Communications
Fairfax staff strike
Eighty employees at Fairfax are going to lose their jobs, after the company this week announced radical cuts. Thirty of......
Politicians refuse to Commit to Community Radio
Community radio has once again prepared to fight for its future with the Commit to Community Radio campaign. A recommendation......
New Matilda calls it quits
After ten years, Australia’s most successful crowdfunded current affairs site New Matilda, has announced its closure. Marni Cordell has been......
Community radio “idenitified for abolition”
Medicare, family tax benefits, the age pension, the disability pension, paid parental leave, minimum wage. What should just be a......
ABC wins landmark access in China
The ABC have made a deal with the Chinese government to broadcast content from the Australia Network to the entire......
Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion
Facebook has bought WhatsApp for likely the most ever spent on a start-up application business. WhatsApp is an online messaging......
Protect our reporters
Reporters all over the planet die to tell stories. From the Philippines where journalists were massacred in 2009, to Mexico......
Diverse Aboriginal voices now in print thanks to publishing guidelines
Not so long ago Aboriginal stories were published without so much as consulting the communities they came from. But Australian......
Australia drops in World Press Freedom rankings
The annual World Press Freedom Index, compiled by Reporters Sans Frontiers (Reporters Without Borders), was released overnight, and Australia was......
Australian Network axing weakens Asia-Pacific ties
The Australia Network may become a black screen after the May budget, after the government hinted it may be cut......