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Michael Leunig, Australian cartoonist, dies aged 79

During his final days the artist was surrounded by his children, loved ones, classical music and sunflowers, his studio says on social media

The Guardian - AU

What are Australia’s journalists reading, listening to and subscribing to?

We asked Australia’s leading industry figures what’s become essential parts of their media diets.

Crikey

What’s are Australia’s journalists reading, listening to and subscribing to?

We asked Australia’s leading industry figures what’s become essential parts of the media diets.

Crikey

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Hugh Marks is the new managing director of the ABC. Is he the right person for the job?

Aspects of Hugh Marks’s record as chief executive of the Nine Entertainment Company raise questions about his suitability for the position of managing director of the ABC, to which he has just been appointed.

The Conversation

What’s your favourite journalist’s favourite piece of journalism?

From Paul Barry to Alan Kohler to Sally Neighbour, we asked 200 of the nation’s most influential media figures about the best pieces of journalism they’ve read lately.

Crikey

Over a year on, how is Capital Brief going?

Capital Brief was once described as ‘if the AFR was written for people without grey hairs’. Is that a sustainable business model, one year on?

Crikey

Raygun, Brat, and The Bear: Canberra’s Press Gallery turns to memes amid election season

As the Senate dealt with ‘real’ politics, the water cooler politics of the parliamentary press gallery was also heating up. Crikey was in the hallways for the gossip.

Crikey

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Australian tourists hospitalized after apparent severe alcohol poisoning in Laos party town

Two Australian tourists are being treated in Thailand for suspected severe alcohol poisoning after apparently consuming tainted drinks in neighboring Laos

The Independent UK

Alan Jones Was One Of Australia’s Most Powerful Men — Here’s Why His Arrest Is ‘Stunning’

Alan Jones was one of the most powerful men in Australia. With a massive career in the media, here's why his arrest is significant.

Pedestrian.tv

Australia Yanks Visa Of Trump-Supporting Extremist Candace Owens

'Australia's national interest is best served when Candace Owens is somewhere else,' Immigration Minister Tony Burke said.

International Business Times

‘People will swim through shit for a dollar’: A list of AFL stars and journos on the gambling payroll

You can’t escape sports gambling advertising, especially in football. How deep does it go? Crikey lists as many AFL media personalities as we could find who are publicly involved in the betting industry.

Crikey

No, we shouldn’t mourn the axing of Leunig — it’s time to let go of toxic nostalgia

‘Like many of his generation, perhaps the most privileged in the history of the Western world, Leunig’s career inscribes an arc from anti-capitalist, individualistic politics to anti-woke warrior.’

Crikey

Yes, we should mourn the axing of Leunig — he’s the last of the Magnificent Seven

‘His work was a soft and comforting relief from most of the day’s news. I cannot remember censoring a single Leunig cartoon and nor would I have censored any of the cartoons that upset his recent editors.’

Crikey

We once called TV journos the ‘Filth’. Nine’s management has earned the label

Nine’s exodus of 85 staff — dozens with irreplaceable experience and contacts — reflects a management team that either doesn’t understand or doesn’t care about journalism.

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A Labor factional war is dictating Australia’s foreign policy

The Labor Right is on the march against Albo. Crushing the CFMEU was part of it. Then a TWU civil war. And a massive submarine bill.

The Guardian - AU

Homeowner’s fake plastic grass wears out its welcome with council in Melbourne’s west

Maribyrnong city council orders West Footscray resident to rip up the artificial lawn in his front yard

AAP

Journalists at Nine end pay dispute with management

Editorial staff from the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age and other Nine mastheads have struck a deal with management over improved pay and conditions.

The Guardian - AU

Nine Entertainment journalists reach in-principle pay agreement after five-day strike

Union members vote to accept offer that is one percentage point higher over three years than previous proposal

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Crikey

How to get the paper out during a strike

Facing five days without the majority of their writing staff, Nine management has resorted to creative measure to fill their papers, with mixed results.

Al Jazeera

Journalists at Australian newspapers go on strike on eve of Olympics

Editorial staff vote to walk off the job after rejecting annual pay increase of between 3 and 4 percent.

AAP

Newspaper reporters strike over pay as Olympics loom

Reporters covering the Paris Olympics for the Nine newspapers will join colleagues across Australia in going on strike over pay and conditions.

The Conversation

The State Library of Victoria controversy shows what can happen when institutions cling to ‘neutrality’

For months now, the State Library of Victoria’s official explanation for the “postponement” of its Teen Writing Bootcamp workshops has been the need to ensure safety for all involved.

The Conversation

Librarians have good reasons to ‘weed’ books from their shelves. Why is book removal so controversial?

Earlier this year, the removal of thousands of books to make room for renovations at Melbourne’s City Library prompted an outcry. Removing the books was “an absolute act of vandalism,” librarian Alice Bluer told The Age.

AAP

Nine to cull 200 jobs in latest mass media lay-offs

The publisher of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age plans to trim its staff by about four per cent after Meta declined to renew a lucrative content deal.

The Conversation

Costello goes, but the cultural problems at Nine Entertainment remain

Peter Costello has long had an uneasy relationship with journalistic truth-telling.

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