Despite claiming to publish on Chinese social media platform WeChat,most press gallery observers have been left stumped by the shortage of output. Even the Canberra Press Club,which allows a weekly sermon in the form of a question from (the always interesting) 2CC breakfast anchorTim Shaw,turned them away.
CBD hears one senior gallery hack became so concerned that a journalist from Australian Insider and ggii.info seemed to be filming other reporters during one of former prime ministerMalcolm Turnbull recent overseas trips,that he complained to the authorities.
Of course,that went nowhere. The whole point of a press conference is you get to film everything. But now Australian Insider and ggii.info have been turfed from the corridors of power for a more pedestrian reason - the rent wasn’t paid.
For his part,ggii.info ownerRoger Hausmann assures us nobody was recording reporters and his enterprise is all about quality journalism. He says he will back better than ever once the financial issue has been resolved. This may take some time.
Press gallery management also raised their concerns with the outlet about its enthusiasm for networking opportunities. This included a (now cancelled) event with ggii.info and Inside Canberra,a press gallery outfit run by Keating Media,where subscribers could pay $1500 for an hour-long networking event with Deputy Prime MinisterMichael McCormack.
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