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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 18h
ABC finance journalist Alan Kohler to retire after three decades as Jim Chalmers says he will be ‘really missed’ www.theguardian.com/media/2026/s...
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ABC finance journalist Alan Kohler to retire after three decades as Jim Chalmers says he will be ‘really missed’
The 74-year-old says he is leaving to spend more time with his family, including his six grandchildren
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Former ABC broadcaster Margaret Throsby recovering in hospital after being hit by ebike www.theguardian.com/media/2026/s...
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Former ABC broadcaster Margaret Throsby recovering in hospital after being hit by ebike
The 84-year-old underwent surgery after a collision with two teenagers on an electric ‘fat bike’ in the Illawarra
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Regrets? Even three decades on from Rats in the Ranks, legendary film-maker Bob Connolly has a few www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Regrets? Even three decades on from Rats in the Ranks, legendary film-maker Bob Connolly has a few
Documentary screened at more than 40 international film festivals and won multiple awards for its depiction of the Shakespearean skullduggery of local politics
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Alan Jones welcomed prominent athlete to luxury home with ‘hug and slap on the bottom’, former butler tells court www.theguardian.com/media/2026/s...
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Alan Jones welcomed prominent athlete to luxury home with ‘hug and slap on the bottom’, former butler tells court
Jones, 85, has pleaded not guilty to 21 charges of indecent assault and sexual touching, including two charges involving the athlete
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Prominent athlete tells Alan Jones trial he sent shirtless photo before unwanted kiss he wished ‘never happened’ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Prominent athlete tells Alan Jones trial he sent shirtless photo before unwanted kiss he wished ‘never happened’
Former 2GB and 2UE broadcaster has pleaded not guilty to 22 indecent assault and sexual touching charges
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
‘I was being polite’: prominent athlete continued texting Alan Jones after alleged assaults due to his reputation, trial hears www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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‘I was being polite’: prominent athlete continued texting Alan Jones after alleged assaults due to his reputation, trial hears
Witness tells court he sent Jones friendly messages after two alleged assaults because he had been generous to him
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Alan Jones told prominent athlete ‘I would like to be kissing you all night’ after alleged assault, trial hears www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Alan Jones told prominent athlete ‘I would like to be kissing you all night’ after alleged assault, trial hears
Alleged victim tells court he froze and was ‘in disbelief’ after broadcaster kissed him on corner of his lips at public event
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Witness told Alan Jones he was ‘the greatest broadcaster ever’ while labelling SMH reporter ‘evil’ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Witness told Alan Jones he was ‘the greatest broadcaster ever’ while labelling SMH reporter ‘evil’
Former 2GB and 2UE radio host has denied 22 indecent assault and sexual touching charges
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Alan Jones on Trial: What happened at lunch? | Week 4 – podcast with @nourhaydar.bsky.social and me www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Alan Jones on Trial: What happened at lunch? | Week 4 – podcast
Nour Haydar speaks to Guardian Australia’s media correspondent, Amanda Meade, to unpack a week of courtroom exchanges, revealing text messages and an unusual turn by the prosecution.
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Alan Jones and fellow 2GB host referred to SMH and reporter as ‘pigs in the media’, court hears www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Alan Jones and fellow 2GB host referred to SMH and reporter as ‘pigs in the media’, court hears
Jason Morrison, a former presenter at the Sydney radio station, denies ‘tailoring his evidence’ during trial of veteran shock jock Jones
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Guests joked Alan Jones and alleged victim looked ‘like a great couple’ at luncheon, court hears www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Guests joked Alan Jones and alleged victim looked ‘like a great couple’ at luncheon, court hears
Veteran radio host’s indecent assault and sexual touching trial enters fourth week, with fellow shock jock Jason Morrison saying complainant C appeared ‘stuck’ beside Jones
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Alleged victim tells Alan Jones’s barrister he was ‘groomed for 10 years’ and to ‘get real’ during combative cross-examination www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Alleged victim tells Alan Jones’s barrister he was ‘groomed for 10 years’ and to ‘get real’ during combative cross-examination
Former broadcaster has pleaded not guilty to 22 indecent assault and sexual touching charges in relation to six men
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Alleged victim of Alan Jones made broadcaster soft-boiled eggs with soldiers and ironed his underpants, court told www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Alleged victim of Alan Jones made broadcaster soft-boiled eggs with soldiers and ironed his underpants, court told
Former 2GB and 2UE radio broadcaster is facing 22 indecent assault and sexual touching charges. Jones, 85, has pleaded not guilty
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Alan Jones’s alleged victim denies ‘fabricating’ claims against broadcaster during robust cross-examination www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Alan Jones’s alleged victim denies ‘fabricating’ claims against broadcaster during robust cross-examination
Former 2UE and 2GB radio broadcaster is facing 22 charges. Jones, 85, has pleaded not guilty
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Alan Jones trial on indecent assault and sexual touching charges begins in Sydney www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...
