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Online Advertising Lacks Competition

31 January 202131 January 2021 Press

Lack of competition in ad tech affecting publishers, advertisers and consumers. A lack of competition and transparency in the digital advertising technology supply chain is impacting publishers, advertisers and consumers and needs to be addressed, according to the interim report for

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TND Almost As Good As NewcastleOnHunter ~ Experts Concede

20 January 2021 Press

Media start-up The New Daily pushes for new media financing model. In a submission to the federal Senate standing committee on Environment and Communication, start-up “The New Daily” has called for the adoption of the federal governments proposed “Mandatory Bargaining

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Nostalgia for ‘television’ – the non-buffering Internet

20 January 2021 Press

Streaming speeds are a major issue for many Australians. The nationally representative survey of 12,208 respondents found that 85% of respondents stream content online – that’s equivalent to 16.5 million Australians using streaming services such as Netflix and Stan. The

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Brisbane Launch of Tv Asia

4 January 2021 Press

Dr Bernard Malik to Launch Tv Asia Australia Channel in Brisbane. Tv Asia Australia has announced the start of their service in Brisbane, serving the Asian Australian population The television station will be headquartered in Brisbane, Australia, with offices in

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Paddy’s Off To Greener Paddocks

19 December 202019 December 2020 Press

The ever-astute Paddy Manning is sadly to fall (relatively) silent. Throsby will miss Paddy’s piercing analyses of #AusPol at The Monthly, and his commentary on shearing techniques down at the sheep farm. Manning, who was contributing politics editor to The

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Legal Media Opinion 

Government Accepts Media Protections

18 December 2020 Press

Law Council says PJCIS recommendations on media freedom “a positive beginning.” By Pauline Wright, President, Law Council of Australia. The Law Council has long called for meaningful reforms to the legal framework for media freedoms in Australia. The government’s acceptance

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Media NSW aka In the News 

Alan Kohler Joins The New Daily

16 December 2020 Press

Australian finance commentator Alan Kohler will become a regular contributor to TND from next January, writing twice a week. Kohler began as a cadet on The Australian in 1969. He has been a columnist for Chanticleer in The Australian Financial

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Media 

Five Million Consumers Choose Higher Speed Internet

17 November 2020 Press

More than 5.2 million consumers now on higher speed broadband. The number of higher speed broadband services exceeded 5 million for the first time, jumping from 4.9 million to over 5.2 million last quarter, according to the ACCC’s Wholesale Market

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Council Fact-checks SMH by $240million

3 November 20203 November 2020 Press

Basic accounting error by newspaper “falsely denigrates” Bayside Council. Bayside Council has slammed the Sydney Morning Herald for making a $240million error. The council has demanded a retraction and called on the Sydney Morning Herald to print corrected figures with

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Media 

Bob Rogers Signs Off at 93

5 October 20208 January 2021 Throsby

Australian radio history was made on Saturday night. Possibly world radio history. By Allan Black . On Saturday night October 3rd, from 6pm till midnight on 2CH Sydney, after 78 years, DJ Bob Rogers aged 93 hosted his last radio

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Barely Gettin’ By

24 September 2020 Press

Barely Gettin’ By podcast season three: American Carnage. Historians Dr Emma Shortis and Dr Chloe Ward are back for a third season of popular politics and culture podcast Barley Gettin’ By. RMIT podcast hosts Dr Emma Shortis and Dr Chloe

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Media Opinion 

Facebook ‘a less appealing platform’?

1 September 202029 October 2020 Editor

It might seem a little odd that with endless cuts to the ABC, federal police raids on journalists, apparently vindictive pursuits of whistleblowers, excruciatingly slow and outrageously expensive FOI requests, that this Australian government would ask the Australian Competition and

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Media Opinion 

Statement about Facebook and News

1 September 202029 October 2020 Editor

Facebook’s threat today to prevent any sharing of news on its services in Australia is ill-timed and misconceived. The draft media bargaining code aims to ensure Australian news businesses, including independent, community and regional media, can get a seat at

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Peter Charlton Grabs Reins at NOVA

31 August 202031 August 2020 Press

NOVA Chief Commercial Officer Peter Charlton will succeed CEO Cathy O’Connor on 2 November 2020. Ms O’Connor’s 18 year stint with the company included 12 years as CEO. She is leaving NOVA to take over as CEO of oOh!media Limited.

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Legal Media 

Press Freedom Inquiry ‘Security-focussed’

31 August 202031 August 2020 Press

Press freedom report calls for reform and transparency. A parliamentary inquiry into the impact of the exercise of law enforcement and intelligence powers on the freedom of the press has recommended measures to improve public interest protections and transparency. Chair

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Media 

Press Freedom Reforms Urgent

30 August 202031 August 2020 Press

Law Council welcomes recommendations for sweeping changes to media freedom laws. The Law Council of Australia has welcomed key recommendations of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security in its review of press freedom, including the requirement for search

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Media 

Sale of Australian Associated Press

5 August 202029 August 2020 Press

The sale of Australian Associated Press to a consortium of impact investors and philanthropists has been formally completed, ending 85 years of ownership by Australia’s major publishing groups. The national news agency will continue to provide an independent breaking news

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Media 

Australian Associated Press Survives

5 June 202029 August 2020 Press

The AAP is in the final stages of a sale of its Newswire to a consortium of impact investors and philanthropists. The new owners will continue the news agency operations to provide breaking news, public interest journalism, sports coverage, and

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Heritage & Historical Media 

AAP ~ A Loss More Than You Realise

3 March 202029 August 2020 Editor

By Alexandra Wake Program Manager, Journalism, RMIT University Australia’s news landscape, and the ability of citizens to access quality journalism, has been dealt a major blow by the announcement the Australian Associated Press is closing, with the loss of 180

