Managing editor at The Saturday Paper. Australian–American and vice versa. Admirer of well-constructed sentences.https://bsky.app/profile/emilysky.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilysky.bsky.social/post/3mpuapzzqec2cFar right figures ejected from the mainstream media are finding large audiences with a “creator economy” model — just ask Piers Morgan, who’s been advising Karl Stefanovic on his next steps, says @chriswallace.bsky.social … https://thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/media/2026/07/04/rise-right-wing-medias-creator-economy04 Jul 2026 23:48 +0000at://did:plc:uli64z5evkbuk4oscbsgawan/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpuapzzqec2chttps://bsky.app/profile/emilysky.bsky.social/post/3mpu7qbbcds2cAlarmed moderates spoke to @kjbar.bsky.social about the far right takeover of Sturt, as Senator Alex Antic pushes for closer ties to One Nation: “Angus [Taylor] is doing nothing about it, and he has had multiple people go to him and warn him about this...” https://kjbar.bsky.social04 Jul 2026 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:uli64z5evkbuk4oscbsgawan/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpu7qbbcds2chttps://bsky.app/profile/emilysky.bsky.social/post/3mjskx2krfs2vRodger Shanahan on how Australia must handle America in our response to the oil crisis. https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/international-relations/2026/04/18/australias-crossroads-americas-war-iran?utm_source=bsky via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au18 Apr 2026 23:14 +0000at://did:plc:uli64z5evkbuk4oscbsgawan/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjskx2krfs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilysky.bsky.social/post/3mjayj7mv2225“The EV revolution is moving on from light to heavy vehicles, and doing so at an astonishing pace,” Mike Seccombe reports. https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/economy/2026/04/11/b-doubling-down-electric-trucks?utm_source=bsky via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au11 Apr 2026 23:29 +0000at://did:plc:uli64z5evkbuk4oscbsgawan/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjayj7mv2225https://bsky.app/profile/emilysky.bsky.social/post/3meu2gq7pvc2nHow Angus Taylor will overcome the party’s ideological divisions is yet to be seen – though he may be less troubled by what one Liberal MP described to @kjbar.bsky.social as "too many men's men in the party room". https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2026/02/13/fantastic-great-move-well-done-angus?utm_source=Clipboard&utm_medium=social&utm_term=read_shared_article&utm_campaign=social_share_icons&utm_content=mobile_share14 Feb 2026 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:uli64z5evkbuk4oscbsgawan/app.bsky.feed.post/3meu2gq7pvc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilysky.bsky.social/post/3mcm2fef4lk2vIn which Hugh White explains how the Aukus submarines deal will fail in stages… https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2026/01/17/rich-dummy-how-the-aukus-deal-set-fail?utm_source=Clipboard&utm_medium=social&utm_term=read_shared_article&utm_campaign=social_share_icons&utm_content=mobile_share17 Jan 2026 07:05 +0000at://did:plc:uli64z5evkbuk4oscbsgawan/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcm2fef4lk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilysky.bsky.social/post/3m4m23gjtrs2pWatt talked to @kjbar.bsky.social about how he plans to get environment law reform across the line this year, despite opposition from the Greens and Coalition. https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/environment/2025/11/01/watts-race-environment-law-reform?utm_source=bsky via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au01 Nov 2025 22:29 +0000at://did:plc:uli64z5evkbuk4oscbsgawan/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4m23gjtrs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/emilysky.bsky.social/post/3m3itewvr6c25Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke spoke to @kjbar.bsky.social: “The loudest, the angriest voices have become emboldened”.. https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/2025/10/18/the-burke-interview-tinderbox-the-angriest-voice?utm_source=bsky via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au18 Oct 2025 22:26 +0000at://did:plc:uli64z5evkbuk4oscbsgawan/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3itewvr6c25https://bsky.app/profile/emilysky.bsky.social/post/3m3gycjwgms2uHow a consultancy helped the fossil fuel lobby capture a landmark Labor policy — an important story from Mike Seccombe: https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/environment/2025/10/18/how-the-fossil-fuel-lobby-captured-landmark-labor-policy?utm_source=bsky via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au18 Oct 2025 04:48 +0000at://did:plc:uli64z5evkbuk4oscbsgawan/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3gycjwgms2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilysky.bsky.social/post/3m2gcc6lfds22“The