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One Nation’s Warren Pickering admits to illegal drug use and says he is ‘no angel’ in extraordinary press conference

Victorian One Nation leader says his actions ‘hurt people I loved, and I will live with that forever’

The Guardian - AU · Sep 8

Another Australian found safe after Nepal-Tibet floods – as it happened

The day’s news as it happened

The Guardian - AU · Sep 7

‘You have got to go’: former NSW minister tells Icac ‘something strange at play’ when she was sacked by Perrottet

Eleni Petinos tells inquiry her sacking as a minister in Dominic Perrottet’s government was potentially motivated by her reluctance to get rid of the building commissioner

The Guardian - AU · Aug 20

Arts degrees to cost $50,000 until at least 2028 as measures to lower Australian university fees put on hold

Barney Glover, head of the Australian Tertiary Education Commission, says he will provide advice about degree funding to the government next year

The Guardian - AU · Jul 1

‘This is the dark art’: new book claims pattern of personal attacks by Murdoch media empire

In a book dedicated to ‘the bullied’, two former News Corp journalists outline a behaviour pattern they call ‘getting Murdoched’, which they say harms individuals and public debate

The Guardian - AU · Jul 1

'Ripped apart': why Shane Drumgold still thinks a lot about Brittany Higgins, Bruce Lehrmann

The former DPP speaks out.

The Canberra Times · Jun 29

Getting Murdoched is a fascinating study of the Murdoch media’s bullying tactics

Rupert Murdoch is almost certainly the most globally influential Australian. That Australia has one of the most concentrated media markets in the world is, sadly, a reflection of his influence, even though he has relinquished citizenship to become a dominant media figure in the United States. There are already a…

The Conversation · Jun 28

Pauline Hanson wrong on daily migration figure

The One Nation leader is claiming Labor brought in 1375 people a day over the past three years, but that figure appears to include population growth from births as well as migration.

AAP · Jun 19

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 · Jun 10

A high court justice warned of US-style judge ‘stacking’ and created a new front in Australia’s culture wars

Justice Robert Beech-Jones has accused the Samuel Griffith Society of a US-style attempt to stack the high court with conservatives, exposing a partisan rift in the process

The Guardian - AU · Jun 7