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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Amanda Meade

Disappearing act: Tony Burke erased from Courier Mail as News Corp tabloid alters image

Tale of two cities: how the Gold Coast Bulletin and the Courier Mail covered the defection of members of the Iranian women’s football team
Tale of two cities: how the Gold Coast Bulletin and the Courier Mail covered the defection of members of the Iranian women’s football team. Composite: Guardian Design/Gold Coast Bulletin/The Courier Mail

While readers on the Gold Coast apparently find Labor MP Tony Burke an acceptable face, just an hour north, in Brisbane, the home affairs minister is a turn-off. How else to explain the different choices made by two of News Corp Australia’s Queensland newspaper editors on Tuesday?

The Gold Coast Bulletin editor, Tyla Harrington, published a front-page headline “Aussie, Aussie, Aussie” with a picture of the five members of the Iranian women’s football team with Burke, who had just granted them humanitarian visas.

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