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The Crikey team hustled this week to get scoop after scoop. In case you missed them, here are a few to catch up on: a leaked photo of Foxtel CEO Patrick Delany “demonstrating” a Nazi salute, internal emails showing the NSW Liberals in damage control, and the reappointment of a Tourism Australia boss amid an AFP investigation.

Editor-in-chief Sophie Black also shared how much gambling advertising money we could be earning — and why we'll never accept the cash. Our subscribers make Crikey's independent journalism possible, so thank you.

Plus independent MP Zali Steggall spoke to Rachel Withers about how it feels to be in the crosshairs of the Coalition: “They have this pathological need to interrupt, speak over you and try to bully you.”

Hope you’re having a great weekend.
Crystal Andrews Crystal Andrews,
Readers' Editor
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We’re not exactly rolling in it, but Crikey has never taken gambling money.

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Foxtel CEO goes into damage control after Jewish, media groups slam Nazi salute
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Patrick Delany has moved to quell the backlash by meeting with a Jewish community group and sending an email to staff after Crikey obtained an image of his offensive salute.

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Tourism Australia boss given new five-year term in midst of AFP investigation
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Exclusive: Phillipa Harrison had her tenure extended at the same time her agency was being investigated by police. And Labor kept the reappointment quiet for nearly two months.

Managing Director of Tourism Australia Phillipa Harrison in 2019 (Image: AAP/Bianca De Marchi)
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Liberals ask federal bigwigs to weigh in on NSW election disaster
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Exclusive: Crikey was leaked an email sent Wednesday morning by Liberal Party assistant federal director Josh Manuatu — a name that political news tragics may remember from another messy saga.

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A federal takeover of the NSW Liberals would spell Victoria-like disaster for the state
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Right-wing figures are pushing for a federal takeover of the NSW Liberals — with the goal of sending a moderate party far to the right.

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Yes — taxpayers should bail out journalism. It’s the least bad option we’ve got left
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'If making The Great Gatsby is in the interest of the Australian taxpayer, then so is covering the news.'

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Dictators, a ‘love child’ and succession battle: The legal brawls of Australia’s billionaire siblings
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Pretty much all of Australia's richest heirs are having a legal battle at the moment, providing a great deal of evidence of how fabulously weird the fabulously wealthy really are.

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No — taxpayers should not bail out journalism. They do so already!
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'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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Zali Steggall stands by telling Dutton to ‘stop being racist’, yet is no Green on Gaza
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Independent MP Zali Steggall tells Crikey she wasn’t planning to call the opposition racist but did so after heckling.

Independent MP Zali Steggall (Image: AAP/Private Media/Zennie)
 
Abuse under parliamentary privilege will be outside new commission’s remit. Is that a bad thing?
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The forthcoming Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission won't examine behaviour inside the chamber. But the next election might produce a better way to lift standards.

Parliament House, Canberra (Image: AAP/Lukas Coch)
 
Australia doesn’t just influence detention regimes globally — it exports them
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Former Manus Island detainee Behrouz Boochani on how Australia has been actively promoting its immigration detention policies abroad.

Former Manus Island detainee Behrouz Boochani in 2023 (Image: AAP/Mick Tsikas)
 
Powerful groups have hijacked Australian media narratives on climate change, new analysis shows
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Exclusive: Australian journalists sitting in climate-controlled offices have repeatedly failed when it comes to reporting on climate change.

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When an experienced ambassador to China speaks on AUKUS, we should listen
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Ross Garnaut has cautioned Australia against putting all its eggs in the AUKUS basket at a time when relations with China are growing ever more important.

Former ambassador to China Ross Garnaut (Image: AAP/Lukas Coch)
 
Retail surveillance company Auror faces privacy investigation
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The information commissioner has launched a full investigation into Auror following a Crikey report into its use by the Australian Federal Police.

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