Australian media
- Asia Pacific, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian media, Indian Ocean tsunami 2004, Natural disasters, World news
‘We were falling over bodies’: ABC journalist recalls horrors of 2004 Boxing Day tsunami
The first western reporter into severely damaged Indonesian region of Aceh in disaster’s aftermath witnessed t…
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Reporting in India ‘too difficult’ under Modi, says departing Australian journalist
Despite eventual visa backflip by authorities, ABC’s south-Asia correspondent Avani Dias left after being made…
- Afghanistan, Australia news, Australian media, Australian military, Ben Roberts-Smith, Defamation law, Media, South and Central Asia
Ben Roberts-Smith defamation loss bad news for Seven boss as Nine marks ‘day of justice’
Seven chairman Kerry Stokes, who parachuted the former soldier into a network job in 2015, says ‘the judgment …
- Afghanistan, Australia news, Australian media, Australian military, Ben Roberts-Smith, South and Central Asia, Taliban
Ben Roberts-Smith v the media, part four: the tunnel
On 12 April 2009, the SAS arrive in the village of Kakarak in Afghanistan’s Uruzgan province. It’s a Taliban s…
- Australia news, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian media, Digital media, Internet, Media, Media business, Myanmar, News Corporation, South and Central Asia, Technology, World news
How the Australian and the IPA’s attack on the ABC went horribly wrong | The Weekly Beast
A report into how many times the ABC mentioned News Corp or Murdoch had some embarrassing flaws. Plus: campaig…
- Afghanistan, Australia news, Australian media, Australian military, Ben Roberts-Smith, Defamation law, South and Central Asia, Sydney, Taliban
‘Even if die I will tell the truth’: witness speaks out at Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial
Even by the standards of this extraordinary cases, this was a remarkable weekAfter two full days giving eviden…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Australian media, China, Coronavirus, Infectious diseases, Medical research, News Corporation, Science, World news
Covid origins: Australia’s role in the feedback loop promoting the Wuhan lab leak theory
Blanket reporting in News Corp papers has been denigrated for relying on dubious sources – yet the theory itse…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Australian media, China, Coronavirus, Media, Media business, News Corporation, World news
Sharri Markson exclusive on Chinese ‘bioweapons’ based on discredited 2015 book of conspiracy theories
Report in the Australian newspaper promoting Markson’s book on origins of Covid criticised as misleading and a…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian foreign policy, Australian media, China, Journalist safety, Media
Chinese authorities threatened to detain ABC journalist’s 14-year-old daughter
Official told Matthew Carney she would be taken to undisclosed location over alleged visa breachAn ABC journal…
- Afghanistan, Australia news, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian federal police, Australian immigration and asylum, Australian media, Australian military, Australian politics, Australian security and counter-terrorism, Defamation law, South and Central Asia, Tony Abbott
Australia’s special forces problem: why the SAS is facing a crisis
An inquiry into allegations of war crimes committed by a small number of elite troops in Afghanistan is expect…
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Former SBS reporter Scott McIntyre arrested in Japan, reportedly over search for his children
Exclusive: Australian journalist has been detained at a police station in western Tokyo since his arrest on 28…
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Merger between New Zealand Herald and Stuff owners back on the table
‘Kiwishare’ model is mooted to protect journalism and jobs by keeping the NZME and Nine Entertainment titles s…
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60 Minutes reporter Liam Bartlett and TV crew detained in Kiribati
Australian Channel Nine crew held at a hotel with officials stationed outside their rooms after being denied a…
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Scott Morrison refuses to intervene for Tamil family facing deportation to Sri Lanka
Prime minister backs Peter Dutton, saying he cannot ‘in good conscience’ allow family that had settled in Bilo…