people who are most angry about immigration are really angry about globalisation, because they’ve been the losers from it… What they saw was cosmopolitan elites taking all the profits of those efficiency gains.” https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/economy/2025/10/04/everything-thats-wrong-with-this-immigration-debate?utm_source=bsky via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au05 Oct 2025 04:49 +0000at://did:plc:uli64z5evkbuk4oscbsgawan/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2gcc6lfds22https://bsky.app/profile/emilysky.bsky.social/post/3lzzkwdfaqc24It is an honour to work with this vengeful god, @squigglyrick.bsky.social -- who is, for the record, extremely talented and mostly benign. https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/how-robo-debt-turned-this-prize-winning-author-into-a-vengeful-god-20250926-p5my6f.html30 Sep 2025 03:19 +0000at://did:plc:uli64z5evkbuk4oscbsgawan/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzzkwdfaqc24https://bsky.app/profile/emilysky.bsky.social/post/3lzu77pdf3s2eMonique Ryan writes: Labor is walking back from its vision for the CDC at a time when we need it to be brave and bold. https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topic/2025/09/27/labors- cdc-lacks-budget-and-vision?utm_source=bsky via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topic/2025/09/27/labors-cdc-lacks-budget-and-vision?utm_source=bsky28 Sep 2025 00:06 +0000at://did:plc:uli64z5evkbuk4oscbsgawan/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzu77pdf3s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/emilysky.bsky.social/post/3lzckxzjlr22nClimate Change Authority head describes how to achieve Australia’s new emissions reduction target https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topic/2025/09/20/how-achieve-the-new-climate-target?utm_source=bsky via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au20 Sep 2025 23:49 +0000at://did:plc:uli64z5evkbuk4oscbsgawan/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzckxzjlr22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilysky.bsky.social/post/3lzckttizf22nRead Sam Roggeveen on how AUKUS and its associated basing initiatives cut directly against Australia’s Pacific diplomatic push. https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2025/09/20/how-aukus-shapes-australias-pacific-islands-relationship?utm_source=bsky via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au20 Sep 2025 23:46 +0000at://did:plc:uli64z5evkbuk4oscbsgawan/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzckttizf22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilysky.bsky.social/post/3lypawkmzgk2h“It’s not all coming from her. She’s getting bad advice from some actors,” Liberal powerbroker Alex Hawke tells @kjbar.bsky.social https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2025/09/13/i-despair-this-party-inside-jacinta-prices-sacking?utm_source=bsky via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au13 Sep 2025 07:28 +0000at://did:plc:uli64z5evkbuk4oscbsgawan/app.bsky.feed.post/3lypawkmzgk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilysky.bsky.social/post/3ly7ip4sudc2pExcellent interview by @kjbar.bsky.social: Murray Watt has met with the WA premier 4 times since taking on the environment “fixer” role. And just once apiece with his Greens and Coalition counterparts. https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2025/09/06/exclusive-watt-his-plans-urgent-environment-law-reform?utm_source=bsky via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au07 Sep 2025 01:05 +0000at://did:plc:uli64z5evkbuk4oscbsgawan/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly7ip4sudc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/emilysky.bsky.social/post/3lxlq5jp5ak2zA note on Linda Reynolds https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/editorial/2025/08/30/note-linda-reynolds?utm_source=bsky via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au30 Aug 2025 04:25 +0000at://did:plc:uli64z5evkbuk4oscbsgawan/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxlq5jp5ak2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilysky.bsky.social/post/3lxlprx2has2zInsightful analysis from @chriswallace.bsky.social. Albanese wants us to consider the full suite of Labor’s housing policies, but at the core of its agenda is a commitment to keep prices from falling. https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topic/2025/08/30/the-cunning-design-labors-housing-policy?utm_source=bsky via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au30 Aug 2025 04:18 +0000at://did:plc:uli64z5evkbuk4oscbsgawan/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxlprx2has2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilysky.bsky.social/post/3lqiwzgecrs2hInteresting piece from Mike Seccombe on how the attacks on Labor's super tax reform expose holes in the independents' progressive