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The Guardian - AU · Jul 21, 2025

Nothing to see here, Press Council says after News Corp tabloids’ front-page undisclosed advertorial gassing up fossil fuel

No breach, self-regulatory Australian Press Council rules; plus BBC embarks on big bureau expansion

The Guardian - AU · Apr 17, 2025

‘Shame, disgust, horror’: Kate Grenville faces her family history of stolen land in Australia – and asks us to feel it with her

How do Australians feel about knowing the territory we inhabit was violently stolen from First Nations people? In Unsettled, Kate Grenville explores this through her own feelings. “I’ve been circling this book for years,” she writes.

The Conversation · Mar 31, 2025

First Nations journalists brace for voice referendum coverage they can’t tap out of

Indigenous staff at the ABC say they’re proud of their work at the reporting unit but it continues to take a huge toll. Plus: The Australian wins big at News Corp’s in-house awards

The Guardian - AU · Oct 13, 2023

Crikey’s silence deafening as Guy Rundle launches new book

The site hasn’t published anything by its correspondent-at-large since he was roundly condemned for a piece about Brittany Higgins. Plus: News Corp at odds with the press council

The Guardian - AU · Jul 7, 2023

The Australian’s coverage of Zachary Rolfe verdict condemned as ‘a national disgrace’

News Corp paper published multiple negative stories about Kumanjayi Walker and body camera footage from night he was killed

The Guardian - AU · Mar 16, 2022

Bridget Brennan joins David Speers and Sarah Ferguson as top contender to host 7.30

Brennan, the ABC’s Indigenous affairs editor, has been approached about the role to be vacated by Leigh Sales after the federal election

The Guardian - AU · Feb 14, 2022