How Australia sold-off its future to Donald Trump
Who really wins from Australia's new deal with the US? Hint: It isn't Australian taxpayers.
Australian politics
How mainstream media and politicians fuelled Australia's biggest far-right rally
Six takeaways from the March for Australia and why it should be a wake-up call.
Why is Australia's media pushing us closer to Trump?
First of all, here's what we have for you this week: * Killer Grabs: Quotes from around the traps. * Why the Australian media wants a closer alliance with Donald Trump— By Scott Mitchell * The Good Ones: The best journalism, opinion and entertainment for you to enjoy. One of the
The Age published a factual story about anti-Israel protests. Then they deleted it
First of all, here's what we have for you this week: * Killer Grabs: Quotes from around the traps. * The Age published a factual, accurate story about anti-Israel protests. Then they deleted it — By Osman Faruqi * The Good Ones: The best journalism, opinion and entertainment for you to enjoy.
Exclusive: Khaled Sabsabi faces fresh attacks as government envoy calls for arts funding crackdown
Just a week after being reinstated by Creative Australia as Australia's representative to the 2026 Venice Biennale, artist Khaled Sabsabi is under renewed attack from pro-Israel activists and News Corp.
What the ABC's latest cuts are really about
More job cuts at the ABC, the axing of Q&A, the end of The Project, the announcement of a new TV current affairs program, the sale of a leading daily news podcast... and that's just the media news that came after the shooting of multiple Australian
Inside the ABC's controversial decision to pull a Gaza interview
In the past week it feels like there's been a shift in terms of the Australian media's coverage of Gaza. The willingness to constantly defer to the Israeli government and the avoidance of certain language deemed taboo by editors, examples we've highlighted on the
Does the Coalition split actually make sense? Plus, a new NRL vs. AFL war breaks out
First up, thank you. We launched Lamestream a month ago and we're blown away by the response, support, encouragement, feedback and ideas. Leaving our full-time jobs in the media to try and build something new, exciting and independent always felt daunting, but it feels like we made the
Can the Greens and Labor stop hating each other?
The scene is set for maybe Australia's most progressive parliament, but the bad blood between the Labor party and the Greens runs deep and could prevent a progressive agenda really being pursued. Osman Faruqi takes a look at the relationship and whether it can be reset.
Four election narratives that deserve more attention
One of the trickiest things when it comes to writing about elections is avoiding the temptation to over interpret what the results mean and draw out some kind of broad narrative or reflection on the "state of the nation". Why? Well, we only get a real time pulse-check
Exclusive: Why we created Lamestream
Introducing Australia's newest media venture.