agenda: https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2025/05/31/super-stoush-reveals-teals-leanings?utm_source=bsky via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au31 May 2025 23:54 +0000at://did:plc:uli64z5evkbuk4oscbsgawan/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqiwzgecrs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilysky.bsky.social/post/3lpxciyc37k2rMurray Watt is known as a fixer. What will he do for the environment? Mike Seccombe spoke to the new minister. https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/environment/2025/05/24/murray-watts-first-task-environment-minister?utm_source=bsky via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au24 May 2025 23:31 +0000at://did:plc:uli64z5evkbuk4oscbsgawan/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpxciyc37k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilysky.bsky.social/post/3lpxbt3ysjs2r“These people are like a cancer in the Liberal Party…if they have their way, they will kill the Liberal Party for good.” @jsocrates.bsky.social reports: https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2025/05/24/exclusive-how-abbott-and-credlin-control-the-liberals?utm_source=bsky via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au24 May 2025 23:19 +0000at://did:plc:uli64z5evkbuk4oscbsgawan/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpxbt3ysjs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilysky.bsky.social/post/3lpxbgrumos2r“They are hopelessly internally divided on net zero. You could say we are, but we’re actually not.” Liberal insiders talked to @kjbar.bsky.social … https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2025/05/24/tails-wagged-the-dog-the-coalitions-implosion?utm_source=bsky via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au24 May 2025 23:12 +0000at://did:plc:uli64z5evkbuk4oscbsgawan/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpxbgrumos2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilysky.bsky.social/post/3locqtlgnfs2oStrong swings to Labor see Albanese win second term as Coalition loses leader https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/2025/05/03/labor-secures-resounding-victory?utm_source=bsky via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au04 May 2025 01:57 +0000at://did:plc:uli64z5evkbuk4oscbsgawan/app.bsky.feed.post/3locqtlgnfs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/emilysky.bsky.social/post/3loal2qyv6c2aHappy election day to all who observe (all of us).. Here’s where it will be won and lost: https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2025/05/03/where-the-election-will-be-won-and-lost?utm_source=bsky via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au03 May 2025 05:08 +0000at://did:plc:uli64z5evkbuk4oscbsgawan/app.bsky.feed.post/3loal2qyv6c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/emilysky.bsky.social/post/3lmlkhyag322rExclusive from @kjbar.bsky.social: David Pocock lays out his two top priorities in talks for a minority government. https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2025/04/12/exclusive-david-pococks-demands-minority-government?utm_source=bsky via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au12 Apr 2025 03:06 +0000at://did:plc:uli64z5evkbuk4oscbsgawan/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmlkhyag322rhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilysky.bsky.social/post/3lmlk7nn7zk2j“What I keep seeing in Washington is President Trump and Republican and Democratic lawmakers, all talking about Australia...That’s reassuring, but the flip side is that with visibility comes with risk." https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2025/04/12/we-are-being-tested-inside-labors-trade-war-strategy?utm_source=bsky via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au12 Apr 2025 03:02 +0000at://did:plc:uli64z5evkbuk4oscbsgawan/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmlk7nn7zk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilysky.bsky.social/post/3lmljrvft5k2jSaul Griffith on a key Australian election issue: "A lowest-cost energy system that also rapidly addresses climate change. Fortunately, these things are no longer in conflict. Zero-emission, all-electric is also going to be the lowest-cost energy system." https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topic/2025/04/12/the-no-brainer-energy-solution12 Apr 2025 02:54 +0000at://did:plc:uli64z5evkbuk4oscbsgawan/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmljrvft5k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilysky.bsky.social/post/3llkgahlfv22zThe timing of this election has tilted the playing field, Mike Seccombe reports. (And in case you missed it — until midnight, you can get 20% off a subscription…) https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2025/03/29/inside-story-how-albaneses-late-election-sent-the-teals-broke29 Mar 2025 22:53 +0000at://did:plc:uli64z5evkbuk4oscbsgawan/app.bsky.feed.post/3llkgahlfv22z