ABC appoints David Chau to replace veteran finance reporter Alan Kohler Broadcaster says Chau will be new finance presenter while Jessica Irvine has been appointed money correspondent The Guardian - AU · Oct 12
News Corp’s housing special proves a bit too close to home as cadets enlisted as case studies Six unhappy young Australians fronting Commonwealth Bank-sponsored series are News Corp’s own employees. Plus: Peter Manning remembered The Guardian - AU · Oct 2
Morning Mail: Coalition’s lowest-ever poll rating; homeowners reel after rate hike; and a Socceroos thriller Our latest Essential poll shows slump to 22% of primary vote amid immigration debate; mortgage holders fear mounting costs after RBA hike The Guardian - AU · Sep 29
Victorian Labor makes abortion access easier amid fears One Nation could try to wind it back ‘We don’t want to see any winding back of women’s rights,’ health minister says before state election The Guardian - AU · Sep 23
ABC and the Guardian call on One Nation to reverse media ban amid censorship concerns News outlets raise alarm after being barred from media events and condemn offensive comments made by party director James Ashby The Guardian - AU · Sep 10
Morning Mail: concerns over aged-care funding tool; UK condemns West Bank ethnic cleansing; and a US Open tie Health officials sounded alarm over algorithmic tool; UK announces sweeping sanctions over Israeli settlements; pathogen risk of flushing toilets revealed The Guardian - AU · Sep 8
Morning Mail: Dolly Parton dies aged 80, datacentre rush risk, Canada slaps 50% tariffs on US The world of music mourns one of its greatest ever performers and songwriters; Ottawa government retaliates against Washington ‘dollar for dollar’ The Guardian - AU · Aug 25
Morning Mail: Fake site exposes alleged spy scheme; Sally McManus’s farewell; Sam Neill honoured at Logies FBI investigates alleged Chinese espionage; ACTU secretary set to step down; Sam Neill wins posthumous best actor award The Guardian - AU · Aug 16
Morning Mail: inside the political ‘meme factories’; China questions detainee’s death; Netanyahu rejects Trump’s Gaza plan ‘Buzzer’ economy drumming up outrage online; China’s ‘grave concern’ over death in detention; Trump’s Gaza peace plan in doubt The Guardian - AU · Aug 9
Journalists at Alan Jones’s trial off to ‘inauspicious’ start as spelling error and rogue mobile phone antagonise judge Awkward moments in court as media companies dedicate significant resources to the coverage. Plus: a new boycott campaign targets the Tele The Guardian - AU · Aug 7
View from The Hill: Hanson announces One Nation Victorian leader, bans major media outlets Pauline Hanson has begun One Nation’s push for the Victorian election in earnest by announcing the party’s state leader at a news conference from which she banned the ABC, The Guardian and The Age. The Conversation · Aug 3
Organised crime, cost and the CFMEU: why Victoria’s construction scandal is threatening to derail a government The $100bn ‘Big Build’ promised to transform the state’s transport infrastructure. Now it’s become marred by corruption allegations The Guardian - AU · Jul 21
Nine to axe 30 jobs at the Age and SMH due to ‘extreme’ AI disruption Staff told positions will be cut via voluntary and targeted redundancies as part of ‘evolution’ The Guardian - AU · Jul 21
Mixed bag for One Nation in latest polls as voters show wariness around some policies The three new federal polls show mixed results – but some good news – for One Nation following a polling slump in response to Pauline Hanson’s June 17 National Press Club address. This is particularly marked in Morgan, where One Nation gained 5.5 points to 28% after dropping nine points… The Conversation · Jul 13
The Guardian - AU · Jul 12 Morning Mail: Excess aged care fees under scrutiny; US and Iran contest control of Hormuz; Jannik Sinner wins Wimbledon Many aged care residents are being charged for services they can’t use or understand, prompting an investigation from the regulator
The Guardian - AU · Jul 5 Morning Mail: Aged care ‘signature’ fees trigger class action; McCartney’s gift to Taylor Swift; T20 glory for Australia Residents accuse aged care firm of illegal charges; fears Queenslanders could pay mine rehabilitation costs; Australia triumph in Women’s T20 World Cup final
The Guardian - AU · Jul 3 Jacinta Allan admits criminals infiltrated Big Build but rejects calls for royal commission Premier apologised over organised crime in some of Victoria’s largest construction projects, in op-ed that claimed a royal commission would not solve the issue
The Guardian - AU · Jun 24 Walkley awards judging chair quits after alleged disparaging remark about ABC colleague Ben Butler allegedly made the comment while he was working in the broadcaster’s Melbourne newsroom
The Conversation · Jun 16 Latest polls still have One Nation leading on primary votes, but not gaining Since the May 12 federal budget, every poll has had One Nation gaining when measured against the last issue of that poll. While they’re still leading on primary votes in the YouGov and Morgan polls, One Nation was down one point in YouGov and steady in Morgan.
The Guardian - AU · Jun 12 As One Nation seeks donations to ‘fire the liar’, News Corp gives it front-page billing Pauline Hanson’s fundraising drive gets front-page coverage in Sydney tabloid. Plus: The Hollywood Reporter scoop that wasn’t
The Conversation · Jun 10 A right mess: how mining, media and political interests are combining to influence public debate in Australia Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart is bankrolling the acquisition of a 9.5% stake in Southern Cross Media by Bruce McWilliam, who worked for Murdoch’s News Corp for nine years and is also a former Seven Network executive.
The Conversation · May 28 Friday essay: How to Sell a Genocide exposes the double standards of reporting on Gaza When the University of Queensland Press cancelled the publication of Wiradjuri poet Jazz Money’s book Bila: A River Cycle because of a blog post by its illustrator, 60 UQP contributors signed a letter of protest. Some declared they would no longer publish with UQP. Fourteen staff members issued a statement…
The Conversation · May 25 One Nation’s banning of the ABC and abuse of journalists is shameful. It’s time other media took a stand The day before the Farrer byelection on May 9 in which Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party delivered a seismic shock to the Australian political landscape, her party apparatchiks banned the ABC from attending its election-eve press conference.
The Guardian - AU · May 20 Morning Mail: ATO rebuked after 97-year-old fined, Keating defends tax changes, outrage over Israel video of flotilla activists ATO fined woman for late tax return after husband’s death
The Guardian - AU · May 19 Morning Mail: scientists sound alarm over CSIRO job losses, fears grow over Ebola outbreak, Arsenal crowned Premier League champions Climate modelling at risk from science agency cuts; WHO mulls experimental Ebola vaccines; analysis reveals who will feel NDIS cuts the most