spray at the RBA is embarrassing

Chris Berg — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 22:48:35 +0000

If only the government and the RBA could row in the same direction. But the blame for policy divergence has to rest entirely with the government.

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Telegram founder’s arrest is radical — if it’s a crime to build privacy tools, there will be no privacy

Chris Berg — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 23:46:37 +0000

Pavel Durov's arrest suggests that the law enforcement dragnet is being widened from private financial transactions to private speech.

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No — taxpayers should not bail out journalism. They do so already!

Chris Berg — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 00:25:50 +0000

'Crikey has been arguing for a long time that News Corp pays less tax that it ought to. Guess who the biggest private beneficiaries of subsidised journalism are?'

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