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The Guardian • Amanda Meade • April 21, 2023 • theguardian.com
Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation proceedings against independent Australian publisher Crikey
Move comes days after Fox reached a $US787.5m settlement with the voting equipment company Dominion in a separate defamation lawsuit
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Crikey • Cam Wilson • April 21, 2023 • crikey.com.au
Spectator Australia keeps publishing white supremacists and anti-Semites
Exclusive: Self-described veterans, Christian teachers and essayists are using mainstream conservative publications to launder their secret extremist views.
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cameron wilson@cameronwilson
Spectator Australia is a home for conservative figures like Tony Abbott and Alan Jones to write about current affairs.
My investigation shows it has also published far-right white supremacists who are using it to mainstream and normalise extreme beliefs. crikey.com.au/2023/04/21/spe…
April 21, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Hamish Macdonald • April 20, 2023 • smh.com.au
The first Scots College kid who tried to shame me turned out to be gay himself
The dark, disruptive shadows of my time at Scots still trouble me. It’s about time the school told kids “it’s OK to be gay”.
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Jane Caro@JaneCaro
This is an excellent, heartfelt article by Hamish McDonald. Schools in receipt of public funding should not be permitted to discriminate. smh.com.au/national/the-f…
April 21, 2023
ABC News • Matthew Doran • April 21, 2023 • abc.net.au
Voice to Parliament constitutionally sound, according to solicitor-general's legal opinion
The federal government releases opinion from the solicitor-general on the Voice to Parliament, which deems the proposed amendment legally sound and an "enhancement" to the constitution.
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Crikey • John Buckley • April 21, 2023 • crikey.com.au
ABC will re-air Fox News investigation 'in light of' Dominion case
'Fox will no longer be scrutinised through a trial, so this is the complete story,' the ABC said.
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John Buckley@johnbuckley_
The ABC will re-air its 4Corners probe 'Fox and the Big Lie' on Monday as a single program adding "latest developments", despite adverse ACMA findings via @crikey_news crikey.com.au/2023/04/21/abc…
April 21, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Lisa Visentin • April 21, 2023 • smh.com.au
Voice will ‘enhance’ system of government: Solicitor-General’s advice
The prime minister says the Solicitor-General’s advice “is very clear and it is unequivocal” but he doubts Peter Dutton’s fears will be allayed.
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The Age • Chip Le Grand, Sumeyya Ilanbey • April 21, 2023 • theage.com.au
‘Beyond the realms of acceptable spin’: Integrity experts slam Andrews for downplaying IBAC report
The premier’s claim that Operation Daintree uncovered no wrongdoing is simply wrong, leading integrity experts say.
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The Guardian • Adam Morton • April 21, 2023 • theguardian.com
Emissions from WA gas project with world’s largest industrial carbon capture system rise by more than 50%
Chevron development off Pilbara coast was approved on condition the company store about 4m tonnes of CO2 a year
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The New Daily • April 21, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
Lachlan Murdoch abandons legal action against Crikey
Fox Corporation boss Lachlan Murdoch has dropped his defamation case against news outlet Crikey and some of its editors and executives.
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Michael Pascoe@MichaelPascoe01
Murdoch’s lawyers...said Mr Murdoch remained confident the court would 'ultimately find in his favour', but no longer wished to allow Crikey to use the case to 'facilitate a marketing campaign” to boost subscribers.'
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April 21, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Michaela Whitbourn • April 21, 2023 • smh.com.au
Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation proceedings against Crikey
The media scion has discontinued his defamation case against the online news outlet, days after Fox News settled a separate US defamation suit.
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ABC News • Richard Willingham • April 21, 2023 • abc.net.au
'You see them playing Connect Four ... they're just a kid': Why Don wants Victoria's criminal age lifted to 14
Victoria will raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to a 12 — but advocates saying a raise to age 14 is urgently needed to improve outcomes for children.
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The Guardian • Gloria Oladipo • April 21, 2023 • theguardian.com
Man allegedly shoots girl, six, and her parents after ball rolls into his backyard
William White and his daughter Kinsley were seriously hurt during shooting in North Carolina while suspect remains at large
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Marcia Dunn • April 21, 2023 • smh.com.au
SpaceX giant rocket explodes minutes after launch from Texas
Elon Musk’s company was aiming to send the nearly 120-metre Starship rocket on a round-the-world trip.
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The New York Times • Katie Robertson • April 21, 2023 • nytimes.com
Lachlan Murdoch Drops Libel Suit Against Australian News Site
His lawyer said the website, Crikey, intended to exploit the outcome of the Fox-Dominion defamation case in the U.S.
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Jay Rosen@jayrosen_nyu
Lachlan Murdoch tried to crush an Australian digital news site that had criticized him for conspiring with Trump. Today he backed down. nytimes.com/2023/04/20/bus…
April 21, 2023
Time • Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Steven Tian • April 20, 2023 • time.com
Dominion Settlement Is Just the Beginning of Fox’s Nightmare
The $787.5M settlement in the Dominion lawsuit will lead to further litigation and controversy for Fox and Rupert Murdoch, writes Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian
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Antony (Tony) Walker@tonywalker1
Like UK Phone hacking scandal FOX's legal liabilities for broadcasting election 'falsehoods', actually lies, way, way to run, from company's ongoing legal jeopardy to directors' fiduciary responsibilities. Mess likely outlast Mr Murdoch @TIME time.com/6272910/domini…
April 21, 2023
The Spectator • April 19, 2023 • spectator.co.uk
We’ll miss Rupert Murdoch when he’s gone
The idea that Donald Trump was denied victory in the 2020 presidential election by conspirators determined to fiddle with the electoral system was never more than a fiction dreamed up by a frustrated losing candidate. At such times, the role of the media is crucial. If there were genuine evidence of vote-rigging then it should
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Peter FitzSimons • April 21, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘Don’t make me a martyr’, says last surviving Australian Rat of Tobruk
Tom Pritchard, 102, is the remaining member of a band of diggers who scorned hardship, danger and death to secure the Italian-held port of Tobruk in Libya and hold back Axis forces.
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The Guardian • Lenore Taylor, Mike Ticher, Gabrielle Jackson, Miles Herbert, Daniel Semo • April 21, 2023 • theguardian.com
Times are tough. Does Labor have the right priorities? – with Lenore Taylor – podcast
Gabrielle Jackson talks to Guardian Australia’s editor-in-chief, Lenore Taylor, and head of news, Mike Ticher, about the political tension between balancing the budget and providing cost-of-living relief
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the Guardian • https://www.theguardian.com/profile/cait-kelly,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/natasha-may,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/peter-hannam,https… • April 21, 2023 • theguardian.com
Advice on voice a ‘cynical political tactic’ to confuse voters, Coalition claims – as it happened
This blog is now closed
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amanda meade@meadea
Breaking: Lachlan Murdoch drops Crikey defamation action; Indigenous voice won’t ‘fetter’ parliament, solicitor-general says theguardian.com/australia-news…
April 21, 2023
The Guardian • Joe Hinchliffe, Eden Gillespie, Tamsin Rose • April 21, 2023 • theguardian.com
Three strikes: NSW falls behind rest of nation as Queensland reforms drug possession laws
Queensland health minister says progressive changes will open up pathways for people to receive treatment
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