The federal government’s $50 million grant program for gas exploration in the Beetaloo Basin should be reviewed immediately,a Greens and Labor-dominated Senate inquiry has found.
Media experts say the decision by YouTube to suspend Sky News for misinformation has highlighted the need to review the broadcast watchdog’s set of teeth.
The money will be donated to the Australian Youth Climate Commission after Sky News wrongly aired claims the Greens senator involved her young niece in a dangerous anti-logging protest.
Dr Laming has threatened defamation action against at least 10 journalists and politicians over their comments about his decision to photograph a woman restocking a fridge.
The broadcaster did not have to apologise or retract the controversial article,but there are still lessons for it to learn from the defamation action.
A contested Senate report has called for the Prime Minister to apologise to ex-Australia Post boss Christine Holgate over the Cartier watches saga.
A Senate committee established after twin AFP raids on journalists found whistleblowing laws aren’t working properly and secrecy laws are “susceptible to abuse”.
The Auditor-General will consider reviewing $40 million in federal government grants provided to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp since 2017 to support coverage of women’s sport.
The Woolworths Group executive will take the reins in September as Australia Post still grapples with the fallout from the exit of Christine Holgate.
Female federal MPs are reaching out across party lines to set up a group that could function as a forum for women in Parliament to push for a better workplace.
The comments made by the former Liberal Democratic Party senator were “manifestly crass,offensive and obviously sexist”,a Federal Court judge said.