
amanda meade
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The people who helped expose the Coalition’s ‘crude and cruel’ robodebt scheme, on @SBS tonight https://t.co/D7e72hiV19
theguardian.com
New documentary The People vs Robodebt tells the story of how a disastrous automated Centrelink debt recovery scheme was brought down
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Listening to Tony Abbott complaining this morning that fewer students are studying Australian history. I'm sure it's nothing to do with the fact that his parliamentary colleagues denounced the study of humanities as not being 'job-ready' and hiked the fees though
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SBS gets viewer pushback over decision not to join Eurovision boycott if Israel allowed Amanda Meade https://t.co/80QDt3C8Ee
theguardian.com
Broadcaster’s acting MD says it’s crucial in these ‘troubling times’ to be impartial. Plus: ABC’s John Lyons takes on Trump
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Lattouf unlawful termination case has cost ABC at least $2.5m, Hugh Marks tells estimates https://t.co/WByxeNW1nL
theguardian.com
Public broadcaster failed to follow its own processes, boss says, and it was ‘not a good reflection on the organisation’
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Jane Goodall had a remarkable ability to inspire us to connect with the natural wonders of our world, and her groundbreaking work on primates and the importance of conservation opened doors for generations of women in science. Michelle and I are thinking of all those who loved
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Kyle & Jackie O Show’s repeated ‘vulgar’ and ‘deeply offensive’ content prompts Acma warning to Kiis https://t.co/byaNkobchE
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Network’s broadcast licence could be suspended or cancelled by Australian Communications and Media Authority
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Kyle and Jackie O Show: The decency breaches came during two episodes of a guessing game where audio clips of male and female staff members urinating were aired, with hosts guessing which audio belonged to which staff member. @acmadotgov
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Tonight on #MediaWatch: 🔥Sky’s ‘Freya Fires Up’ in hot water 🎙️The scandal you didn’t hear on one radio network 🪐Planet America falls for a spoof 📺 9:15pm ABC TV + iview
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The LNP’s deadly, cruel and callous treatment of Australia’s most vulnerable should never, ever be forgotten.
theguardian.com
New documentary The People vs Robodebt tells the story of how a disastrous automated Centrelink debt recovery scheme was brought down
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Weekly Beast: Influencers make the AFR Power List for the first time as Coalition left out in the cold https://t.co/1sS813YfDk
@FinancialReview
theguardian.com
Inclusion of Abbie Chatfield, Konrad Benjamin and Betoota Advocate annoys veteran Fin Review journo. Plus: Nine looks to offload talkback stations
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Actor Noel Clarke arrested at family home in London https://t.co/r8k1gLGYn8
theguardian.com
Police search former Doctor Who star’s property and are seen leaving with boxes
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We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven. The degree to which those comments can undermine public health, do harm to women who are pregnant, create anxiety for parents who do have children who are autistic –
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The court found the ABC’s conduct was a particularly serious breach of employment law because the ABC’s senior managers knew there was an “organised political campaign” by pro-Israel lobbyists to have Lattouf removed from air.
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Breaking: ABC ordered to pay Antoinette Lattouf another $150,000 for unlawful termination over Gaza Instagram post https://t.co/kdOIw1Rchn
theguardian.com
Dispute began when radio presenter’s on-air shifts were cut short in 2023
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The ABC has been barred from attending Donald Trump’s press conference near London this week following a clash between the broadcaster’s Americas editor, John Lyons, and the president in Washington DC over his business dealings. https://t.co/D6kE2fvSe3
theguardian.com
Australia’s national broadcaster told by Downing Street that accreditation cancelled for ‘logistical reasons’ as other international outlets also denied entry
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Here’s to the bravest and the best. John Martinkus, cigarette intact, in pre-INTERFET East Timor 1999 (with Nine Cameraman Jamie Hamill). Rest in peace, old cobber.
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A moving assessment of the life and work of Australian war correspondent, John Martinkus, dead at just 56, from two peers, Sally Sara and Mark Davis @RadioNational
abc.net.au
Veteran Australian war correspondent John Martinkus has died at the age of 56. Martinkus was renowned for his fearless coverage of conflicts often ignored by mainstream media, from East Timor's...
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Charlie Kirk’s killing was a tragedy. But we must not rewrite his life Moira Donegan https://t.co/6RIuztAiqF
theguardian.com
In the wake of horror, honest accountings of his life have not only become rare – they have also become dangerous
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