Six dead, including two police officers, in shooting at remote Australian property Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese mourns those lost on ‘heartbreaking day’ Evening Standard · Dec 12, 2022
Lachlan Murdoch’s whirlwind week: from US court testimony to Sydney Christmas party as elites rub shoulders Global head of News Corp among Murdoch’s guests. Plus: Toni Collette reveals split with husband after Daily Mail photos The Guardian - AU · Dec 9, 2022
Ethnic community media can play a key role in a crisis – but it needs our support The recent Who Gets to Tell Australian Stories? report on diversity in Australian newsrooms revealed some grim, but unsurprising figures. The report found most television news and current affairs presenters on major Australian free-to-air networks are Anglo-Celtic. So too were most senior network news editors. The Conversation · Dec 1, 2022
Chris Dore’s exit from News Corp lifts lid on behaviour at governor general’s residence Dore was promoted to editor-in-chief of the Australian despite alleged behaviour and remained in post until WSJ event. Plus: Friendlyjordies’ fire scare The Guardian - AU · Nov 25, 2022
Editorial director Craig McMurtrie signs off after 30 years at the ABC, defends impartiality and importance of national broadcaster "The ABC has never been perfect, but in these days of polarisation, misinformation and amplified outrage it is irreplaceable," writes Craig McMurtrie. ABC News · Nov 24, 2022
Fair Cop27? Where did Peter Dutton’s figure of $2tn for climate damage fund come from? Meanwhile, BP’s CEO was in town spruiking the energy giant’s climate credentials, as its oil output increases from last year The Guardian - AU · Nov 23, 2022
Released Australian adviser supports sanctions against Myanmar officials Australia should sanction Myanmar's military government and the regime's bankers, Sean Turnell, the Australian economist and adviser to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi said in his first interview since being released from a Myanmar jail last week. Reuters · Nov 21, 2022
Morgan ready to defend PGA title Jed Morgan felt more pressure this year than at any time in his career but he's ready to emulate Cameron Smith and win consecutive Australian PGA titles. AAP · Nov 21, 2022
The Australian’s editor Chris Dore lost his job after attending News Corp event in California Exclusive: Key Murdoch editor attended Wall Street Journal Tech Live event at Laguna Beach last month along with top News Corp executives The Guardian - AU · Nov 18, 2022
Crikey’s Peter Fray apologises over Walkleys outburst as speculation surrounds Chris Dore’s News Corp exit Crikey editor told to pipe down after ‘unacceptable’ heckling of ABC winners. Plus: faint praise from the Australian for its departing editor-in-chief The Guardian - AU · Nov 18, 2022
The Australian’s back-of-the-envelope green hydrogen figures are overblown and forget climate impact The claim it would take 25% of Australia’s land mass to provide the planet with green hydrogen misses an obvious point The Guardian - AU · Nov 10, 2022
US group campaigning against Australia’s reversal of recognition of West Jerusalem as Israeli capital StandWithUs places ad in the Weekend Australian and asks readers to email Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong about issue The Guardian - AU · Nov 3, 2022
2022: the year even right-leaning cartoonists had a gutful of Scott Morrison Although it isn’t mentioned anywhere on the cover of Russ Radcliffe’s latest offering, 2022 is the 20th anniversary of Best Australian Political Cartoons. That’s right – for anyone who has been collecting the books since they began in 2003, a whole shelf of plain blue, red, purple, green and gold… The Conversation · Oct 31, 2022
‘Lachlan gets fired the day Rupert dies’: Murdoch biography stokes succession rumors New book by Australian reporter Paddy Manning hints at Succession-style feud with ramifications for US rightwing politics The Guardian - US · Oct 31, 2022
The New Daily · Oct 20, 2022 Rebel Wilson breaks silence on ‘grubby’ outing Rebel Wilson opened up about the "grubby behaviour" which forced her to pre-emptively reveal her same-sex relationship.
The Conversation · Oct 16, 2022 Clive Hamilton's activism memoir wars with neoliberals, the 'naive' left and China Clive Hamilton personifies the Australian progressive “public intellectual”. He’s a prolific author of opinion articles and books, concerned “to make a difference in the world” by persuading people to engage with “powerful ideas”.
The Guardian - AU · Oct 14, 2022 ‘If not now, when?’: PM addresses first meeting of volunteers to educate Australians about voice referendum Sydney’s Inner West council aims to train 1,000 people for a civic education program that could become a model for other jurisdictions
The Guardian - AU · Oct 14, 2022 News Corp again scoops the pool at News Awards as Walkleys reveal nominations Story nominated for News gong branded ‘national disgrace’ by Indigenous reporters. Plus: SMH all wrapped up in The Everest
The Guardian - AU · Oct 7, 2022 Sky News’ Chris Kenny fails to read fine print over Facebook’s IPA ‘censorship’ It was the lack of a disclaimer, not censorship, that caused an Institute of Public Affairs video to be removed
The Guardian - AU · Oct 6, 2022 The old men and the CPAC: conservatives regaled with tired tales of climate misinformation The Australian conference supposedly devoted to ‘bold action’ from the right spent much of its time pouring scorn on any form of climate action
Bangkok Post · Sep 26, 2022 Aussie ties out of the woods, raring to go 'Thais that bind: secret mission ends Aussie's torment," read the front page headline of The Australian on Nov 22, 2020. It was referring to Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert, the British-Australian academic arrested in late 2018 by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard as she was about to leave Tehran over an espionage charge.…
Pedestrian.tv · Sep 26, 2022 Fuck Yeah: The NDIA Now Has Five People With Disabilities On Its Board, Making History A huge win for representation.
Pedestrian.tv · Sep 24, 2022 ACT Judge Says Brittany Higgins’s Twitter Followers Should Excuse Themselves From Trial Jury "What I'm trying to flush out is anyone who has effectively indicated that... they're a champion of the cause."
The Guardian - AU · Sep 16, 2022 Government tries to block rail union action; PM lays wreath in London – as it happened Flood warnings in place for parts of Australia’s south-east. This blog is now closed
AAP · Sep 16, 2022 Russia sanctions reporters, councillors Russia's foreign ministry has barred 41 Australian journalists, academics, council members and military industry executives from visiting the country.