An AI startup that discredits journalists, a survey that confirms something we all already know, the engagement-farming of a child's murder and a hunger strike at an ICE facility.
By Soaliha Iqbal
Between the interest rate rise and the media frenzy surrounding the ISIS-linked women returned to Australia from Syria, everyone has an opinion on the hot stories of the week. While the former is significant and worthy of scrutiny, the latter’s sensationalised, wall-to-wall coverage crowded out other important stories that barely registered in the mainstream media.
Let’s look at the stories you might have missed this week.
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Australia is manufacturing explosives used by Israel, BHP's case against a coal miner takes a turn, the US wants Australians' biodata, and Penny Wong sanctions Israeli settlers.
A horrific perversion of justice in the NT, Israel blacklisted over sexual violence, new Meta subscriptions and a plea at the UN to recognise historic nuclear testing harm.
A human rights organisation's urgent call, a feminist group's warning to problematic media men, the real reason News Corp is fighting Albanese's tax reforms and BHP's failed attempt to censor coverage of wage theft.
A media CEO calling for uncritical support of Israel, evacuation centres that sound a lot like prison camps, and an analysis of how a privacy breach was reframed into a matter of staff safety.
Jayson Gillham chats to Antoinette Lattouf about how his performance at Melbourne Symphony orchestra being cancelled changed his relationship with music.
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Australia is manufacturing explosives used by Israel, BHP's case against a coal miner takes a turn, the US wants Australians' biodata, and Penny Wong sanctions Israeli settlers.
In this special episode of Only Fran Jan chats to author Sarah Wilson about the rising sense of dis-ease she has about the world. With so much upheaval and uncertainty - how is one to navigate a world that feels like it's, well, collapsing? In this conversion they
