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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.

Royal Commission report fails to quell criticism of Albanese

If Anthony Albanese announced the Royal Commission into anti-Semitism to cauterise attacks on him by right-wing media, we’ve got bad news for him: they still want to bleed him out.

At this week's press conference, where Albanese responded to the interim report , one journalist asked, “It's basically an admission that the Government still hasn't done enough to deal with rising anti-Semitism?”

As commentators hit the airwaves at News Corp, the deluge intensified. Sky News Australia’s Chris Kenny called it “entirely inadequate” and said Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was “spineless”.

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