Amanda Meade

Guardian Australia appoints new political editor Guardian Australia today announced that Tom McIlroy has been appointed as political editor.

Tom McIlroy was appointed political editor last month. www.theguardian.com/guardian-aus...

Isn't that a report?

ABC NEWS has maintained its spot as Australia’s No 1 digital news provider in September for the tenth consecutive month. According to the latest Ipsos data,
@news.com.au is 2nd,
@nine.com.au is third,
@7NewsAustralia is 4th,
@australia.theguardian.com is 5th and
@SMH is 6th.

News Corp books in advertisers in campaign for a ‘self-reliant’ Australia that ‘made things here’ | Weekly Beast Daily Telegraph editor says the campaign aligns with the values of its backers, which include RM Williams, Qantas and Bunnings. Plus: Stokes defiant on BRS

News Corp books in advertisers in campaign for a ‘self-reliant’ Australia that ‘made things here’
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Lachlan Murdoch’s top adviser Siobhan McKenna resigns from News Corp Company’s Australian broadcast chief, who was involved in negotiations over Murdoch family’s succession plans, to depart media giant

Lachlan Murdoch’s top adviser Siobhan McKenna resigns from News Corp
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Defamation laws probably

Yes … er, no: The Australian backflips after signing on to Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon reporting rules | Weekly Beast News Corp’s broadsheet was one of very few publications to agree to restrict reporting to authorised material before it changed its mind. Plus: a super blooper

Yes … er, no: The Australian backflips after signing on to Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon reporting rules
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Oooh thanks, Will read

Hi Simon, thanks for that. As I just said to Osman on the phone, I haven't read any of those stories. I spoke to Chris Hedges and all the players on the long weekend after Hedges wrote a Substack about it. I write a weekly media column published on Fridays, Cheers.

Lattouf unlawful termination case has cost ABC at least $2.5m, Hugh Marks tells estimates Public broadcaster failed to follow its own processes, boss says, and it was ‘not a good reflection on the organisation’

Lattouf unlawful termination case has cost ABC at least $2.5m, Hugh Marks tells estimates
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Sky News Australia gives neo-Nazi centre stage with uninterrupted press conference | Weekly Beast News Corp channel puts to air statement from extremist just days after alleged attack on Indigenous protest site. Plus: 4BC’s typo to end all typos

Sky News Australia gives neo-Nazi centre stage with uninterrupted press conference
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ABC should be fined up to $350k after Buttrose’s ‘pressure’ on staff to sack Lattouf, federal court hears One of Lattouf’s barristers, Philip Boncardo, tells the court the former ABC chair placed ‘significant pressure’ on Chris Oliver-Taylor

ABC should be fined up to $350k after Buttrose’s ‘pressure’ on staff to sack Lattouf, federal court hears
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The unlawful termination case brought by Antoinette Lattouf against the ABC returns to court this morning for a pecuniary hearing.

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An Australian institution: ABC’s The Science Show marks 50 years on-air with Robyn Williams The legendary broadcaster is still doing what he began in 1975 – revealing science as ‘an exciting journey of discovery, and sometimes a funny one’

An Australian institution: ABC’s The Science Show marks 50 years on-air with Robyn Williams
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Kind of astonishing how Pavlou went from being an undergraduate wanker hassling academics about China to "I will disembowel myself rather than have women friends." That took, what, seven years?

Nine demands Bob Katter apologise for ‘aggressive behaviour’ towards reporter and considers legal action Media company mulling defamation action after independent MP calls reporter Josh Bavas ‘a racist’ for asking a question about Katter’s Lebanese heritage

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Katter's behaviour was not ok

Bruce Lehrmann has become a ‘national joke’ and can’t afford barrister for defamation appeal, his lawyer says Former Liberal staffer’s lawyer begins three-day appeal hearing by apologising to justices for her client’s failure to appoint an experienced barrister

Bruce Lehrmann has become a ‘national joke’ and can’t afford barrister for defamation appeal, his lawyer says
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Screenshot from The Guardian In a speech to the National Press Council on Wednesday, the health minister, Mark Butler, said many children had been placed on the NDIS – which was designed for permanent disability – and were being “over-serviced”, putting strain on the scheme’s financial sustainability.

