New Idea ordered to reveal sources
New Idea magazine has been ordered by the South Australian Supreme Court to reveal the sources used in an article which falsely claimed celebrity Bec Hewitt was having an affair.
View ArticleSA backs down on internet comment curb
Attorney-General Michael Atkinson talks to Caroline Winter about his backdown on internet comment curbs during South Australian election periods, only one day after the issue grabbed public attention.
View ArticleSA backs down on internet comment curb
South Australia's Attorney-General Michael Atkinson admits he misjudged public opinion on the state's attempt to curb political comment on the internet. Mr Atkinson says he will repeal a law which...
View ArticleGovernment backs down on political comment law
SA's Attorney-General Michael Atkinson has backed down from forcing bloggers to register their personal details when commenting during election periods.
View ArticleAtkinson resists calls to quit
South Australia's Attorney-General Michael Atkinson is resisting calls for his resignation after his backdown on curbing internet political comment.
View ArticleFamily relieved Australian photographer safe
Pat Geraghty, mother of Australian photographer Kate Geraghty who has been detained by Israeli authorities, tells 891 ABC she is relieved to know her daughter is safe.
View ArticleInternet the new junk food battleground
Child health experts say food and drink companies are doing anything but reducing their marketing of unhealthy products to children. They say a new SA report shows young people are increasingly being...
View ArticleConroy demands answers on ABC TV cuts
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy says he wants answers from ABC managing director Mark Scott over the national broadcaster's decision to axe television programs The New Inventors and Art Nation.
View ArticleFears of Murdoch domination aired at media inquiry
The Federal Government's media inquiry has heard concerns about the domination of the Australian newspaper market by the Murdoch press.
View ArticleOpinionistas: David Penberthy
This week we saw allegations from both the BBC and the Australian Financial Review of a convoluted saga to hack and bring down various of News Corporation's pay TV rivals, allegations that detailed a...
View ArticleAdelaide papers shift to seven-day newsroom
The Adelaide Advertiser and Sunday Mail will become the first News Limited papers to merge their newsrooms into a seven-day operation, with other mastheads to follow.
View ArticleTourism boss defends cash for tweets
The South Australian Tourism Commission has defended a marketing strategy which pays celebrities to promote Kangaroo Island tourism to their followers on Twitter.
View ArticleLiberals bar newspaper editor from Senate bid
The Liberal Party has rejected a Senate preselection nomination from a newspaper editor in regional South Australia. A candidate review committee has decided it is not in the party's interests for Greg...
View ArticleNews Ltd boss ready for regulation fight
News Limited chief executive Kim Williams has threatened a High Court challenge if the Federal Government pushes ahead with recommendations from the Finklestein inquiry.
View ArticleWIN cuts regional news and staff
WIN Television has cut news and staff in the south-east and Riverland of South Australia.
View ArticleABC reporters win all three broadcast categories in the Australian Rural...
ABC reporters have won the video, radio and online categories in the Australian Council for Agricultural Journalists annual rural broadcasting awards.
View ArticleMalcolm Turnbull says ABC job cuts 'regrettable' amid union calls for...
Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull says around 80 job cuts from the ABC's Australia Network are 'regrettable' amid unions calls for voluntary redundancies.
View ArticleFairfax cuts in SA newspapers have union worried about quality of news coverage
The union representing journalists is deeply concerned further job cuts in regional South Australia will affect news coverage in country communities.
View ArticleMasha Gessen on voicing dissent in Russia
Masha is a Russian American journalist and author who strongly opposes Vladimir Putin's regime.
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