Good afternoon, readers. The succession battle at Rupert Murdoch’s media empire has ended.
The family announced on Monday, US time, that Lachlan Murdoch, Murdoch’s eldest son, will secure control of the sprawling media empire that includes Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and the Times in the UK, with his three oldest siblings receiving an estimated US$1.1bn each for their shares in the business.
The deal ends a sometimes bitter legal battle between Murdoch’s oldest children for control of their 94-year-old father’s business that has been reminiscent of the HBO show Succession, which was purportedly inspired by the Murdoch family. It also keeps the media company’s conservative bent; Lachlan Murdoch is regarded as the most conservative of Murdoch’s oldest children – and is the current chair of News Corp.
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Images chosen by 24 international newspaper picture editors will compete at this year’s Visa pour l’Image, the festival of photojournalism in Perpignan, France, for the Gökşin Sipahioğlu by Sipa Press Daily Press Visa d’or award. See the entries here.
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“Now we stand at the beginning of a new era, the treaty era. We are at a turning point in this nation’s history. Treaty offers us the chance to reshape the story of this country. So today is a historic day.” – Ngarra Murray
Australia’s first formal treaty with traditional owners is one step closer to becoming a reality, with the Victorian government introducing a bill to parliament formalising the agreement.
Ngarra Murray, the co-chair of the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria, said the move today was historic and reflected decades of work. Here’s what you need to know about the bill.
Full Story
Nino Bucci on the sentencing of Erin Patterson – Full Story
The dust is beginning to settle after Erin Patterson was yesterday sentenced to life in prison with a non-parole period of 33 years for murdering three people and attempting to murder a fourth with a lunch laced with death cap mushrooms.
Justice and courts reporter Nino Bucci has told Nour Haydar exactly how it all played out.
Listen to the episode here
Before bed read
Australia is now meeting the World Health Organization’s (WHO) guidelines on sugar, which recommend keeping sugar below 10% of daily energy intake.
New data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows there is less sugar in our diet from food and drinks than three decades ago.
So, what’s behind this trend? And will it continue? Here’s a look at the data.
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Today’s starter word is: WAT. You have five goes to get the longest word including the starter word. Play Wordiply.
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