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‘Ballgate’ controversy dominates Australian media’s reaction to Test defeat

Media debate role of ball change and look at rival teams’ failure to share post-Ashes drink.

The Independent UK

Q+A on life support as executive producer joins Stan Grant and heads for the door

Q+A’s executive producer, Erin Vincent, quits the ABC. Plus: News Corp staff told to pay for print copies of SMH and AFR

The Guardian - AU

Nine confirms talks with Andrew Probyn as it begins building super bureau in press gallery

Sources say former ABC political editor may be up for dual newspaper and TV role. Plus: West Australian and 10 News First wrongly identify accused murderer

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NSW Health Is Facing Criminal Prosecution Over Deaths Of Two Nurses Who Worked At Syd Hospital

The women, who are believed to have been dating, died within weeks of each other.

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Tributes Flow For Sydney Woman Amira Moughnieh As Police Charge 39 Y.O. Man With Her Murder

"She was just trying to start an independent life as a single mother on her own."

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A Syd Private School Has Quickly Redesigned Its Newly Erected Garden ‘Cos It Looks Like A Peen

Simply ri-dick-ulous.

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Rick Astley's life with stunning wife and her amazing act that saved his career

After 80s music legend Rick Astley became an unlikely favourite from the Glastonbury Festival over the weekend, we take a look at his life off stage with wife Lene Bausager

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The Man Who Was Shot Dead At Bondi Junction Is Believed To Be An Underworld Drug Kingpin

The man was once described as the “Tony Soprano” of Australia’s cocaine trade by his wife.

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Money, power, influence: How ‘media monsters’ used journalism to cement their empires

Media Monsters, by Sally Young, is indispensable for anyone interested in the dynamics that drive Australian politics.

The New Daily

A reciprocating engine of money, power and influence: how Australia's 'media monsters' used journalism to cement their empires

Carl Sagan said that in order to understand the present, it’s necessary to know the past. Nowhere does this apply with greater force than to the Australian media and its place in the nation’s power structure.

The Conversation

A 16Y.O. Boy Has Died After Being Injured In A Workplace Accident In Perth

Emergency services were called to TLC Surface Treatment Factory in Welshpool, Perth, before 8 am.

Pedestrian.tv

Parents Of A Prestigious Anglican School In NSW Fight Back Against Anti-Same-Sex Marriage Rule

"It is in full alignment with living Christian values to welcome and include all that are different".

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Newspaper apologises for coverage of 1838 Aboriginal massacre

‘On Myall Creek, the truth is we failed dismally’

The Independent UK

Morning Mail: innocent children pleading guilty, renters face new hurdle, France stabbing attack

Young people are admitting crimes they didn’t commit to avoid Queensland’s harsh bail laws; housing pressures ramp up for renters; children wounded in French playground attack

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Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case: key findings from the complete judgment

Australia’s most decorated soldier sued the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age and the Canberra Times – and the case was dismissed. We examine what Justice Anthony Besanko found, and why

The Guardian - AU

Murders, hidden evidence and threats: judge releases scathing full judgment on Ben Roberts-Smith

Justice Besanko’s complete findings, released today, found the Victoria Cross recipient lied about murdering civilians, deliberately hid evidence from court and threatened potential witnesses

The Conversation

What should the Australian War Memorial do with its heroic portraits of Ben Roberts-Smith?

On Friday, the Federal Court dismissed Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation case against The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times.

ABC News

Ben Roberts-Smith may have committed criminal offence, judge in defamation trial finds

War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith may have committed a criminal offence by sending threatening letters to a former SAS colleague, a Federal Court judge finds.

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Media mogul faces enormous costs after Ben Roberts-Smith’s loss

Media boss Kerry Stokes may have an eye-watering bill after backing Ben Roberts-Smith in the biggest defamation trial in Australia's history.

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith defamation loss bad news for Seven boss as Nine marks ‘day of justice’

Seven chairman Kerry Stokes, who parachuted the former soldier into a network job in 2015, says ‘the judgment does not accord with the man I know’

The Conversation

'Dismissed': legal experts explain the judgment in the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case

Today, Federal Court Justice Anthony Besanko handed down his long-awaited judgment in the defamation case that Ben Roberts-Smith, Australia’s most decorated living former SAS soldier, brought against the Age, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Canberra Times.

ABC News

Ben Roberts-Smith loses mammoth defamation battle against newspapers, reporters

Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith's decision to sue the publishers of the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times, and three journalists, in the Federal Court over a series of articles published in 2018 backfires.

The Guardian - AU

Judge hands down defamation findings – as it happened

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Al Jazeera

Australia braces for ruling in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case

Ex-special forces soldier Ben Roberts-Smith says newspaper articles were defamatory because they accused him of murder.

ABC News

Decorated soldier Ben Roberts-Smith to learn fate today, five years after launching defamation battle

The Victoria Cross recipient sued the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Canberra Times and three journalists in the Federal Court over a series of articles published in 2018. Today Justice Anthony Besanko will deliver his judgement.

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