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[Link] ABC welcomes ‘funding certainty’ as Morrison government responds to media reform paper
Read: 7/2/2022 www.theguardian.com
The Morrison government will restore ABC funding to 2018 levels, when Malcolm Turnbull imposed an $84m indexation pause, with the public broadcaster to be given $3.3bn for the next three years. The communications minister, Paul Fletcher, has also announced SBS will receive $953.
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[Link] Australian TV reporter Matt Doran gives lengthy on-air apology after he ‘insulted’ Adele
Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Australian TV reporter Matt Doran has made a lengthy, unreserved apology to Adele for failing to listen to her new album before an exclusive interview with the singer, calling the bungle a “terrible mistake”.
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[Link] Court blocks bid to release secret Ben Roberts-Smith report
Read: 23/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
Mr Roberts-Smith is suing The Age, Federal Capital Press and Fairfax Media, which reported serious allegations against him, including multiple unlawful killings in Afghanistan, which he denies.
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[Link] Adele Reportedly Denies Ch7 Access To Footage Of Interview It Paid $1M For After Journo’s Snub
Read: 22/11/2021 www.pedestrian.tv
Oopsie, ballad queen Adele (via Sony) has reportedly denied Channel Seven access to footage of an interview it paid $1M for after their reporter admitted to the artist he hadn’t heard of the very album he was flown to London to interview her about.
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[Link] ABC chair Ita Buttrose accuses Coalition of ‘political interference’ and ‘intimidation’
Read: 15/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
The ABC chair, Ita Buttrose, has accused the Morrison government of political interference and attempting to intimidate the public broadcaster after the Senate established an inquiry into the ABC’s complaints handling process.
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[Link] 7 News apologises for wrongly identifying Aboriginal man as suspect in Cleo Smith case
Read: 4/11/2021 www.sbs.com.au
Seven News has apologised for identifying an Aboriginal man as the 36-year-old suspect that was arrested by WA police over the Cleo Smith abduction. The network published a number of photographs of the man on Wednesday along with his name.
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[Link] Ben Roberts-Smith’s backers at Seven commissioned secret report into war crime allegations, court hears
Read: 19/10/2021 www.theguardian.com
Ben Roberts-Smith’s TV station backers commissioned a secret report into war crimes allegations made against him by newspapers, the federal court has heard.
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[Link] Brendan Nelson tells court he was cautioned by ‘senior government figure’ over his support for Ben Roberts-Smith
Read: 28/6/2021 www.theguardian.com
The former defence minister and head of the Australian War Memorial Dr Brendan Nelson has described Ben Roberts-Smith as the “most respected, admired and revered Australian soldier in more than half a century” before allegations he committed war crimes “devastated” his public standing.
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[Link] Australian Federal Police launch investigation into Ben Roberts-Smith over fresh allegations
Read: 15/4/2021 www.sbs.com.au
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[Link] ‘4 Corners’ Is Being Slammed For Interviewing A Far-Right Extremist Again
Read: 3/2/2021 junkee.com
Viewers of last night’s 4 Corners, which saw journalist Sarah Ferguson fly to Washington DC to report on January’s Capitol riots, have taken to social media to question the decision to air an interview with the chairman of white supremacist and fascist group the Proud Boys.
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[Link] Businesswoman called 'feminist cretin' by AFR journalist Joe Aston wins $280,000 in defamation case
Read: 27/1/2021 www.theguardian.com
A former managing director of a venture capital firm has been awarded damages of $280,000 by the federal court after it found she was defamed by the Australian Financial Review and columnist Joe Aston.
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