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I do actually need a rent free place to live, atm.

abc.net.auFamily rift among lines of inquiry for police investigating Brendan NugentVictoria's police commissioner said the 43-year-old's family had been "very, very helpful" to the ongoing investigation into Monday's attack on Helen Haines.

Anyone going to reflect on the last week of coverage and the undue emphasis on this guy's politics or potential radicalisation? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

Every media organisation in the country has been running editorials about the danger of new media, changing rules for question time -- all too early, before investigations into the alleged attacker and before authorities even alleged a motive.

And maybe it will be alleged eventually! But it hasn’t even been alleged!?! So what the hell has the media been doing writing about it??

lamestream.com.auABC's 2027 TV Slate: Hugh Marks Takes a Big Swing, but Quietly Axes Another News ShowThe ABC announced its 2027 TV slate this week, but waited until Friday morning to quietly axe The Business.

The ABC has wanted to tell a positive story about the amount it’s spending on new scripted shows for 2027. On Friday morning, it quietly axed ABC News’ The Business, we can report. www.lamestream.com.au/abcs-2027-tv...

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I'm making merch! Over the next two weeks you can pre-order a 'Waiting for the pre-polls" hat or a "Single Transferable Tote" bag, with orders closing November 2. Check it out now! www.tallyroom.com.au/68754

tallyroom.com.auGrab the first ever Tally Room merch!With the Victorian state election coming up, and the first Tally Room live show, I thought I would have a go at making some merchandise for the Tally Room. This is the first time we’ve ever d…

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lamestream.com.auExclusive: ABC Journalists Force Management Backdown on Disciplining Union PresidentABC management have been forced to backdown on a threat to discipline ABC reporter and union president Michael Slezak.

"if Marks and Robinson are intent on pursuing a redrawing of how speech rules are applied at the ABC, they risk opening up one of the most controversial and damaging battlegrounds in Australian journalism." @scottmitchell.bsky.social #auspol www.lamestream.com.au/exclusive-ab...

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podcasts.apple.comThe One Nation-Israel Alliance, CPAC Embarrasses The Media, and Europe RevoltsPodcast Episode · Lamestream · 11 October · 50min

"I feel like Sharri Markson would interview Josh Frydenberg if he opened a Kinder Surprise." 😆 @scottmitchell.bsky.social on the Murdoch media's pathetic efforts to revive the political career of a Liberal loser. #auspol podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...

lamestream.com.auABC axes Stateline (again), as Marks paves the way for more cutsThe ABC's secretive axing of Stateline, could signal that ABC Managing Director Hugh Marks wants shorter news stories

The secretive axing of ABC Stateline happened after Justin Stevens left, but before his replacement, Simon Robinson began. So did Hugh Marks himself, an executive with very little News experience, go ahead and axe Stateline himself? Latest from us: www.lamestream.com.au/abc-axes-sta...

lamestream.com.auExclusive: ABC Backflips on Indigenous TV Closure, 'Will Continue in Existing Divisions' For NowABC management has announced that its proposal to axe its stand-alone Indigenous TV department will go back to the drawing board.

7 Sept

Today ABC management say: “The future model will be built with First Nations staff” So what was it before? Huge backflip on this proposal. www.lamestream.com.au/exclusive-ab...

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lamestream.com.auThe Israel Lobby’s New Push to Give Guidance to ABC Journalists. Plus, the Royal Commission's Secret HearingsThe Israel lobby declares a new push to guide ABC journalists on how they report, and the Royal Commission holds closed-door meetings on the arts.

4 Sept

The Israel lobby is pushing "a culture war about writers festivals...taking place under the auspices of a commission established in response to Australia's worst terror attack." Yet as Scott & Os note, this has "absolutely nothing to do with Bondi, or any other instances of violent anti-Semitism."

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The Israel lobby has launched a new push to guide the ABC's reporting on the Middle East. It shows they're not done just because the Royal Commission has wrapped up hearings. Instead, they're just getting started. www.lamestream.com.au/the-israel-l...

