Media
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Civil wrongs
Labor probably thought this would be a week where they got some credit for plans to improve press freedoms – even if…
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Australia: Land of the persecuted whistleblower
They tend to muddy the narrative of perfect institutions, spoil the fun of having illusions, and give the game away.…
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Australians aren’t joining in any more – and it appears to be having big political consequences
Participation in social, community and civic groups fell by between eight and 10 percentage points from 2006 to 2019 Josh…
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ABC complains about Nazi comparison by Sky guest Bronwyn Bishop
In a letter sent on Friday to Sky News boss Paul Whittaker, ABC News director Justin Stevens complained about “deeply…
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More than one journalist per day is dying in the Israel-Gaza conflict. This has to stop
At the time of writing, the committee said at least 39 journalists and media workers had been killed in the…
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A Death in Malta by Paul Caruana Galizia review – courage under fire
Journalism. John Simpson The Guardian So is outing hapless celebrities over their sex lives, or researching long-form pieces about the…
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More than a million gambling ads aired on Australian TV and radio in a year, research finds
More than a million gambling ads aired on free-to-air television and radio in just 12 months, with the media watchdog…
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Past Time to End the Persecution of Julian Assange
His flagrantly unjust incarceration is a global scandal, and the world is quite upset about it. Eve Ottenberg CounterPunch Indeed,…
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To Protect Democracy, Revive Local Journalism
Fortunately, there has been a resurgence of innovative business models aimed at sustaining local journalism in the digital age. Laura…
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The branding
It has been reported in numerous media outlets yet is, so far, glaringly left out of others. Reb Halabi Pearls…
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How Rupert Murdoch surpassed his father, and created a democratic nightmare
Until the 1990s, there was little in Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate that the anglophone world hadn’t seen before. Bernard Keane…
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Young people need more support coping with online sexual harms
While that increased connectivity brings many benefits, it can also open youth up to online harm and abuse. Authors The…
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Is Labor cooking up a ‘ministry of truth?’ No, it’s just an opposition scare campaign – with a side of hypocrisy
Labor has a patchy record when it comes to free speech online. Paul Karp The Guardian In 2008, it attempted to…
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How fine dining in Europe and the US came to exclude immigrant cuisine and how social media is pushing back – podcast
Not surprisingly, the story that leads to Yelp and Anthony Bourdain is not without its share of racism that the…
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Australian teens ‘inundated’ with gambling ads with YouTube most common platform, report states
Young people are being “inundated” with gambling ads in their everyday lives, particularly sports betting ads and social casino games,…
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Propaganda works: But Australians still do not want war
he latest Lowy Institute Poll reflects a range of complicated and confusing Australian reactions to our place in the world;…
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