Crikey is a daily subscription email crammed with the latest news analysis juicy gossip reviews rumours links and prescient tips. It arrives in subscribers` inboxes every week day at lunchtime. 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.