Mark Butler doesn't seem to understand that you don't grow out of being autistic.

Children with autism to be diverted off NDIS under $2bn program announced by Albanese government Access changes to the NDIS will begin from mid-2027 once the Thriving Kids program has been fully rolled out, Mark Butler says The federal government has announced it will provide $2bn to fund a program designed to divert hundreds of thousands of children with mild to moderate developmental delays or autism from the NDIS by mid-2027. In a speech to the National Press Council on Wednesday, the health minister, Mark Butler, said many children had been placed on the NDIS - which was designed for permanent disability – and were being “over-serviced”, putting strain on the scheme’s financial sustainability. Continue reading...

Children with autism to be diverted off NDIS under $2bn program announced by Albanese government

Antisemitism envoy denies involvement in major donation by husband’s company to rightwing group Advance Records show company co-directed by Jillian Segal’s husband donated $50,000 in 2024 to lobby group which campaigned against Albanese and pro-Palestine protests

Antisemitism envoy denies involvement in major donation by husband’s company to rightwing group Advance
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Binge are doing their best to keep it a secret - nervous about some of the content? - but 2 more brilliant episodes of
@mitchmctaggart.bsky.social's 'The Back Side of Television' have gone up today.

As this week’s weather headlines prove, one term offers media the biggest bang for their buck: bomb cyclone | Weekly Beast ‘Very, very old’ meteorological term garners 8,500 mentions in a week. Plus: the ABC announces Toxic, a primetime series

As this week’s weather headlines prove, one term offers media the biggest bang for their buck: bomb cyclone
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Antoinette Lattouf v ABC: federal court to hand down judgment on unlawful termination legal battle Highly charged 18-month dispute over casual radio presenter’s Gaza social media post to end on Wednesday

Antoinette Lattouf v ABC: federal court to hand down judgment on unlawful termination legal battle
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News Corp bets big on AI tools but journalists voice concerns | Weekly Beast Company says in-house NewsGPT tool part of a look into how AI tech will ‘enhance our workplaces rather than replace jobs’. Plus: Seven West’s Origin dummy spit

News Corp bets big on AI tools but journalists voice concerns
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Jason and Luke died in the same way as dozens of others. Why did authorities fail to act? Coroners across Australia say they have issued the same warnings to prisons for years. Families say governments have put a price on their loved ones’ lives

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‘Astounding’ negligence revealed: governments turn blind eye to staggering prison death toll Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds 57 inmates across Australia killed themselves using ligature points that authorities knew about but failed to remove

The first stories from our five-month investigation: Scouring coronial findings from 248 deaths, we found a staggering 57 Australians have killed themselves in the past two decades using hanging points in prisons that authorities knew about but failed to remove www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

ABC investigates defence correspondent for allegedly not disclosing trip paid for by German shipbuilder Andrew Greene, who has worked for the public broadcaster for more than 10 years, filed a story from Germany about business booming at naval shipyards

ABC investigates defence correspondent for allegedly not disclosing trip paid for by German shipbuilder
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Justice Darryl Rangiah will deliver his judgment in the unlawful termination case brought by former radio presenter Antoinette Lattouf against the ABC in the federal court on 25 June at 10.15am.

ABC confirms Q+A to be axed amid wider changes and scores of redundancies across the broadcaster The political and current affairs discussion program is being cut, alongside the ABC’s Innovation Lab * Australia news live: latest politics updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The ABC’s Q+A program has been cancelled after 18 years, the broadcaster has confirmed, amid wider changes that will result in scores of redundancies across the public broadcaster. The round of changes will fund new programming at the ABC under reforms yet to be announced by the new managing director Hugh Marks. Continue reading...

ABC confirms Q+A to be axed amid wider changes and scores of redundancies across the broadcaster