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2 Sept

The ABC wants to dismantle the department behind some of its best television – and the best Australian television ever.

theconversation.com5 programs that show what ABC Indigenous made possible – and what we could lose if it’s axed

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21 Aug

Important story

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This afternoon, the ABC announced it's delaying its latest restructure. This follows Lamestream reporting the ABC had made the Head of Indigenous TV redundant and intended to axe Indigenous as its own TV department, with development and oversight of shows. www.lamestream.com.au/exclusive-ab...

lamestream.com.auEXCLUSIVE: ABC delays axing Indigenous TV department, after Lamestream reportThe move comes following an outcry within the ABC, and among the entertainment industry more generally.

lamestream.com.auEXCLUSIVE: ABC delays axing Indigenous TV department, after Lamestream reportThe move comes following an outcry within the ABC, and among the entertainment industry more generally.

21 Aug

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lamestream.com.auHugh Marks axes ABC’s 40-year-old Indigenous TV DepartmentThe ABC has scrapped a key Indigenous leadership role, and cancelled an Indigenous-led TV series that it previously promoted as a flagship program.

18 Aug

"Hugh Marks has made a decision to fundamentally alter the way ABC TV has made Indigenous programs...immediately after a high profile right-wing campaign against the last show that the Indigenous department ever produced." @scottmitchell.bsky.social #auspol www.lamestream.com.au/hugh-marks-a...

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lamestream.com.auMedia Watch Source Turns on Media Watch?On Monday night, _Media Watch_ broke another story on the continuing saga of Mahmood Fazal, the _Four Corners_ reporter fired earlier this year who is facing a series of allegations about his reporting and use of confidential and anonymised sources. This story was about another source of Fazal’s, identified in his reporting as ‘Remy’. Media Watch revealed her true identity and featured a video from social media, in which she had distanced herself from her appearance on _Four Corners_ and alleged Fazal had put her up to playing a role. “He [Fazal] knew I could play the part and look the part,” she said in the video _Media Watch_ aired. But in the latest twist in the saga, she has also turned on _Media Watch_ itself. On Thursday, she posted a series of Instagram stories, accusing the program of damaging her reputation and career opportunities by prominently identifying her with the masked figure in the _Four Corners_ episode. She says she has now lodged a formal complaint about the episode to the ABC Ombudsman. ### This post is for subscribers only Become a member to get access to all content Subscribe now

7 Aug

In the latest twist to the Mahmood Fazal saga, the woman at the centre of Monday Night's Media Watch episode has criticised the program and the ABC for a lack of care in handling her identity.

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lamestream.com.auWhy Jo Puccini’s Exit Could Change the Future of ABC NewsWhen the exit of Jo Puccini from the ABC was announced on Thursday afternoon, in sections of the ABC it felt like a funeral. It was not just the exit of a colleague, but for some it was the death of a culture that has defined investigative journalism at the ABC for over a decade. For the last few weeks, as stories about _Four Corners_ continued to emerge in the press, some had speculated and gossiped that Puccini could go. That speculation only grew when senior sources at the ABC briefed against Puccini in _The Australian_ , saying she was “in the firing line”. Everyone knew she was the last senior editorial leader clinging on, after what has become a clear-out of an entire generation of senior ABC News bosses. But many refused to even say the words aloud, ‘Could Jo go?’. To those outside the ABC, Puccini may not appear to be the most significant head to roll. Officially, she had been the Head of Investigations and Current Affairs for four short years, overseeing the ABC’s most important journalism at _Four Corners_ , _7.30_ , _Background Briefing_ and the Investigative Reporting Team. But to those inside the ABC, Puccini represented far more than a job title. ### This post is for subscribers only Become a member to get access to all content Subscribe now

7 Aug

In Jo Puccini's exit from the ABC, Hugh Marks has not lost a head of investigations, but a formidable advocate for journalists who defined the culture at ABC News.

