For over 20 years, Crikey set out to explain and dissect the news agenda for an intelligent, skeptical, socially and politically aware audience.Crikey holds those in power to account, no matter who’s in power. Crikey’s readership of 2.5 million each year expects more than just to read the news – they want to understand the news from a truly independent perspective. Independent from the mainstream media, and in some instances, independent from their own views.