What is Crikey?

Crikey is an independent online media service. Every week day we send our 10,000+ subscribers (known as the Crikey Army) an email crammed with the latest news, analysis, juicy gossip, reviews, rumours, links and prescient tips. It arrives in subscribers’ inboxes around lunchtime. All the articles from Crikey’s daily email are also posted on this website, but most of them are locked – you’ll need to register for a free trial or sign up for a subscription if you want to read them.

The Crikey mission

Crikey's aim is very simple: to bring its readers the inside word on what's really going on in politics, government, media, business, the arts, sport and other aspects of public life in Australia. Crikey irritates the powerful by revealing how they operate behind-the-scenes, and it tackles the stories insiders are talking about but other media can't or won't cover.

Crikey sees its role as part of the so-called 'fourth estate' that acts as a vital check and balance on the activities of government, the political system and the judiciary. In addition, Crikey believes the performance and activities of business, the media, public relations and other important sectors is worthy of public scrutiny.

Crikey is a 'clearing house' for information that might otherwise remain suppressed. It's a place where people can go – anonymously or not – with information they believe is in the public interest. If Crikey publishes such information, its status is identified. Crikey aims for full transparency in what it publishes, but we recognise that unconfirmed reports can often be the starting point for the disclosure of important information. Where published material cannot be 100% confirmed, Crikey aims to ensure its readers know it is unconfirmed or uncorroborated.

When Crikey publishes commentary, opinions, analysis and editorial comment, it identifies such material. Crikey aims to be fair and open in its journalism. It does not seek to be malicious, prurient or invade an individual's privacy unless that intrusion of privacy is relevant to an individual's public or corporate duties.

In order to achieve its editorial aspirations, Crikey must also operate as a business. Its primary sources of revenue are subscriptions and advertising. Crikey aims to be open and honest in all its commercial activities, and reserves the right to reject any advertising it regards as unethical or in any other way unsuitable.

Most important of all, Crikey is independent and is not part of a media empire.