Are there any circumstances under which journalists should reveal their sources? The instinct in the profession is “no”.
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Media briefs: Gina unauthorised … Prime boss boned … Age source demands …
There were more clues on Gina Rinehart in another unauthorised account of her life and very rich times in, ironically, another Fairfax title, the Good Weekend magazine, last Saturday. Plus other media news.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The back door of The Lobby, near the grassy knoll
Crikey readers have their say.
Helen Liu v The Age: could management end up in the clink?
One of the most important media law cases of recent decades will be decided tomorrow when Justice Lucy McCallum of the New South Wales Supreme Court hands finally hands down judgement in the case of businesswoman Helen Liu against The Age.
Helen Liu leans on The Age to give up Fitzgibbon story sources
Helen Liu, the Chinese-Australian businesswoman at the heart of alleged national security concerns surrounding former Minister for Defence Joel Fitzgibbon, has taken legal action in the New South Wales Supreme Court in an attempt to find out the sources of information given to Age investigative reporters Nick McKenzie and Richard Baker.
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Fitzgibbon’s $150k gift from Helen Liu
Juicy exclusive from the SMAge today: New documents reveal former defence minister Joel Fitzgibbon did receive money from businesswoman Helen Liu — about $150,000 — and Julia Gillard knew.
politicians behaving badly Defence Minister Fitzgibbon’s gone
The beleaguered Defence minister is gone (read the back story here). Who will replace him?
ASIO reveals China-linked campaign to dominate Australia’s media
Australia’s relationship with China is about to be rocked by revelations of a major Chinese-linked attempt to dominate Australia’s media and other cultural influences, writes Bernard Keane.
The world around us with Malcolm Turnbull
The world around us with Malcolm Turnbull…
Political snippets: The Attorney General’s break with tradition
The Turnbull mistake … Talking down the rates … John Faulkner practices what he preaches
Crikey Says: The Australian’s China syndrome
It is rare that such an open and shut case has been presented to the Australian people for judgment. There cannot be a shred of doubt: Helen Liu is … um, something.
Fitzgibbon and the shadow of the Yellow Peril
Behind the Fitzgibbon debate — and not very far behind it — lurks the spectre of the Yellow Peril, writes Jeff Sparrow.
Mungo MacCallum: Rudd, Manning Clark, Mata Hari and Greg Sheridan
The Australian media sees a good spy story as only slightly less jeans-creaming than a good leadership story, writes Mungo MacCallum.
Joel Fitzgibbon vs the mysterious men and women of the Australian Defence Force
Deep in the secret bowels of the Defence Department…