6 Aug

This is the grimmest day for the ABC in a long time, both News and Entertainment. Hugh Marks should be in the dock for both situations, but because he has done exactly as the rest of the media wanted, he won’t get dinged at all. Shameful.

lamestream.com.auABC Investigations Boss Quits After Four Corners ControversiesJo Puccini had worked at the ABC for 25 years and was one of the news divisions longest-serving and most senior leaders.

6 Aug

Jo Puccini was one of the last leaders inside ABC News, who journalists felt would go into bat for important stories, if the heat came down from executives. Few senior news leaders with spines remain. www.lamestream.com.au/abc-investig...

lamestream.com.auAn Inside Account of Testifying at the Royal Commission as a Pro-Palestine ActivistYasmine Johnson is a Jewish student who gave evidence at the Royal Commission on behalf of Students for Palestine. In an interview with Lamestream, she explains why she took part and what the process ...

6 Aug

Buried at the very bottom of the ABC story on the apology to Gina is HUGH MARKS saying he’s going to CHANGE what the ABC can and can’t publish. He’s going to tear up decades of precedent so that a joke like this can never be said on ABC TV again. This is total vandalism. It should be a scandal.

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Ben Eltham

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15 July

This was an revealing moment at the RC — Students for Palestine organiser Yasmine Johnson was questioned closely by Commissioner Bell about whether her family were pro-Israel. Haven’t seen much of that scrutiny for other “lived experience” witnesses

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"I was asked specifically about my Jewish background, and then immediately afterwards about the links of my family to Israel. It felt, in a way, that I was being asked to verify my Jewishness." Yasmine Johnson to Lamestream about Royal Commission appearance. www.lamestream.com.au/an-inside-ac...

15 July

lamestream.com.auWe Counted All the Errors in Jillian Segal’s Attack on the ABC and SBSJillian Segal wants a new body to vet journalism. If she had submitted her evidence in front of the Royal Commission as an article to a newsdesk, it wouldn’t pass fact-check.

10 July

We counted, so you don’t have to. Insane is the number of things Jillian Segal actually HERSELF conceded she had no evidence for, or backflipped on, but went completely unreported. www.lamestream.com.au/we-counted-a...

10 July

This is a Federal Government envoy. She’s being paid to prepare evidence, making the case against our public broadcasters integrity. Again and again when questioned, she just concede “oh, no, I don’t actually have evidence of that”.

9 July

Is any news org going to report how Segal’s testimony is contradictory nonsense and she’s having to concede points from her statement? Or is everyone just going to sane-wash this anti-journalistic nonsense?

9 July

The SMH is actually just factually wrong, conflating two different examples Segal used. The 14,000 babies had nothing to do with SBS and the Gaza health ministry.

9 July

Let alone, how is the GUARDIAN just not talking about how she’s unable to maintain her premises? She basically had to just admit her main ‘solution’ in her statement, wouldn’t maintain the ABC’s independence?

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podcasts.apple.comHow Journalism’s Race Problem Helps One Nation. Plus, Craig Foster on Politics and the World CupPodcast Episode · Lamestream · 21 June · 1hr

22 June

The pathetic performance of journos at #NPC might be because most "were more concerned about appearing to be unfair to Hanson". 🙄🤯 But as @scottmitchell.bsky.social notes, many outside the #NPC, like Barrie Cassidy, were appalled at the double standard. #auspol podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/h...

14 June

The big brains of Australian media on racial pogroms in Northern Ireland. ‘He’s coming up to the first hurdle… he’ll want to have a good start, it’s the complexity of race politics after this… can he clear it?’

14 June

Nine newspapers, always so desperate to not call anything racism. There were white supremacists organisers, urging people onto the streets to “protect the future of white youth” — as reported by WIRED. But the Nine Newspapers: it wasn’t racist! Brilliant stuff, fellas.

13 June

What is with Guardian Australia on this story? “Let’s interview each other at the same time.” “How do you feel about the fact that they hired Grace Tame after all of that?” 2 stories, 2000 words and the 'more context' brigade can't find the space to tell their readers the actual exchange.

