Jack Callil

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

Writing exclusively for Crikey today, Rick Morton tears into the NACC's long-awaited robodebt report that exonerated Scott Morrison and Kathryn Campbell. crikey.com.au/2026/03/13/nac…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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

Exclusive: Scott Britton, an architect of the unlawful robodebt scheme, has a new job, Rick Morton reveals for Crikey. crikey.com.au/2026/02/20/rob…

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. #Echobox=1770081513-3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">crikey.com.au/2026/02/03/aus…

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. #Echobox=1765495012-3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">crikey.com.au/2025/12/12/red…

I wrote a long read about the risks of being pregnant in America in 2025 abc.net.au/news/2025-12-0…

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. #Echobox=1764714622-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">crikey.com.au/2025/12/03/mat…

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. #Echobox=1762985845-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">crikey.com.au/2025/11/13/uni…

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. crikey.com.au/2025/11/04/dav…

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. #Echobox=1761784116" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">crikey.com.au/2025/10/30/auk…

Excellent piece by @theshufflediary crikey.com.au/2025/10/29/alb…

we are not a serious country abc.net.au/news/2025-10-1…

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/2025/10/27/whi…

Whitlam dismissal secrets unearthed from the archives of the Canadian governor-general via @crikey_news crikey.com.au/2025/10/27/whi… 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

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. #Echobox=1761609823-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">crikey.com.au/2025/10/28/gin…