Quentin Dempster
Poor Ita Buttrose: The future of her ABC is now at stake in this election
Poor Ita. National treasure Ita Buttrose has taken the chairmanship of the ABC at a crucial time in its history. If the...
‘Sack Alberici, shoot Probyn’: ABC political interference driven by funding fears
A Senate inquiry into allegations of political interference at the ABC has concluded that a fear of funding cuts was behind pressures...
How the Liberals made a demon of Daley to win the election
After it became clear she would retain power in New South Wales, a triumphant Premier Gladys Berejiklian last night declared: “The Liberal...
Get Daley: NSW Coalition goes all out to make Labor leader its bogeyman
The Gladys Berejiklian Coalition government in New South Wales has mounted a no-holds-barred blitz against Labor’s new leader Michael Daley to try...
Stadium stoush is bruising NSW government’s re-election hopes
With just two weeks to go to the state election, a political stoush over Sydney’s Allianz Stadium has galvanised New South Wales...
PM’s anti-corruption commission is a picture of impotence
No public hearings? Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s proposed Commonwealth Integrity Commission is deeply flawed in its current conception under the authorship of...
ACCC’s Fairfax-Nine means less diversity and a new media baron
Competition regulator, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, has green-lighted the death of Fairfax Media, the institution that has been a foundational...
News Corp takes aim at Google in algorithm war
It’s Google versus News Corp Australia in a battle to control the algorithms that drive search engine traffic. Billions in ad revenues are...
ABC: Frontrunners to replace Justin Milne emerge
The Morrison government is to appoint a new ABC chairman immediately as fallout continues over the sacking of managing director Michelle Guthrie....
ABC board chair Justin Milne being urged to resign
The Scott Morrison government and the ABC board are moving to pressure ABC chairman Justin Milne to resign as soon as possible....