Amanda Meade

Amanda Meade

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Guardian Australia media correspondent Contact me on amanda.meade@theguardian.com

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ABC appoints David Chau to replace veteran finance reporter Alan Kohler

theguardian.comABC appoints David Chau to replace veteran finance reporter Alan KohlerBroadcaster says Chau will be new finance presenter while Jessica Irvine has been appointed money correspondent * Follow our Australia politics live blog for latest updates * Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast David Chau will replace the retiring Alan Kohler as the ABC’s finance presenter on its 7pm news bulletins, the national broadcaster has announced. Kohler, a veteran finance journalist, announced his retirement last month after 31 years at the ABC. He will present his final finance segment on Wednesday night’s 7pm bulletins, the ABC said in a statement on Monday. Continue reading...

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Story here now from @meadea.bsky.social Nine to axe 30 jobs at the Age and SMH due to ‘extreme’ AI disruption www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...

theguardian.comNine to axe 30 jobs at the Age and SMH due to ‘extreme’ AI disruptionStaff told positions will be cut via voluntary and targeted redundancies as part of ‘evolution’
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New from Amanda Meade: Staff numbers at the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age will be cut by 30 in another round of redundancies announced by Nine’s publishing arm today. www.theguardian.com/...

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Pocock is such a valuable member of the Senate. Ably supported by retired volunteer advisers many of whom have been very serious APS and can be experts in particular fields.

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I continue to be thankful that the voters of the ACT elected @davidpocock.bsky.social to parliament #copyright #auspol

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If a judge for a prize for journalism thought accessing / using “sexual assault counselling notes” of a living person without their consent was ok it maybe time to burn the whole thing down and salt the earth. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...

theguardian.comJournalist Richard Guilliatt resigns from Walkley awards board after critic wins reporting prizeExclusive: Resignation comes after abuse survivor said she was devastated her father, who was jailed for 48 years, was interviewed for the Shadow of Doubt podcast

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Australian Jewish News removes article criticising treatment of Jewish Council’s Sarah Schwartz | Weekly Beast

theguardian.comAustralian Jewish News removes article criticising treatment of Jewish Council’s Sarah Schwartz | Weekly BeastArticle was taken down by AJN but later republished on personal site of contributor Nomi Kaltmann. Plus: ABC ombudsman’s intriguing investigation * Want to get this in your inbox every Friday? Sign up for the Weekly Beast media newsletter here The Australian Jewish News has removed an article which decried the treatment of the executive officer of the Jewish Council of Australia, Sarah Schwartz, by members of the Jewish community. Regular AJN contributor and lawyer Nomi Kaltmann had a piece commissioned by the newspaper’s editor-in-chief , Gareth Narunsky, which said that watching Schwartz’s testimony at the royal commission was “extremely upsetting” despite their obvious political differences. Continue reading...

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Researchers at UCLA and the Barcelona Institute for Global Health projected that the continuing absence of USAID funding will cause 4.5 million child deaths under the age of five by the year 2030 Via The Lancet

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Sky News Australia’s role in Cairo Takeaway fiasco laid out by judge’s finding it published ‘misleading’ statements | Weekly Beast

theguardian.comSky News Australia’s role in Cairo Takeaway fiasco laid out by judge’s finding it published ‘misleading’ statements | Weekly BeastJustice Robert Bromwich found lawyer Rebekah Giles passed information to Sky’s Sharri Markson that led to pro-Israel activist breaching part of a legal settlement with the restaurant. Plus: former ABC insider investigates … the ABC * Want to get this in your inbox every Friday? Sign up for the Weekly Beast media newsletter here When the Daily Telegraph apologised in March for “causing distress” by sending a pro-Israel activist and a reporter to a popular Sydney Middle Eastern restaurant, News Corp may have believed it could draw a line under the ugly incident. But a judgment in the federal court this week reopened the wound and revealed that another arm of News Corp, Sky News Australia, was one of the outlets that published what Justice Robert Bromwich found were “highly misleading and even deceptive” statements about the settlement between the publisher, the activist and the restaurant. Sign up to get Guardian Australia’s weekly media diary as a free newsletter Continue reading...
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Sky News Australia’s role in Cairo Takeaway fiasco laid out by judge’s finding it published ‘misleading’ statements www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...

theguardian.comSky News Australia’s role in Cairo Takeaway fiasco laid out by judge’s finding it published ‘misleading’ statements | Weekly BeastJustice Robert Bromwich found lawyer Rebekah Giles passed information to Sky’s Sharri Markson that led to pro-Israel activist breaching part of a legal settlement with the restaurant

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Right-wing campaign group Advance and the Exclusive Brethren will be compelled to attend a parliamentary inquiry into the 2025 election. JSCEM statement said they were asked nicely and declined - so now compelling them

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Australian Red Cross invites you to join The Guardian’s Ben Doherty and Australian Red Cross’ Eve Massingham in conversation reflecting on the rules of war and why journalists and media professionals need to know them. events.humanitix.com/in-conversat...

events.humanitix.com'In Conversation' Reporting on the laws of war: a discussion for journalists and media professionalsJoin The Guardian’s Ben Doherty and Australian Red Cross’ Eve Massingham in conversation about the rules of war and why journalists need to know them.
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Via Tom McIlroy: Pauline Hanson’s address to the National Press Club has been disrupted by a banner that called out One Nation’s opposition to an increase to the minimum wage for Australian households.