One could be forgiven for thinking, on the abundant international evidence, that newspapers are in something of a pickle. But not in Oz.
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Tips and rumours
They’re not a happy bunch at Fairfax’s Bendigo Advertiser. Recently, the MEAA announced it had discovered reporters had not been paid penalty rates for evening and weekend shifts for the past few years. General Manager Peter Dehnert’s response: “We must have overlooked it”. But it’s not just non-editorial management… recently appointed editor Peter Kennedy (three-time […]
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Toohey’s Walkley dummy spit: a stunt
Rumblings up north. The reporters are fighting. But are there grave issues of journalistic principal at stake, or is it more a matter of political posturing in the public eye? Margaret Simons writes.
Fairfax’s failed “witch-hunt” leads to an apology
Fairfax has apologised to journalist Gerard Noonan after after accusing him of leaking photos of a decorating error, writes Thomas Hunter. But has it raised more questions than it answered?
