A long-time Packer senior executive and former PBL board member today confirmed on ABC radio that Kerry Packer’s “close friend” Julie Trethowan was, in fact, his mistress. Former magazine queen Nene King spilled the beans on Packer’s special “friend” while espousing the virtues of gossip to Jon Faine on Melbourne’s ABC radio this morning. The […]
The red face of Tasmanian Premier Paul Lennon is plastered all across the Herald Sun this morning, with the paper revealing that Lennon “enjoyed thousands of dollars’ worth of free hospitality” at Crown Casino after being given a free upgrade to a “luxurious six star suite” during Melbourne’s spring carnival. So how many other politicians […]
Publisher Morry Schwartz will raise eyebrows in the media world again with his typically unconventional choice of anthropologist and media unknown Sally Warhaft to replace Christian Ryan as editor of The Monthly.
Two former Tax Office auditors have challenged the federal government to hold an inquiry into the activities of the ATO – where, they say, they will reveal details of their claims of high-level political interference. Former Tax Office auditor Chris Seage and former senior auditor and prosecution manager Bob Fitton were responding to Crikey today […]
Ever wished you could be the Sun King for a day? Never had the chance to brag that your dad owns a TV station? Considered hitting on James Packer in a desperate effort to get a slice of the media pie? Well, now you too can “experience the adrenalin surge” of owning your own media […]
Has publisher Morry Schwartz picked another fight with a member of his editorial staff, this time booting the editor of The Monthly after only half a year in the hot seat? Just six months since The Monthly‘s glossy launch in May, journalism insiders have told Crikey that editor Christian Ryan was pushed by Schwartz after […]
The immigration department is facing a long fight – and possibly an embarrassing backdown – after relatives of Robert Jovicic said they’re appealing against his deportation to Serbia on the grounds that DIMIA relied on “fraudulent” documents that led to Serbia not recognising him as a Serbian citizen. Since last week’s Lateline story broke, revealing […]
Those members of the Australian media with a penchant for naming and reporting accusations about suspected terrorists, and peppering their reports with qualifiers like “allegedly,” might want to take note of this recent apology in the London Sun. The Sun has been forced to apologise and pay damages to a Moroccan-born British citizen it falsely […]
Christmas comes a little early each year to some members of the academic world, when every November the Australian Research Council posts their list of successful grant applicants on the web. But for the second year in a row, there are reports that Education Minister Brendan Nelson has checked his list twice and personally vetoed […]
After only two issues, junior lads’ magazine Explode is beginning to implode – if this item at the top of the CBD section in the Sydney Morning Herald is anything to go by: Suggested pick-up lines in the latest edition of mini-lad’s mag, Explode, include the following: “My dad owns Channel Seven.” The only problem […]
