The Budget Shows the Media Got Played. Plus, the UK's Political Turmoil and Israel Hijacks Eurovision
How a budget sold as fixing generational inequality did little of it, and what the UK Labour crisis tells us about Albanese.
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Can this Budget Really Fix Housing? Plus, Shameless Sparks a Big Political Debate
One Nation’s history-making Farrer by-election result, and whether the budget’s housing tax changes will make any real difference.
Casual racism in The Age, We Tested The Daily Aus' PR claims, and the ABC Might Re-Write a Headline After we Publish This.
In this week's column, the ABC report 8 million Australians are reliant on income support but the report's author isn't so sure, one newspaper reports that Chinese Australians live along the 'Yum Cha line' and The Daily Aus claim to advise public broadcasters.
Gina Rinehart, Pauline Hanson and One Nation's Big Test. Plus, Australia's Secret Involvement in the Iran War
Is The Devil Wears Prada 2 the best journalism movie in years, Trump’s failed Hormuz gambit, and the ADF’s role in the Iran war.
The Bondi Royal Commission isn’t even pretending to be about Bondi anymore
Concerns that the Royal Commission will be used to marginalise the pro-Palestine movement have been validated this week, following confirmation criticism of Israel will be conflated with anti-Semitism.
How Alice Springs Brought the Worst Out of Our Media. Plus, Why the Bondi Commission Has No Real Answers
The Royal Commission’s interim report and intelligence agencies shifting blame, and the coverage of Kumanjayi Little Baby’s death.
More Nine cuts, the Royal Commission backfires, duelling Syria repatriation stories, and a once great TV network becomes pro-Trump propaganda
Nine handed out public money it received to shareholders and is cutting jobs again, right-wing media go after Albanese's anti-Semitism review, and duelling 'ISIS brides' stories demonstrate government secrecy.
The ABC's Pro-Oil Propaganda, a Lebanon Deep Dive, and Kyle and Jackie O Head to Court
How the energy crisis is shaping politics and the media, plus Lamestream announces its first national tour.
The Trump Shooting, the Far-Right Seize Anzac Day, and the PM Tries to 'Kill' a Gas Tax. Plus, a New Arts Scandal
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, our exclusive on UQ cancelling a children’s book, and attacks on Welcome to Country.
What's Really Behind the Walkley's Shake-Up, The Daily Aus Goes Wild for Albo, and One Nation vs. The Media
In this week's Friday column: Pauline Hanson loves the media spotlight, but bans journalists who ask her tough questions. Should journalists be taking selfies with the PM? And why this week marked a rout for some doyens of journalism
Read Randa Abdel-Fattah's Resignation Letter Slamming UQP for Caving to 'Smear Campaigns'
The author's award-winning novel Discipline was published by UQP. Now, Abdel-Fattah has quit the publisher in response to its cancellation of an Indigenous children's book.
Australia's War on Protest, the Dark Side of Nostalgia-maxxing, and a Fun ABC News Game!
The push to criminalise protest and the media’s part in it, from Queensland’s slogan ban to NSW’s laws being struck down.
Read Evelyn Araluen’s Blistering Resignation Letter to University of Queensland Press
After Lamestream broke the news that the University of Queensland Press had cancelled the publication of a children’s book, award-winning writer Evelyn Araluen has terminated her relationship with UQP.
Exclusive: University of Queensland scraps Indigenous children’s book, citing controversial anti-Semitism policy
The book's author has described the decision to pulp all 5,000 copies of the book as reckless and disrespectful, and says it "sets a chilling standard".
Australia Doubles Down on Trump. Plus, Why Israel’s War on Lebanon is Far From Over
Os on Insiders, how seriously to take Lebanon’s ceasefire, and why Israeli politics could keep the bombing going for months.