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Alan Jones trial on indecent assault and sexual touching charges begins in Sydney
The 85-year-old former broadcaster faces 22 charges from six different complainants in what is expected to be a four-month trial
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Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Story here now from @meadea.bsky.social Nine to axe 30 jobs at the Age and SMH due to ‘extreme’ AI disruption www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
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Nine to axe 30 jobs at the Age and SMH due to ‘extreme’ AI disruption
Staff told positions will be cut via voluntary and targeted redundancies as part of ‘evolution’
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Pauline Hanson and Tommy Robinson meeting becomes grist for News Corp’s social media mill www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
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Pauline Hanson and Tommy Robinson meeting becomes grist for News Corp’s social media mill | Weekly Beast
Video by far-right anti-Islamic activist is republished on Sydney tabloid’s social media accounts. Plus: Qantas has a speedy retort for commentator kept waiting
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Sydney’s new metro line offers 110km/h speeds and an end to replacement buses – just don’t ask about the start date www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Sydney’s new metro line offers 110km/h speeds and an end to replacement buses – just don’t ask about the start date
Commuter disruptions will soon be over, but Chris Minns doesn’t want to ‘tempt fate’ with a date the NSW government can’t meet
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
#RIP Sam Neill www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9JX...
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DEATH IN BRUNSWICK TRAILER
YouTube video by Umbrella Entertainment
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mariecolemanao.bsky.social @mariecolemanao.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Pocock is such a valuable member of the Senate. Ably supported by retired volunteer advisers many of whom have been very serious APS and can be experts in particular fields.
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💜 phonakins 🍉🌲 @phonakins.com · 11/07/2026
FFS "It raised questions about the verdicts largely based on the argument that “no one noticed the abuse”."
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Journalist Richard Guilliatt resigns from Walkley awards board after critic wins reporting prize
Exclusive: Resignation comes after abuse survivor said she was devastated her father, who was jailed for 48 years, was interviewed for the Shadow of Doubt podcast
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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
If a judge for a prize for journalism thought accessing / using “sexual assault counselling notes” of a living person without their consent was ok it maybe time to burn the whole thing down and salt the earth. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
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Journalist Richard Guilliatt resigns from Walkley awards board after critic wins reporting prize
Exclusive: Resignation comes after abuse survivor said she was devastated her father, who was jailed for 48 years, was interviewed for the Shadow of Doubt podcast
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 10/07/2026
Australian Jewish News removes article criticising treatment of Jewish Council’s Sarah Schwartz | Weekly Beast
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Australian Jewish News removes article criticising treatment of Jewish Council’s Sarah Schwartz | Weekly Beast
Article was taken down by AJN but later republished on personal site of contributor Nomi Kaltmann. Plus: ABC ombudsman’s intriguing investigation * Want to get this in your inbox every Friday? Sign up for the Weekly Beast media newsletter here The Australian Jewish News has removed an article which decried the treatment of the executive officer of the Jewish Council of Australia, Sarah Schwartz, by members of the Jewish community. Regular AJN contributor and lawyer Nomi Kaltmann had a piece commissioned by the newspaper’s editor-in-chief , Gareth Narunsky, which said that watching Schwartz’s testimony at the royal commission was “extremely upsetting” despite their obvious political differences. Continue reading...
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Good read about Karl Stefanovic by Tina Quinn www.crikey.com.au/2026/07/09/k...
