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Crikey • Eric Beecher • August 22, 2022 • crikey.com.au
Standing up for the free press: here’s what abuse of media power looks like in Australia
Today Crikey is publishing a series of lengthy legal demands by Lachlan Murdoch's lawyers. Here's why.
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Crikey@crikey_news
Lachlan Murdoch threatened to sue us for publishing public interest journalism.
We believe in media freedom. So today we’re standing up to Murdoch and publishing the legal letters from his lawyer to show you how abuse of media power works in Australia.
crikey.com.au/2022/08/22/lac…
August 22, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • August 22, 2022 • smh.com.au
Post-election surge in support for Anthony Albanese’s new Labor government
It is not unusual for a new government to enjoy a honeymoon period, but a survey suggests there is more to the increase in support for the Albanese government.
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David Crowe@CroweDM
A nine-point swing to Labor since the election.
A huge boost for Anthony Albanese.
Our first Resolve survey since May:
theage.com.au/politics/feder…
August 22, 2022
ABC News • Josh Robertson, Mark Willacy, Echo Hui, Kyle Taylor • August 22, 2022 • abc.net.au
Revealed: Co-owner of $3.8bn casino development linked to notorious Chinese gangsters
An ABC investigation reveals the links between a company with a major stake in Australia's most expensive casino venture and notorious organised crime figures in Hong Kong and Macau.
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Australian Financial Review • Jacob Greber • August 22, 2022 • afr.com
Overhaul needed on ministerial rules: GG’s official secretary
The startling concession comes amid questions about why Morrison’s secretive jobs were not captured by an obscure bureaucratic rule known as the “Harradine list”.
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ABC News • Michael Janda • August 22, 2022 • abc.net.au
Australia has 'radically changed', leaving workers with the smallest share of the economic pie on record
Workers are getting a record low share of Australia's national income, while company profits surge. But is it just a temporary phenomenon caused by the commodities boom or a deeper structural crisis in our economy?
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Richard Denniss@RDNS_TAI
Business leaders are arguing that their record profits help their low paid staff through their super…for the vast majority who have $20,000 or $80,000 in super, the idea that expensive petrol and low wages are good for them is simply absurd #auspol abc.net.au/news/2022-08-2…
August 22, 2022
The Guardian • Adam Morton • August 22, 2022 • theguardian.com
Resurrecting the Tasmanian tiger may be a noble idea – but what about preserving existing species?
While de-extinction research may benefit conservation efforts overall, we shouldn’t have to rely on it to give a wildlife a future
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Crikey • Eric Beecher, Peter Fray • August 22, 2022 • crikey.com.au
An open letter to Lachlan Murdoch, co-chairman of News Corporation and executive chairman of Fox Corporation
Lachlan Murdoch has claimed he intends to take court action to resolve a defamation allegation against Crikey. We await your writ.
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NPR • David Folkenflik • August 22, 2022 • npr.org
Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch threatened Aussie news site 'Crikey.' It's fighting back
Murdoch threatened to sue the Australian news site Crikey over a column connecting him to rhetoric on Fox News ahead of the Jan. 6 siege at the U.S. Capitol. Crikey's response? Bring it on.
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Gina Rushton@ginarush
"Lachlan Murdoch — already busy fighting two multi-billion dollar defamation lawsuits aimed at Fox News here in the U.S. — has threatened a news organization in his family's home country of Australia with legal action" @davidfolkenflik @NPR
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August 22, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Zoe Samios • August 22, 2022 • smh.com.au
Crikey vows to see media mogul Lachlan Murdoch in court over US Capitol article
Online news website Crikey has urged media mogul Lachlan Murdoch to sue for defamation over an article it published that named his family as “unindicted co-conspirators” in last year’s January 6 riots at the US Capitol.
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Neil McMahon@NeilMcMahon
A good day to subscribe to @crikey_news if you don't already. smh.com.au/business/compa…
August 22, 2022
Australian Financial Review • Mark Di Stefano • August 22, 2022 • afr.com
Lachlan Murdoch lawsuit: The Australian publisher daring for a court fight
Private Media has published private legal correspondence and will take out an advertisement in the New York Times effectively daring the media mogul to sue.
