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Do we have a commercial media in Australia, or just corporations that accidentally produce journalism while using their influence to dictate policy?

From asinine faux-protest songs to ethical yacht maintenance, Crikey goes over some of the great absurdities of COP28.

This week in Media Briefs, both Bruce Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins take the stand in the defamation action between Lehrmann and Network 10.

Banning the Nazi salute will do nothing to stop the rise of fascism in Australia — just as Labor following Peter Dutton’s directions won’t lead it anywhere it wants to go.

Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has slammed Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s Murray-Darling Basin Plan water deal with Senator David Van who Thorpe has accused of sexual assault, and the Australian privacy watchdog said it couldn’t do anything about a company accessing personal emails because the employee had used a work laptop.

Of all the US’ political quirks, none holds as tight a grip on the American mind as the sanctity of the college campus.

They’re worried that if the destruction of Gaza restarts, global opinion will swing against Israel.

Behrouz Boochani, who spent six years imprisoned in an offshore camp, has called for a royal commission into immigrant detention.

The Albanese government committed to better political donation laws ahead of last year’s election. It’s still done nothing.