Anton

Politics reporter with @crikey_news in Sydney and Canberra. Ex-NCA NewsWire. Originally from Sweden. Email: anilsson(at)

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💯 years of solitude

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Exclusive: Labor is bringing back its friendless, half-forgotten FOI bill.
https://t.co/NhOEWFsjfA

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Full statement released this morning:

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Sussan Ley has resigned. Here's what the AEC says about by-election timing:
- When to issue writ is up to Speaker.
- Once writ is issued, min 33 days, max 58 days until by-election day (by-election must be on a Saturday)
- Easter & ANZAC Day could affect timing
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Exclusive | Hohlt will provide high-level advice on “macropolitical issues” and reach out to senior US government officials to advance Australia’s economic interests, according to a contract seen by Crikey. https://t.co/G1MVSX5RIn

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Exclusive: Australia's fresh anti-corruption committee broke anti-corruption laws with its $30 million office fit-out, documents reveal.

https://t.co/XC5uBjZtsd

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@vacabrerah No worries! I’m a reporter with the news website Crikey and I have a question about Ecuador

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Parliament is sitting, the Reserve Bank of Australia will make a rate announcement, and Bob Katter will get an official portrait. Welcome to another week in Australian politics! https://t.co/vGCIwo425B

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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. https://t.co/HQfnD6kkEH

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Exclusive | Scott Morrison has registered himself as having a relationship with a $2.5 trillion Saudi fossil fuel company whose board member was once appointed by Morrison to a COVID recovery taskforce. @antonknilsson reports. https://t.co/5ON916EaMr

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Breaking: Crikey understands both the opposition and the crossbench, including the Greens, are opposed to Labor's bill, meaning it will struggle to get through the Senate.

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Barely anyone except Labor supports the government's FOI reforms via @crikey_news https://t.co/HItzvNR9xp

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Barely anyone except Labor supports the government's FOI reforms via @crikey_news https://t.co/HItzvNR9xp

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What’s in the incoming brief from the climate change department that's so sensitive that the Albanese government is bucking the Senate to keep it secret? https://t.co/KQ2HiQ5tvm

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Exclusive | Monash University is scrapping its flagship sustainability institute, sparking backlash among some of its staff. @antonknilsson reports. https://t.co/7MfCTX5HU2

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Australia was the blueprint. Today, Anton Nilsson and his investigative partners from Indonesia, Brazil, and Canada bring you the definitive read on the tech fight against news media bargaining codes worldwide. https://t.co/I4MAYeui0M

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Could the deals newsrooms signed with Google be used to prevent them pursuing legal action over the use of news to train AI bots? https://t.co/oRmfNCqIRu

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How News Corp Australia’s support for the news media bargaining code was used as a scare tactic by tech giants in Latin America. https://t.co/4CABdcV6Ht

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Today, Crikey and a group of global investigative journalists reveal what’s really at stake when newsrooms sign licensing deals with Google, including clauses to bar legal action. https://t.co/szWMNFHdAu

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Crikey's @antonknilsson was one of several dozen journalists who traveled to Bogotá, Colombia to plan a global investigative series into the lobbying tactis of big tech. Here's how the project took shape. https://t.co/uOPcVbi5Ce

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The UK's former AUKUS director general is now working for Palantir, the controversial US tech giant. https://t.co/yTLWsrAcVd