Quentin Dempster
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....
Was there a political motive behind Michelle Guthrie sacking?
The unexpected sacking of ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie has raised one big question, among the many. Was there any political interference...
‘Because it’s wreck-able’: Anger mounting at decision to end Fairfax
The proposed end of Fairfax Media as an entity governing the editorial output of The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian...
News Corp rats on mates in press freedom protest
The Canberra Press Gallery’s protest that it would withdraw from media pool coverage of September’s Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru has become...
The new coalition that is really governing Australia
There’s a new coalition governing Australia. On Thursday it was personal tax cuts and the contentious elimination of the 37.5 per cent...
Our Glad’s NSW budget is a political power play
‘Our Glad’, otherwise known as New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian, has produced what looks like an election-winning budget. There’s another rude...
Australia builds an ‘Orwellian’ sledge hammer to crack down on foreign influence – and a lot more too
New laws to protect Australia’s democratic governance and economy are about to be determined, now with heightened fear about Chinese influence. Draft...
Only 4 cents a day: ABC Board plans public campaign
A meeting of the ABC board in Sydney on Thursday is expected to plan a roadshow campaign to take its case for...
Disneyland trips and more: Police called into ‘dot au’ dispute
Bitter faction fighting may soon force the Turnbull government to set up a statutory authority to take over the administration of Australia’s...