Janine Perrett
@PerrettReport
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Proud journo for 40 years. Now more than ever.
Australia
Joined May 2010
“Honestly, does Australia’s leading real estate site have no shame? Answer: no.” #MediaWatch
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“How any ABC reporter can voice a commercial for one of the biggest brands in Australia and not think that is a conflict is beyond us.” #MediaWatch
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The ABC is once again facing serious claims about its reporting of former commando Heston Russell, with the discovery extra gunshots were added to helmet cam footage published by ABC News, triggering an independent inquiry to be headed by Alan Sunderland.
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Miss last night's Media Watch? Catch up on ABC iview now: https://t.co/QF80CvJcNN
iview.abc.net.au
Australia's leading forum for media analysis and comment. Host Linton Besser, a four-time Walkley award-winning investigative reporter and former foreign correspondent, brings you a fearless critique...
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Utterly disgraceful and should be addressed urgently by the two men vying to be Premier. Women turned away from public hospitals three years after abortion decriminalised in NSW
smh.com.au
Just two hospitals in the state run abortion services, forcing women and their GPs to make dozens of calls to private providers searching for an appointment.
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Hilarious - from sozzled bridesmaids grabbing the tambourine to the Daryl Braithwaite number they always have to play in the end. It’s the bridesmaids you’ve got to watch out for: notes from a professional wedding singer | Lucy Ridge
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This is such sad news about the death of much-loved defamation barrister Sandy Dawson. President's Message
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Here we go again some of us can remember the miners attacking last Labor Government over what was then dubbed a “super profits” tax. Mining industry threatens to unleash ad campaign against Labor unless it rules out windfall profits tax
theguardian.com
Minerals Council opens new front between resources sector and Albanese government who are already at war over IR changes
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Here's my original piece for ABC News in May 2020. https://t.co/H8jBwzO2Zs Today, four lines were copied and pasted on page 6 of a 12 page analysis in The Courier Mail with no attribution.
abc.net.au
It will take four senior Government MPs to fill the void left by former deputy premier Jackie Trad, but could the Member for South Brisbane make a comeback?
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Why does today's Courier Mail analysis on Premier Palaszczuk by Peter Gleeson contain word for word chunks from my analysis for ABC News on Jackie Trad's departure more than two years ago?
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Proving that the new UK PM and Chancellor are not just criminally incompetent but a danger to the economy. Bank confirms pension funds almost collapsed amid market meltdown
theguardian.com
Official explains how promise to buy up to £65bn of government debt staved off destructive UK financial spiral
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I am very proud to be one of the dozens of Australian female correspondents telling their story in the new book Through Her Eyes. A great book by co-editors @MelissRob and @WatsonTrevorJ and available now.
Women have changed the way momentous events are reported. In Through Her Eyes Australia's Women Correspondents from Hiroshima to Ukraine, out Sept 6, they share stories of life as a correspondent; the risks, the suffering they witness and the joy. Co-edited with Trevor Watson
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Far out: Channel 7 paid Anthony Koletti $150,000 for the interview with him which subsequently won a Kennedy award for Scoop of the Year.
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Beautifully written piece by Rob Harris Inside a silent Westminster Hall with Elizabeth, the great unifier
smh.com.au
Here was a reverent, phoneless hush that you rarely see anywhere now. No faces staring at screens or posing with their friends for selfies.
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Shutting down Australia for the Queen’s death is absurd
afr.com
Australia is suspending normal operations because a 96-year-old foreigner on the other side of the world has passed away peacefully and not unexpectedly.
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Crown Casino, Star Entertainment, poker machines in pubs are all in the news. Join @TRAVLIC and @quentindempster at @Gleebooks on September 16 as they discuss Ravlic's new book, Crown. Book early via https://t.co/CFiDo2x0Xg to avoid disappointment! #auspol
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Am looking forward to our panel “How do you solve a problem like the media” tomorrow at 3.
Immensely proud of the Antidote festival we are putting on tomorrow at @SydOperaHouse. It’s a chance for us all to stop our inward gaze and look at each other again, and rediscover how we can help each other through times of crisis... (1/?) https://t.co/CBXgV1RVyx
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