Tag: media

‘First Things First’ campaign mobilises all Australians to get vaccinated and particularly speaks to a younger age group, says minister.

Media Alliance asks for a safe haven for under-threat journalists and stronger condemnation of military junta’s attacks on free speech.

Study warns that flawed laws mean those who expose organisational corruption in the media may be the ones to face criminal charges.

Fund is open to all media organisations, big and small, with the aim of keeping sustainable public-interest journalism alive and viable.

Senators and staffers went to great lengths to stop program that investigated behaviour and misconduct of parliamentarians, union claims.

Stuff, one of New Zealand’s most popular websites has been sold off for just NZ$1

Buzzfeed closing editorial in Australia and UK to focus on US, for "economic and strategic reasons".

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The loss of AAP should be mourned not just by news men and women across the country, but by every single person who cares about democracy.

WATCH: The Rural Fire Service thanks the world for all its support over the bushfire crisis in the biggest way possible.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Christmas as we know it today has its origins in Victorian Britain. But by 1874, Father Christmas had evolved into a round jolly man wearing red and green fur lined robes and holly on his head.

Former prime minister Keating attacked The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age in particular for their China coverage.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The imperative to protect press freedom is fundamental and deserving of general recognition and protection. In light of these concerns, our international obligations and the rule-of-law concerns for legal clarity, consistency and proportionality, it is time for a Media Freedom Act.

The changes announced by Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton follow a backlash against the government after the Australian Federal Police raided News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst and the ABC.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The Folau case is an important opportunity to see whether the right to express religious views can halt the steady march of employer control in the era of social media.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The police raids on the ABC and a News Corp journalist have forced us to think again about the role of the media in a democracy.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: On Wednesday, the AFP raided the ABC's Sydney headquarters in relation to the 2017 “Afghan files” report. One of the most disturbing outcomes is not prosecutions or even the raids themselves, but the chilling of public interest journalism.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Julian Assange’s case is certainly exceptional, and the human rights concerns over US extradition could justify exceptional intervention.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Anyone could easily discover Pell’s charges despite the suppression order – so what’s the point?

Time Magazine has just announced its “Person of the Year” for 2018, and for once, it isn’t one person. This time it is four people and a newspaper.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Trust in media is low in Australia, which is why traditional news values like accuracy and objectivity matter. If we can successfully address the issue of trust and news media, we might even begin to solve journalism’s revenue crisis.

Michelle Guthrie has been criticised for not standing up for the organisation sufficiently, and for her lack of journalistic experience.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: We women are angry. Our anger has led to finding ways, around the rule of men in the newsroom, through social media and each other, to document the scope of the crimes against us.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Without an adequate counter from the Yes campaign – especially one offering more emotionally compelling messages – the advantages of the No campaign are likely to narrow the polling gap significantly.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority has said ads that belittle people for not living up to gender norms – such as a KFC advertisement that implied a man suffering from anxiety was not masculine – have “costs for individuals, the economy and society”.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Advertising once paid for muscular news organisations in the private sector. It doesn’t any more. The dominance of Google and Facebook now poses a real challenge to the continued existence of a robust fourth estate.

Definitely not loving it. Maccas UK were forced to apologise for this controversial new advert. Fillet-o-Fish will never taste the same.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Fairfax has been sold out by its own board and we are witnessing the systemic and systematic killing of Fairfax Media, writes TESS LAWRENCE.

VIDEO: Natasha Exelby appears to have paid the price for her hilarious late night news gaffe.

OPINION: It's a post-truth world we now live in. Two perspectives on fake news

OPINION: Do Facebook’s filtering algorithms explain why so many liberals had misplaced confidence in a Clinton victory? And is the fake news being circulated on Facebook the reason that so many Trump supporters have endorsed demonstrably false statements made by their candidate?

Radio host to recieve councelling after making a tastless gaffe about the accident at Dreamworld which claimed four lives.

If done properly, freelancing can be a great way to enjoy the city of London, especially if you’re an expat.

The epic 2016 installment of the Australia Day lamb ads, Commence Operation Boomerang, is making vegans wretch.

THIS is a newspaper! NT News ups the anti on Malcolm Turnbull's recommendation to Barack Obama.

"The Australian government is not just gagging the press, it is blindfolding the public," says Julian Assange as WikiLeaks publishes secret suppression order issued by Victorian court.

Two prominent journalists representing media and human rights bodies have delivered a plea to the Egyptian consulate requesting Peter Greste be set free.

Indonesia has warned Australia over a series of breaches of its territorial waters and demanded the government stop turning boats back.

Australian Google users were most interested this year in the deaths of two celebrities and the birth of a future king.

The British supermodel and the Australian Prime Minister do not appear to have a lot in common. One is about to pose nude for the 60th anniversary of Playboy. The other is Tony Abbott. But the unlikely pair share similar mind-sets when it comes to talking, or rather not talking, ...

Australian Times have four tickets (two pairs) to attend the 2013 Corporate Traveller Melbourne Cup celebrations on Tuesday 5 November at Australia House.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott will persevere with controversial measures aimed at stopping the flow of asylum seeker boats to Australia

Prime Minister Tony Abbott seems to have toned down his tough talk on the asylum-seeker issue after meeting the Indonesian president.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he wants to get Australia’s relationship with Indonesia right, but the opposition believes there’s a big problem.

A boat bound for Australia, carrying 120 asylum seekers sinks off the coast of Indonesia, leaving 20 dead, mostly children.

For only the second time in the past six years, the Australian Navy intercepted a boat and handed the asylum seekers back to Indonesia.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has issued a communications clampdown on his frontbench, ordering all ministers obtain the approval of his office prior to speaking to media.

Australian expats in London can still enjoy the fun and frivolity of the race that stops a nation with the 2013 Corporate Traveller Melbourne Cup celebrations on Tuesday 5 November at Australia House.

TNT Multimedia, publisher of TNT Magazine, has been put into administration.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Australian opposition leader Tony Abbott has found himself at the centre of global attention after "suppository of wisdom" gaffe.

Billionaire mining magnate and political campaigner Clive Palmer has applied to trade mark The Australian Times, in an expected bid to establish his own media entity.