For all its sins, News Corp has a strong history of using its political clout for press freedom and for standing up for its journalists and whistleblowers.
"To see these patterns of increasingly centralised media, it's particularly concerning" said a former ABC producer.
The closure of rural media is not just sad for staff, it's a tragedy for struggling communities that are routinely ignored by metropolitan news.
Gautam Adani's media strategy for his Galilee Basin coal mine leaves a lot to be desired, especially with so many questions still unanswered.
Neither the media nor activism, as we know it, appear prepared to tackle the threat we are facing. What would real change look like?
With this new ruling, publishers will need to decide between increased monitoring or risking the occasional defamation suit.
The parlous state of economic debate in Australia is demonstrated by the lack of interest, or informed analysis, of the Prime Minister's major speech on economic reform.
The ABC's court challenge over the AFP raids will put Australia's freedoms to the test. Hopefully we come out with the right result.
There is a melancholy settling across the world, as the consequences of decades of climate inaction reverberate. What can be done to place the impending cataclysm back at the centre of everyday life?
WIN called staff to meetings yesterday and revealed plans to shut five newsrooms by June 28 and get rid of between 35 and 40 full-time and casual staff.