13 June

I don't really need to keep talking about Charlie Pickering, I don't care at this stage. But it is so weird for a publication that's supposed to be about depth and context and nuance to spend all these words *not* elucidating the exchange? Those dumb morons on social media just don't understand!

5 June

ABC comms must be so happy with Guardian Australia. Found “himself subjected to a barrage of questions”, “Pickering did a good job” “clipped up” Pickering in the actual full clip: “let’s interview eachother at the same time.” Gee. What an ambush, how unfortunate to find himself in that situation.

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lamestream.com.auCharlie Pickering’s attack on Grace Tame is a test for the ABC__Tickets to our live shows featuring guests like Ben Lee, Tony Armstrong, Grace Tame, and more are__ on sale now__.__ Charlie Pickering doesn’t owe the ABC everything, but he does owe it _a lot_. His first regular media gig was as host of Triple J’s _Drive_ program back in 2001, a position he landed after being invited by Wil Anderson to do guest spots on _Breakfast_. After stints in commercial media, including on the Comedy Channel and Channel V, as well as co-hosting _The Project_ for five years, he returned to the ABC to host _The Weekly_ , a satirical news program that has run for the past 11 years. As well as that, he co-hosted another ABC TV program _Tomorrow Tonight_ , hosted ABC Melbourne’s _Breakfast_ show on Fridays in 2023, took over hosting Richard Glover’s _Thank God It’s Friday_ show __ on ABC Sydney, and just last month was announced as the new host of _Drive_ on ABC Melbourne. The public broadcaster has showered him with gigs, including his continued hosting of the ABC’s last remaining satirical news show, which has outlasted Shaun Micallef’s _Mad As Hell_ and Tom Ballard’s _Tonightly_. He’s in an extremely rare, lucky and privileged position. That is why his decision to publicly criticise the broadcaster for working with former Australian of the Year Grace Tame – a decision that has provided the ABC’s powerful enemies with fresh ammunition to use against the broadcaster – has left so many of his colleagues bewildered and disdainful. ### This post is for subscribers only Become a member to get access to all content Subscribe now

3 June

Charlie Pickering gave the ABC's most unhinged critics, who want to abolish the ABC, exactly the ammunition they wanted. Staff cannot understand why he did it.

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lamestream.com.auAustralian Media Boosts Israeli Propaganda After Flotilla Abuse, and Who’s Behind Anti-Budget Memes?The media is taking it at Israel's word that Ben-Gvir is an outlier, not the norm. Lamestream can reveal that on at least one occasion, points to the contrary were edited out of reports.

23 May

"Ben-Gvir is not a rogue element. He exemplifies modern Israel, its government, and its callous disregard for humanity and basic human rights." @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social & @scottmitchell.bsky.social But apart from ABC's Matthew Doran, media are pushing hasbara. www.lamestream.com.au/australian-m...

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lamestream.com.auCasual racism in The Age, We Tested The Daily Aus' PR claims, and the ABC Might Re-Write a Headline After we Publish This.### The ABC says 8 Million Australians are reliant on income support!? The ABC has reported that a shocking number of people are “reliant” on income support – but after speaking to _Lamestream,_ the author of the study, is distancing himself from the central claim of the ABC’s story. “The number of people accessing income support payments has risen by 2 million, with more Australians unable to work due to deteriorating mental and physical health,” read the ABC News story this week. The reported 8.3 million people would be an enormous number of Australians unable to work. There’s just shy of 15 million employed people in the whole of Australia, so once you take out children, the elderly – where are all these unproductive souls fitting into Australia’s population? Unemployment and welfare activist Tom Studans was the first to spot the problem: the entire story was based on a study that included sick leave that all workers are entitled to as a form of “income support” – fully 7.5 million of the 8.3 million people this study is talking about. That’s right, the vast majority of people the ABC called “reliant on income support” and “unable to work”, are actually gainfully employed and took some sick days. ### This post is for subscribers only Become a member to get access to all content Subscribe now

