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Kristine Ziwica is a Melbourne-based columnist and consultant who has 20 years' experience working in Australia, the United States and the UK on human rights and gender equality campaigns.

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Daanyal Saeed

Daanyal Saeed is a journalist currently based in Melbourne, Australia. He is the media reporter for independent outlet Crikey and pens the daily column The Snoop. He is also the …

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Latest Articles

A star One Nation candidate said he was a criminal lawyer. There's no record of that

A key One Nation candidate in Victoria claims on campaign material and in multiple interviews to be a former criminal lawyer. But when Crikey received a tip-off that, in fact, Mark Nicholson had never been formally admitted as a lawyer, a required step under Australian law to be able to …
By Daanyal Saeed
• Crikey

Firing, hiring, eating up youth culture: What is Vinyl Group up to?

When the rumours first began swirling earlier this year that Nine was considering selling Pedestrian — one of Australia’s homegrown youth media success stories — the immediate question in journalists’ group chats was “Who the hell would buy this?” Only one company was consistently named: Vinyl Group. And for good …
By Daanyal Saeed
• Crikey

From Nigel Farage to Giggle for Girls, this US Christian group has fingerprints everywhere. Who are the ADF?

Sall Grover, the founder of the now-defunct female-only social media platform Giggle for Girls, lost a court battle last year after the ruling determined that the exclusion of a transgender woman from the female-only app constituted gender identity discrimination. After she appealed the decision and the Federal Court upheld the …
By Amy Fallon
• Crikey

From Nigel Farage to Giggle for Girls, this US Christian group has fingerprints everywhere. Who are the ADF?

Sall Grover, the founder of the now-defunct female-only social media platform Giggle for Girls, lost a court battle last year after the ruling determined that the exclusion of a transgender woman from the female-only app constituted gender identity discrimination. After she appealed the decision and the Federal Court upheld the …
By Amy Fallon
• Crikey

Seven to use AI to write news articles following mass redundancy fallout

Seven staff will use a new AI tool to write online news articles based off the broadcaster’s TV scripts, with bosses telling journalists they “need to start using it” and the system already being rolled out in its Sydney and Melbourne offices. The move has sparked concern from staff who …
By Daanyal Saeed
• Crikey

ALL OKE: AFL clears Gold Coast Suns team manager after betting probe, Victoria's watchdog begins investigation

The AFL has cleared Gold Coast Suns team manager Mark Opie following an Integrity Unit investigation this week, after Crikey revealed he was the co-founder of a registered bookmaker called Okebet. Crikey understands the league is satisfied there’s been no breaches of AFL rules, with Okebet removing AFL markets from …
By Daanyal Saeed
• Crikey

'Deeply disrespectful': 1,049 days after Peta Murphy's report on gambling reform, the Albanese government has responded

While the country’s political journalists were under lock and key at the budget lock-up all yesterday afternoon, the Albanese government formally responded to the 2023 You Win Some, You Lose More report into online gambling harms. Much has already been made of the prolonged timeline on which the Albanese government …
By Daanyal Saeed
• Crikey

Gold Coast Suns team manager is co-founder of bookmaker fined $100,000 for gambling act breaches

The team manager of the Gold Coast Suns is the co-founder of a registered bookmaker that has been previously reprimanded and fined $100,000 for breaches of Victoria’s Gambling Regulation Act, Crikey can reveal. Mark Opie, routinely seen on the bench during AFL matches, is a team manager for the Suns’ …
By Daanyal Saeed
• Crikey

Talking points on US-Israel strikes on Iran prepared for Albanese and Wong reveal fears over legality questions

Talking points prepared for government ministers in response to airstrikes conducted by the United States and Israel on Iran reveal initial concern that questions would be raised over the legality of the strikes. Documents obtained by Crikey through freedom of information (FOI) mechanisms show how government ministers, including Foreign Affairs …
By Daanyal Saeed
• Crikey

Dodging accountability on gambling reform is a government tradition

The Labor government’s long-awaited gambling advertising reforms have been widely criticised, be it for the fact they propose a partial ban when the government’s own reports say partial bans don’t work, the lack of a national regulator or simply the belated timing. It has been well over 1,000 days since …
By Daanyal Saeed
• Crikey

Paint by Numbers: LIV Golf and the multi-million dollar black hole it could leave in the Australian economy

Last week, the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced its new 2026-2030 strategy, which does not include future funding for one of its crown jewels, the LIV Golf tour. The tour includes a stopover in Adelaide, which since 2023 has been one of the most successful tournaments on the …
By Daanyal Saeed
• Crikey

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

Nine editorial staff, including newspaper journalists at its flagship publications The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, have been told to increase their use of AI “to improve efficiency” in an all-staff meeting. Managing director of publishing Tory Maguire told staff on April 8 that the company’s board expected everyone …
By Daanyal Saeed
• Crikey

'Really disappointed', 'betrayal', 'bare minimum': The reaction to Albanese’s long-awaited gambling advertising reforms

Late last week the government announced long-awaited gambling advertising reforms, with the prime minister using an address to the National Press Club on Thursday to announce a suite of changes centred around a partial television advertising ban, aiming to be implemented from 2027. The announcement comes more than 1,000 days …
By Daanyal Saeed
• Crikey