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Media 

Australian Associated Press Announces Closure

3 March 202029 August 2020 Press

Australian Associated Press (AAP) today announced the closure of the AAP Newswire and the Pagemasters editorial production service. This difficult decision has been forced by the decline in the number of media companies subscribing to the news wire service in

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Heritage & Historical Media 

Bradman in Colour

21 February 202029 August 2020 Press

Rare colour footage of Don Bradman released by NFSA. The only known colour footage of The Don was filmed at the AF Kippax and WA Oldfield testimonial match in Sydney on 26 February 1949. The National Film and Sound Archive

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Legal Manufacturing Media 

Newsprint Merger Go-ahead

20 February 2020 Press

The ACCC will not oppose the proposed acquisition of Direct Paper by Spicers Limited. The commission ruled that finding that alternative suppliers of commercial printing paper and direct supply arrangements between printers and paper mills will continue to provide strong

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Arts Lake Macquarie Event & Venue Media 

Photographer Merv Bishop Exhibit

14 February 2020 Press

Exhibition showcases celebrated photojournalist’s work. Mervyn Bishop. Images of defining moments in Australia’s political and social history are on display in Lake Macquarie in an exhibition of lauded photographer Mervyn Bishop’s work. The exhibition at the Museum of Art and

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Culture & Language Media 

The Kidney has a “Special Place in the Heart”

19 December 2019 Throsby

“Freedom gas” named Worst Words of the Year Image credit ~ Garrett Coakley Plain English Foundation has voted freedom gas as the worst word or phrase of 2019. The term comes from the United States Department of Energy, which rebranded

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Government Media Society & People 

New Fact Checker for Federal Election

5 April 2019 Press

Political parties of all persuasions will be subject to a higher degree of scrutiny during the looming federal election campaign, with Australian Associated Press ramping up its free verification service, AAP FactCheck, from April 10. After a successful pilot program

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Legal Government Media Opinion 

Dangerously-flawed Livestream Law Passed

4 April 201925 August 2020 Editor

Media freedom and whistleblowing of atrocities here and overseas have been put at risk by the ill-informed livestream laws passed by the Federal Parliament. The Law Council is disappointed and concerned these ‘world-first laws’, which were rammed through in 24

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Media 

Irrelevance – Rise and Fall of the Bad-tempered Tabloids

31 March 201929 August 2020 Editor

By Rodney Tiffen Emeritus Professor, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney. “Kick this mob out” shouted the front page of The Daily Telegraph on the day that Tony Abbott triumphed in the 2013 federal election. Restraint and

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Newy’s New Annual Arts Festival
Newcastle Event & Venue 

Newy’s New Annual Arts Festival

8 February 2021 Press

Arts Festival makes Newcastle the place to visit this month. An intimate art gallery performance by a renowned Australian musician, an augmented reality experience celebrating indigenous culture, and a discussion on women in leadership with Australia’s first female Prime Minister,

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Renewal of Gas Exploration Permits off Newcastle
Energy & Renewables NSW aka In the News Opinion 

Renewal of Gas Exploration Permits off Newcastle

12 February 202112 February 2021 Press

Gas companies making plans to drill offshore from Newcastle. Opponents fear the PEP 11 gas exploration permit off the coasts of Sydney and Newcastle will be renewed today by Federal Resources Minister Keith Pitt. The joint venture companies currently holding

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La Niña Peaks But Effects Continue
Weather 

La Niña Peaks But Effects Continue

3 February 2021 Press

The 2020–21 La Niña is likely to have peaked with respect to atmospheric and oceanic patterns in the tropical Pacific. However impacts associated with La Niña, such as above average rainfall in eastern and northern Australia, are expected to persist

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Shipping Cartel Fined
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Shipping Cartel Fined

6 February 20216 February 2021 Press

Shipping cartel fines now total $83.5 million after WWO conviction. Norwegian-based global shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean AS (WWO) has been convicted of criminal cartel conduct and ordered by the Federal Court to pay a fine of $24 million, in

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Agriculture Faces Profitable Year
Agriculture 

Agriculture Faces Profitable Year

4 February 2021 Press

Australian agriculture looking to profitable year ahead – industry outlook. Australia’s agricultural sector is set to enjoy an overall profitable year ahead – underpinned by high commodity prices, positive seasonal conditions and low interest rates, and despite expected continuing trade

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Pioneeer Solar Energy Researcher Honoured
Physics & Energy 

Pioneeer Solar Energy Researcher Honoured

31 January 2021 Press

Australian father of photovoltaics awarded prestigious 2021 Japan Prize. By Stefanie Menezes UNSW Sydney solar expert Martin Green has been honoured with the Japan Prize for transforming the photovoltaics industry. Professor Martin Green. Photo ~ University of NSW. Professor Martin

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Give Back Our Data
Internet 

Give Back Our Data

8 February 2021 Press

Tim Berners-Lee’s plan to save the internet: give us back control of our data. By Pieter Verdegem Senior Lecturer, School of Media and Communication, University of Westminster Releasing his creation for free 30 years ago, the inventor of the world wide

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Not a mirage, Actually a Mirage
Upper Hunter Heritage & Historical 

Not a mirage, Actually a Mirage

5 February 20215 February 2021 Press

Two jet fighter planes – a Macchi and a Mirage – are making their home at Scone Regional Airport. Restored by volunteers. they will become part of the Warbird Visitor Attraction. The Mirage A3-44 will travel by road from the

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