Victoria Police and the Australian Federal Police had a sharp disagreement about the extent of confidential briefings given to The Australian newspaper in order to persuade it to hold off publication of its scoop in a joint anti terrorism operation.
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Political snippets: Where the bank guesses we are headed.
It is not an easy time to be an economic forecaster with the outcome of the financial and political turmoil in Europe impossible to predict.
When The Oz muscles the AFP, that’s a story
It is impossible to separate the extraordinary behaviour of News Limited editor Paul Whittaker, revealed in the Melbourne Magistrates Court yesterday without also considering the context of media power in Australia.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Delegitimising unions
Crikey reads have their say.
Media briefs: DJ’s Kardashian chaos … Age staff changes … Fitness First’s Oz pump …
No wonder David Jones is doing it tough — it blocked public entrances to its Elizabeth Street store this morning because of the arrival of two of the world’s great lightweights, sisters Kim and Khloe Kardashian. Plus other media news.
Crikey Says: Media responsibility, and how to wield it
What kind of responsibility comes with owning more than 70% of Australia’s metropolitan and national news journalism?
The Oz editor bargained over lives in AFP raid
Former editor of The Australian, Paul Whittaker, bargained with police over how many lives would be lost if the newspaper published its scoop on the anti-terrorism operation before raids took place.
Crikey wins right to publish ‘embarrassing’ docs on The Oz editor
Crikey has won — for the moment — its bid to prevent the suppression of how The Australian obtained a confidential briefing from the AFP over the Operation Neath raid.
Sheridan flouts Press Council directive on ‘illegal’ asylum seekers
The Australian Press Council has launched a fresh probe into The Australian’s foreign editor Greg Sheridan over the use of the phrase “illegal” to describe asylum seekers after repeatedly flouting a recommendation to stop.
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Potential problems with special deals between Medicines Australia and The Australian
There is potential for an ongoing relationship between The Australian and Medicines Australia to have an influence on editorial policy, writes Tim Woodruff.
Alarm over pharma-sponsored journalism at The Australian
Journalism leaders and researchers have raised concerns about a deal between the pharma industry group Medicines Australia and The Australian, which has led to direct sponsorship of health journalism.
Media briefs: How to sidestep The Oz paywall … baby-face Salt … Tribune to close? …
How to bypass the Australian’s paywall … “Baby-face” Bernard Salt and the Courier Mail … Front Page of the Day … Tribune, journal of the left, faces closure after 75 years and more …
Manne and The Oz: revisiting a time when Iraq had WMD
One of the most salient yet overlooked aspects of Robert Manne’s Quarterly Essay Bad News is its assessment of The Australian’s coverage of the Iraq war and its aftermath. NAJ Taylor fills this gap, discussing the debate’s many factors in this essay for This Blog Harms.
With The Oz paywall erected, time to binge on Hendo
Dorothy Parker, suffering withdrawal symptoms from not reading The Australian, turns to Gerard “release the hounds” Henderson for comfort.
The future begins for The Oz on Monday
A paywall will descend on Monday at The Australian, a move News Limited CEO John Hartigan says will “pioneer the way Australians consume media”.
Paywalls (now with bonus holes) and the future of journalism at News
There are smart people at News Limited. Some of them seem to have been given, if not their heads, then at least some slack in the reins.
AFP: details of dealing with The Oz a ‘national security issue’
The Australian Federal Police has claimed that release of details of its dealings with The Australian might endanger national security and undermine “mutual trust and co-operation” between the force and media organisations.
News Ltd, AFP join forces to suppress Simon Artz conversation
The Australian government solicitor and the AFP are co-operating with News Limited in an attempt to suppress the contents of a key conversation between Paul Whittaker and police commissioner Tony Negus.
Rundle: carbon tax a monument to Labor, and testimony to a burial
The carbon tax will be Labor’s historical triumph; if a post-Labor Senate can lock it in, then it will be, for the Gillard government, a monument –- and like all monuments, testimony to a burial.
Rundle: with the ALR gone, time to rethink our public sphere
Battle was joined again, in the pages of The Drum, over the corpse of The Australian Literary Review, the twice-dead journal once wrapped in the clammy embrace of The Australian.
Media briefs: Oz’s weather double … Aussie film fraud … Indy’s new masthead …
The Oz: weather one day, same the next … Aussie film’s embarrassing aboutface … The Independent changes its masthead and more …
Political snippets: Gillard’s broken promise
A classic example of the blame game. The buck passing on public hospital funding is well and truly back. The Tasmanian government this week announced it would cut more than $60 million from its elective surgery budget over the next three years. That means, according to federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon, that the state risks […]
Just what is in the affidavit that the AFP don’t want you to see?
The Australian Federal Police is attempting to suppress details of its dealings with The Australian over the controversial Cameron Stewart scoop concerning the 2009 anti terrorism Operation Neath.
Media briefs: frankie‘s internship Fiesta … Simpsons: the end?
Is nothing sacred? Rupert Murdoch’s Fox TV wants the voice actors on The Simpsons to take a 45% pay cut, which has put a question mark over the future of the series, which started in 1988. Plus other media news.