News Corp mastheads’ public spat over sexual abuse survivor’s story as one outlet campaigns against the other

This article contains descriptions of sexual assault and abuse of minors. While the Murdoch family at the helm of News Corporation may not always be united, from a business perspective, the “firm” is usually ruthlessly loyal to its own entities and business affiliations. Many a former (and current) News Corp …
By Daanyal Saeed
• Crikey

'Just not acceptable': On the ground at ABC staff's first strike in 20 years

ABC staff have walked off the job for the first time in two decades, striking over an unresolved pay dispute that threatens to drag on without resolution beyond the scheduled 24-hour period. Flagship programs like 7:30 did not air overnight, as some of the ABC’s highest-profile staff committed to putting …
By Daanyal Saeed
• Crikey

Centimetre perfect: Remembering the life of Dennis Cometti

One of football’s most beloved personalities, broadcaster Dennis Cometti, passed away this week, leaving in his wake an extraordinary legacy of kindness, witty one-liners and a love of the game that brought a nation together. He was 76. Cometti worked across a range of broadcasters, getting his start at the …
By Daanyal Saeed
• Crikey

Val Morgan staff learned of Vinyl Group acquisition from media reports

The staff of Val Morgan Digital learned of their $10.5 million acquisition by Vinyl Group from media reports in The Australian Financial Review, Crikey can reveal. News of the sale, from cinema giant Hoyts to the Richard White-backed Vinyl Group, was broken by the Financial Review’s Street Talk column on …
By Daanyal Saeed
• Crikey

'Damn lies': Meta and TikTok grilled at Senate misinformation committee

Meta and TikTok executives have fronted the Senate committee on climate misinformation in Canberra this week, where they defended their companies’ processes for handling misinformation against a barrage of criticism from senators across political lines. The committee also heard from National Party-linked think tank Page Research Centre, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, …
By Daanyal Saeed
• Crikey

Foxtel schmoozes politicians in Parliament House and rails against anti-siphoning laws

During a busy week in Canberra — between the Liberal leadership spill, visits by heads of state, and Senate estimates — Foxtel put on one of the all-time great schmoozing efforts. The TV giant, now owned by DAZN, booked out Parliament House’s Mural Hall for what it dubbed the 2026 …
By Daanyal Saeed
• Crikey

ABC secures television and radio rights for the VFL

In a move that will delight old-school football fans, the ABC has secured television and radio broadcast rights for the Victorian Football League for the first time since 2014, Crikey understands. Top-flight sport on the national broadcaster has been an increasingly rare treat since the professionalisation of most major sporting …
By Daanyal Saeed
• Crikey

Islamophobia monitor lodges complaint over Karl Stefanovic’s Muslim 'baiting' comments

The Islamophobia Register has lodged a formal complaint about comments made by Karl Stefanovic during an interview segment in which the Today host suggested praying Muslims who were dragged away by police in the street on Monday night may have been “baiting” police. NSW Premier Chris Minns fronted Nine’s flagship …
By Daanyal Saeed
• Crikey

ABC secures television and radio rights for the VFL

In a move that will delight old-school football fans, the ABC has secured television and radio broadcast rights for the Victorian Football League for the first time since 2014, Crikey understands. Top-flight sport on the national broadcaster has been an increasingly rare treat since the professionalisation of most major sporting …
By Daanyal Saeed
• Crikey

A view from the ground: As police argued with MPs, Sydney's protest against Isaac Herzog descended into chaos

The Sydney protest for the official visit of Israeli President Isaac Herzog began quietly in Town Hall Square, a relative blank canvas of public space nestled between Sydney’s Town Hall itself and St Andrew’s Cathedral. I arrive at 4:30pm, a full hour before the scheduled protest is set to begin. …
By Daanyal Saeed
• Crikey

Assange accuses Nobel Foundation of encouraging US actions in Venezuela via Machado’s Peace Prize

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has accused the Nobel Foundation of helping encourage the Trump administration to interfere in Venezuela, via its decision to award the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. This follows a legal complaint he filed in December against the foundation. “The number …
By Amy Fallon
• Crikey

Foxtel owners DAZN sign sports partnership with banned Trump-linked betting company

Sports entertainment giant DAZN, the owner of Foxtel, has signed a partnership agreement with a crypto-betting website that is banned in Australia by the online gambling regulator. Polymarket, which brands itself as a “prediction market” rather than a betting platform, signed a deal with DAZN this week that would see …
By Daanyal Saeed
• Crikey

Steve Waugh, T20 slop leagues and the international business of big cricket

Hidden in the flood of PR emails that fill journalists’ inboxes, there recently lay a gem that piqued this Crikey cricket tragic’s curiosity. An invitation to the Australian launch of the European T20 Premier League (ETPL), which we assumed to have been sent to us by accident. After all, Crikey …
By Daanyal Saeed
• Crikey

Leaked email shows SBS managing director asking own staff to suggest cost-saving ideas

SBS staff have been asked to suggest cuts to their own workforce to save money, as negotiations between bosses and workers over enterprise bargaining agreements remain in a deadlock. In an email sent to staff, obtained by Crikey, SBS’ managing director Jane Palfreyman asked staff to put forward ideas to …
By Daanyal Saeed
• Crikey