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Insiders reveal the real story behind Karl Stefanovic, a monster of Nine's own making
From ‘24-carat fuckwit' to 'boy-wonder', there's no shortage of opinions about the breakfast TV stalwart, and how his career went from strength, to strength, to scandal.
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
NRL announces record-breaking $5.3bn broadcast deal with Nine and Foxtel www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
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NRL announces record-breaking $5.3bn broadcast deal with Nine and Foxtel
Nine Entertainment and Foxtel have retained the media rights in a seven-year deal that Peter V’landys has called ‘a defining moment for rugby league’
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Researchers at UCLA and the Barcelona Institute for Global Health projected that the continuing absence of USAID funding will cause 4.5 million child deaths under the age of five by the year 2030 Via The Lancet
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 03/07/2026
Sky News Australia’s role in Cairo Takeaway fiasco laid out by judge’s finding it published ‘misleading’ statements | Weekly Beast
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Sky News Australia’s role in Cairo Takeaway fiasco laid out by judge’s finding it published ‘misleading’ statements | Weekly Beast
Justice Robert Bromwich found lawyer Rebekah Giles passed information to Sky’s Sharri Markson that led to pro-Israel activist breaching part of a legal settlement with the restaurant. Plus: former ABC insider investigates … the ABC * Want to get this in your inbox every Friday? Sign up for the Weekly Beast media newsletter here When the Daily Telegraph apologised in March for “causing distress” by sending a pro-Israel activist and a reporter to a popular Sydney Middle Eastern restaurant, News Corp may have believed it could draw a line under the ugly incident. But a judgment in the federal court this week reopened the wound and revealed that another arm of News Corp, Sky News Australia, was one of the outlets that published what Justice Robert Bromwich found were “highly misleading and even deceptive” statements about the settlement between the publisher, the activist and the restaurant. Sign up to get Guardian Australia’s weekly media diary as a free newsletter Continue reading...
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Sky News Australia’s role in Cairo Takeaway fiasco laid out by judge’s finding it published ‘misleading’ statements www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
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Sky News Australia’s role in Cairo Takeaway fiasco laid out by judge’s finding it published ‘misleading’ statements | Weekly Beast
Justice Robert Bromwich found lawyer Rebekah Giles passed information to Sky’s Sharri Markson that led to pro-Israel activist breaching part of a legal settlement with the restaurant
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Dr Mel T @drmel.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I’ve been a victim of this, it’s a thing.
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🐯 ɹǝʞuıɹᗡ ǝǝɟɟoƆ ɐǝɹ∀ 🐯 @chris8875.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Started reading this yesterday. Nothing surprises me of course, but still, this ought to be compulsory reading for just about anyone I reckon.
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
‘This is the dark art’: new book claims pattern of personal attacks by Murdoch media empire www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
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‘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
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
‘This is the dark art’: new book claims pattern of personal attacks by Murdoch media empire www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
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‘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
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Paul Karp @paulkarp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Right-wing campaign group Advance and the Exclusive Brethren will be compelled to attend a parliamentary inquiry into the 2025 election. JSCEM statement said they were asked nicely and declined - so now compelling them
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Nine considers Karl Stefanovic’s future after podcast with UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
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Nine considers Karl Stefanovic’s future after podcast with UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson
Company says it is taking the matter seriously after Today show host filmed himself walking down a London street with his arm slung around Robinson
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
“A joy to watch? Pauline Hanson gets a warm welcome in some parts of the media” @meadea.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
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A joy to watch? Pauline Hanson gets a warm welcome in some parts of the media | Weekly Beast
As One Nation leader is hailed as ‘a politician ready to rule’, Greg Jericho is booted from the press gallery. Plus: a ‘WTF moment’ across the Tasman
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Australian Red Cross invites you to join The Guardian’s Ben Doherty and Australian Red Cross’ Eve Massingham in conversation reflecting on the rules of war and why journalists and media professionals need to know them. events.humanitix.com/in-conversat...
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'In Conversation' Reporting on the laws of war: a discussion for journalists and media professionals
Join The Guardian’s Ben Doherty and Australian Red Cross’ Eve Massingham in conversation about the rules of war and why journalists need to know them.