8 May

In this week's column, the ABC report 8 million Australians are reliant on income support but the report's author isn't so sure, one newspaper reports that Chinese Australians live along the 'Yum Cha line' and The Daily Aus claim to advise public broadcasters.

podcasts.apple.comThe Trump Shooting, the Far-Right Seize Anzac Day, and the PM Tries to 'Kill' a Gas Tax. Plus, a New Arts ScandalPodcast Episode · Lamestream · 26 April · 42min

27 Apr

So bizarre to me the ABC is taking attack drops from the govt, with no balancing statements — and not even attributing the ‘senior sources’ to the govt or Labor or treasury. This is News Corp’s MO, not the ABCs.

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As the call for a gas tax also shows, legacy media can't handle policy outside the duopoly says @scottmitchell.bsky.social: "The Canberra press gallery is struggling to deal with the new media eco-system, where not every story is defined by the govt & opposition." podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...

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lamestream.com.auWhat's Really Behind the Walkley's Shake-Up, The Daily Aus Goes Wild for Albo, and One Nation vs. The Media### Should journalists post selfies with the Prime Minister? On Wednesday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese dropped into the _The Daily Aus_ ’ offices to record a podcast – becoming the first guest to sit down in the youth brand’s new studio. The promotional rollout for the interview was very on-brand, with a cute video taking young Australians into the fascinating experience of what it’s like to be the Associate Producer who has to go downstairs, let the politician in and guide them to where they need to be. ### This post is for subscribers only Become a member to get access to all content Subscribe now

24 Apr

Pauline Hanson loves the media spotlight, but bans journalists who ask her tough questions. Should journalists be taking selfies with the PM? And why this week marked a rout for some doyens of journalism.

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23 Apr

Israel had threatened previously to murder the Lebanese journalist that they assassinated today

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lamestream.com.auRead Evelyn Araluen’s blistering resignation letter to University of Queensland PressEvelyn Araluen is an award-winning writer published by UQP. Her most recent book, _The Rot,_ won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award this year and is short-listed for The Stella Prize. After Lamestream broke the news that the University of Queensland Press had cancelled the publication of a children’s book, _Bila, a river cycle_ , written by Jazz Money and illustrated by Matt Chun, citing the University's controversial new anti-Semitism policy, Araluen announced she was leaving the publisher. This is her termination email in full: * * * _Dear XXXXXXXX,_ ### This post is for subscribers only Become a member to get access to all content Subscribe now

22 Apr

After Lamestream broke the news that the University of Queensland Press had cancelled the publication of a children’s book, award-winning writer Evelyn Araluen has terminated her relationship with UQP.

lamestream.com.auExclusive: University of Queensland scraps Indigenous children’s book, citing controversial anti-Semitism policyThe book's author has described the decision to pulp all 5,000 copies of the book as reckless and disrespectful, and says it "sets a chilling standard".

22 Apr

This appears to be the first time the definition has been deployed in Australia to stop the publication of a book. @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social for Lamestream. www.lamestream.com.au/exclusive-un...

lamestream.com.auThe Latest ABC Pay Drama, Jackson Warne's Dance with the Far-Right and F-35 LiesIn this week's column, Os and Scott dive into how the mainstream media gave a massive plug to a far-right podcast and break down the dramatic twist in ABC pay negotiations.

17 Apr

We’ve always published atleast one story a week on Fridays. Starting this week, Lamestream is making this a column, and we’re committing to publishing more standalone stories during the week. Check out the first column: www.lamestream.com.au/the-latest-a...

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podcasts.apple.comThe Libs Revive White Australia, Triple J/Usher Drama Explained, and Al Jazeera's Heidi Pett Joins Us to Talk LebanonPodcast Episode · Lamestream · 15 April · 1hr 26min

16 Apr

The Canberra press gallery has been lecturing us on 'social cohesion', says @scottmitchell.bsky.social, but when Angus Taylor rolls out a revival of the White Australian Policy, journalists obligingly publish his media release with little or no criticism. #auspol podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...

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