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The Federal Government is preparing to switch off Channel 44 Adelaide for good on June 30 – despite a last-ditch attempt by the Senate to save Australia’s last remaining community television stations.
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Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has shrugged off the ABC’s budget concerns as the national broadcaster prepares to cut more than 200 jobs.
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The pandemic’s economic impact on top of already tough times had led to what has been called an “extinction event” for community and regional newspapers. Mapping the resulting “news deserts” reveals the wipeout’s scale, writes Gary Dickson.
UPDATED | An Australian journalist and cameraman have been assaulted by US police while covering a protest near the White House in which demonstrators were fired upon with teargas and rubber bullets.
Google and Facebook will be forced to pay for Australian news content under a landmark plan to level the playing field for ailing media outlets.
The High Court has found a warrant used by federal police to raid a journalist’s home after reporting secret plans to extend government spying powers was invalid, and ordered that it be quashed.
Axing the celebrated wire service narrows the scope of quality, public-interest reporting, argues Alexandra Wake.
