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No playing favourites with ABC journalists as Dutton vows to slash broadcaster’s ‘waste’

ABC almost certainly facing yet another efficiency review if Coalition is elected, insiders say. Plus: shop the Andrew Tate look in the Women’s Weekly

The Guardian - AU

Andrew Bolt gloats as News Corp columnists delight in Donald Trump’s victory

‘Good riddance to woke,’ Peta Credlin says, while Tim Blair urges country to ‘Drill, Australia. Drill’

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2GB’s Ben Fordham pulls out of Liberal event, saying he didn’t realise it was fundraiser for party

Nine radio star says he speaks to political organisations, Scouts, charities and preschools but draws the line at political promotion

The Guardian - AU

Fight or flights: the six days it took Albanese to deny he contacted Alan Joyce for Qantas upgrades

Over the course of nearly a week, the prime minister batted away questions about the Qantas upgrade scandal before eventually comprehensively denying contacting Joyce for upgrades

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese says he didn’t seek flight upgrades from anyone at Qantas

Prime minister’s office says it took six days to respond clearly because they had to check decades of communications between Albanese and airline

The Guardian - AU

Fake X accounts fool Sky News Australia – twice

Two corrections and an apology are posted after an error by Rita Panahi and a tweet was wrongly attributed to Andrew Forrest. Plus: headfirst into the Queensland election campaign

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2GB’s Ben Fordham breached rules by spruiking his Uber driving ‘side hustle’, Acma finds

Fordham, who reportedly earns $1.5m to host the Nine Radio breakfast show, has a commercial agreement with Uber

The Guardian - AU

Trump’s ‘nasty’ jibe and Sky’s Paul Whittaker – was it all part of News Corp’s war of revenge on Kevin Rudd?

Former PM’s campaign for a royal commission into the media giant ‘has come back to bite him on the bum’, one broadcaster suggests. Plus: a new star of the right

The Guardian - AU

Victoria’s blackout had nothing to do with renewables. Claiming that it did won’t fix the system

Even as the weather emergency was still unfolding, some commentators and politicians couldn’t resist the urge to blame renewable energy

The Guardian - AU

Alan Jones may sue Nine newspapers over ‘demonstrably false’ allegations of indecent assault

Lawyers for the broadcaster say allegations he assaulted young men, made in the Sydney Morning Herald, are defamatory

The Guardian - AU

Defensive ABC to pay damages to defamed platoon leader

Former army commando Heston Russell has been awarded $390,000 in damages over allegations reported by the ABC about an executed prisoner in Afghanistan.

AAP

Phone hacking scandal just a ‘mishap’ in The Australian’s tribute to their boss Rupert Murdoch’s ‘creative mind’

Paul Kelly praises ‘massive work ethic’ of Murdoch but newspaper not tipped off.

The Guardian - AU

Fare go: Ben Fordham’s side hustle revealed as Uber sponsorship deal

The 2GB presenter begins new career as an Uber driver, according to tabloid articles that didn’t mention his commercial arrangement. Plus: Kyle Sandilands reprimanded again

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Q+A on life support as executive producer joins Stan Grant and heads for the door

Q+A’s executive producer, Erin Vincent, quits the ABC. Plus: News Corp staff told to pay for print copies of SMH and AFR

The Guardian - AU

Albanese says it’s ‘dumb’ to expect change without Indigenous voice in talkback radio clash

PM tells 2GB radio’s Ben Fordham that media have a responsibility not to ‘raise red herrings’ after being repeatedly questioned over impacts of voice proposal

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Police Are Reportedly Investigating If A Cooked TikTok Trend Is What Caused The Sydney CBD Fire

Four schoolboys have come forward in relation to the blaze.

Daily Mirror

Police chief shares reason she won’t watch video of gran, 95, being tasered in care home

The initial statement released by police failed to mention tasering and only revealed there had been an "interaction" between the great-grandmother Clare Nowland and officers in Australia

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The Guardian - AU

Death of MasterChef judge Jock Zonfrillo sparks frenzy of tabloid intrusion

Relentless speculation and paparazzo at funeral as family and colleagues mourn. Plus: ‘dole bludgers’ hounded after federal budget

The Guardian - AU

We shall fight them on our pages: Nine newspapers invoke Churchill to defend their Red Alert series

Newspapers’ leadership angrily rejects criticism of China series with insiders saying their efforts were similar to ‘Churchill taking on the Nazis’. Plus: the end of the shock jock?

Pedestrian.tv

Transport For NSW Has Launched A Review After A Traffic Camera Upskirted A Sydney Driver

"You could see up my skirt, between my legs. You could see my underwear."

The New Daily

Premier blasts Thorpe’s ‘disgraceful’ Mardi Gras protest

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has blasted Senator Lidia Thorpe for her protest that briefly halted the Sydney Mardi Gras parade.

The Guardian - AU

Rivals hammer out their pitches in fiery first debate of NSW election campaign

Dominic Perrottet and Chris Minns argue and interject over privatisation, infrastructure and public sector pay

The Guardian - AU

Interview transcript published by PM’s office omitted wrong answer on Indigenous voice legal advice

Attorney general has clarified solicitor general is being consulted on voice to parliament after Anthony Albanese said otherwise

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Yet Another Sydney Private School Made Headlines After Expelling 6 Students Over Violent Hazings

Students were reportedly forced to lick the shoes of other students and made to bark like dogs

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