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
A joy to watch? Pauline Hanson gets a warm welcome in some parts of the media www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
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A joy to watch? Pauline Hanson gets a warm welcome in some parts of the media | Weekly Beast
As One Nation leader is hailed as ‘a politician ready to rule’, Greg Jericho is booted from the press gallery. Plus: a ‘WTF moment’ across the Tasman
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance has issued a statement in support of Guardian Australia journalist Sarah Martin who was subjected to a personal and unfounded attack by One Nation leader Pauline Hanson yesterday. @withmeaa.bsky.social
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 17/06/2026
Virginia Trioli to leave the ABC after 27 years
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Virginia Trioli to leave the ABC after 27 years
After 27 years as a journalist, broadcaster and program maker at the ABC, Virginia Trioli announces she is leaving to pursue new creative opportunities.
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Pauline Hanson’s speech ‘shameful’ and echoed ‘rubbish’ from rightwing figures in UK and US, critics say www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Pauline Hanson’s speech ‘shameful’ and echoed ‘rubbish’ from rightwing figures in UK and US, critics say
Labor minister says Australians would lose their jobs and wages would go down if One Nation’s policies became law
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Via Tom McIlroy: Pauline Hanson’s address to the National Press Club has been disrupted by a banner that called out One Nation’s opposition to an increase to the minimum wage for Australian households.
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Most Australians under 25 have never used newspapers or radio as a source of news, survey finds www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
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Most Australians under 25 have never used newspapers or radio as a source of news, survey finds
But overall interest in news has increased, particularly among women and young people, 2026 Digital News Report finds
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
As One Nation seeks donations to ‘fire the liar’, News Corp gives it front-page billing Amanda Meade www.theguardian.com/media/commen...
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As One Nation seeks donations to ‘fire the liar’, News Corp gives it front-page billing | Weekly Beast
Pauline Hanson’s fundraising drive gets front-page coverage in Sydney tabloid. Plus: The Hollywood Reporter scoop that wasn’t
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Nick Evershed!? @nickevershed.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
i just keep thinking about this (which is a great story, love it) and how funny it would've been if the dude was absolutely shithouse www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Is there a pianist in the house? Audience member steps up to perform in La La Land in Sydney
Sterling Nasa had tickets to see Justin Hurwitz’s La La Land in Concert. When the keyboardist suddenly fell ill, he found himself on stage performing
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
ABC boss a master of silence amid scrutiny on news chief’s abrupt departure www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m...
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ABC boss a master of silence amid scrutiny on news chief’s departure | Weekly Beast
Was the resignation of Justin Stevens leaked to the press? Plus: 7.30 is safe despite speculation it faces axe
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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Reuters executive Simon Robinson expected to replace Justin Stevens as ABC news director
Exclusive: Robinson, who has been at Reuters for 16 years, will be responsible for about 2,000 staff across the ABC’s news division
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
‘Foolish’ CSIRO job cuts will mean Australia unable to provide climate projections to global reports, scientists warn www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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‘Foolish’ CSIRO job cuts will mean Australia unable to provide climate projections to global reports, scientists warn
Exclusive: Science agency is planning to sack a third of the team working on the national climate model, sources say
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Gucci slippers, rare first editions and a $250,000 watch: broadcaster John Laws’ estate to go under the hammer www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m...
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Gucci slippers, rare first editions and a $250,000 watch: broadcaster John Laws’ estate to go under the hammer
Talkback legend’s luxury goods include largest single-owner collection of prestige watches ever to come to Australian market
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Amanda Meade @meadea.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
A Zara dress, the Jim Reaper and a communist state: how Australia’s media interpreted the budget www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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A Zara dress, the Jim Reaper and a communist state: how Australia’s media interpreted the budget
The Murdoch papers sharpened their sickles and hammered Jim Chalmers’ budget for ‘the most radical redistribution of wealth since the Whitlam era’
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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Tele having a normal one I see.
Daily Telegraph headline: Lying Jim
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Aussies with big-taxing communist manifesto

Jim Chalmers is pictured laughing with red in the background and a "Your Capital is His Gain" subhed, with the C the USSR sickle and hammer.
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