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ABC News • Stephen Dziedzic • August 22, 2022 • abc.net.au
Australian High Commissioner summoned by Solomon Islands government over ABC's Four Corners report
The Solomon Islands government hauls in Australia's High Commissioner over the Four Corners program exploring how China has been rapidly building commercial and security ties with the Pacific Island nation.
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Australian Financial Review • Tom McIlroy • August 21, 2022 • afr.com
Kerr-Fraser conflict a precedent for governor-general’s intervention
Moves by the governor-general to knock back federal government appointments in the 1970s provide a precedent for the Morrison ministries case.
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The Guardian • Amanda Meade • August 22, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australian-made children’s TV all but gone from commercial free-to-air networks
Fall in amount of locally made children’s programming attributed to watering down of quota by Coalition government
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ABC News • Maani Truu • August 22, 2022 • abc.net.au
The 'strange phenomenon' behind Australia's teaching workforce crisis
The federal government has warned of an unprecedented shortage of teachers across the country, but many already in the profession say they’re desperate for secure and ongoing employment. So, what’s going on in Australia’s education system?
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Michael Janda@mikejanda
This is an extremely important issue: abc.net.au/news/2022-08-2… I personally know of teachers who have faced this problem, and it does drive many intelligent and highly educated people out of the profession. It used not to be this way, so how have we ended up here?
August 22, 2022
The Guardian • Helen Davidson • August 22, 2022 • theguardian.com
China drought causes Yangtze to dry up, sparking shortage of hydropower
Nationwide alert issued with south-west especially badly hit, as major companies forced to suspend work
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The Guardian • Tamsin Rose • August 21, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘A family now’: the volunteers helping NSW flood victims six months on
Some are locals and some come from as far as Western Australia, but they all bring the ‘get there and get stuck in’ energy'
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Laura Murphy-Oates@lauramoates
In Lismore, volunteers - including a holday maker from WA who was visiting when the floods hit - are still helping residents recover six months later. Lovely yarn from @tamsinroses
theguardian.com/australia-news…
August 22, 2022
The Guardian • Michael McGowan • August 22, 2022 • theguardian.com
NSW business chamber head appointed to UK trade role thanked John Barilaro for his ‘accessibility’
Exclusive: Letter from Stephen Cartwright, who approved ads attacking Labor before NSW election, thanked former deputy premier for ‘constant support’
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Michael McGowan@mmcgowan
Stephen Cartwright thanked John Barilaro for his “accessibility” and asked the then NSW deputy premier to let him know if could assist the government in “any way” seven months before he was put forward for a controversial London trade job
theguardian.com/australia-news…
August 22, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • August 22, 2022 • smh.com.au
The political skew to $828m industry grants signed off by Morrison
More than half the recipients in a grants program overseen by Scott Morrison were located in Coalition electorates and several others were based in electorates he was desperate to win.
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David Crowe@CroweDM
Just who received the $828 million overseen by Scott Morrison with ultimate authority over every grant?
We went through the list and it's a maddening task. You won't be shocked that ministers and candidates unveiled money in key seats before election.
theage.com.au/politics/feder…
August 22, 2022
Crikey • Bernard Keane • August 22, 2022 • crikey.com.au
Joyce's apology scarcely credible from same old Qantas
Alan Joyce's apology to victims of his airline might be less necessary if he didn't hate his own workers quite so much.
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Bernard Keane@BernardKeane
Qantas wants its workers to cop a massive real wage cut. If it didn't despise its workforce so much, maybe Alan Joyce wouldn't have to offer lame non-apologies.
crikey.com.au/2022/08/22/qan…
August 22, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Shane Wright • August 22, 2022 • smh.com.au
Australia’s most in-demand professions revealed, but migrants wary of returning
The government has identified Australia’s most in-demand professions, but new research shows skilled migrants are put off by complex migration rules and the strict COVID border rules.
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