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Opinion: Victoria’s crime ‘crisis’ only exists in the headlines
Victoria is buzzing with outrage over youth crime as the state rolls out its punitive “adult time for violent crime” laws. It feels like the predictable final act of a media-stoked and politicised crime panic used to justify swelling police powers.
ETTE-CLUSIVE: The phantom mosque and the media that ran with a ghost story
Ette Media can reveal how parts of the tabloid and commercial press managed to spin a fake letter about a mosque into a real panic, whipping up outrage over a story with shaky foundations.
On sale now: live show tickets
Our live show tickets are now open to the general public for purchase (subscribers got first dibs).
A very spooky Fran's Friday Book Club
This month the Halloween spirit has compelled me to recommend two frighteningly good reads - one fiction and one non-fiction - perfect for the spooky season. Let’s get into it.
Bonus episode: El Akkad x Lattouf on how to resist genocide without a blueprint
Canadian-Egyptian author Omar El Akkad on individual complicity, resistance and the role of the press.
Where is the nation's spine?
Lattouf delivers a eulogy for the spine - an increasingly endangered structure that's meant to hold us upright when powerful interests want us bent. It's also a love letter to the vertebrae that refuse to change shape.
Bonus episode: Chris Hedges x Lattouf drops tomorrow 5am
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Chris Hedges reflects on his run-ins with the local media in Australia, and what it reveals about press courage (or the lack of it). Plus a chat on the future of journalism, and what Palestinian journalists have taught him about our craft.
They’re here: Etterati Tees and 'It’s a No From Me' - limited stock
Independent media you can wear. Jan Fran and Antoinette Lattouf launch new, sustainably made merch.
ETTE-SCLUSIVE: Government knew PM's number was public for nine months, emails show
Ette Media can also reveal it wasn’t just Albanese’s number - other private details about the PM are still online.
ETTE-SCLUSIVE: PM's personal number published online with other big-name Aussies in massive privacy breach
The personal mobile phone number of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese - along with the numbers of several high-profile Australians in media and business - has been published on a publicly accessible third-party website, in what appears to be a widespread privacy breach.
Fran's Friday Book Club
An IRL book club discusses the best book of the century (big call!) plus a handbook for these treacherous times packed with eternal wisdom. Welcome to October’s Fran Friday Book Club.
EXCLUSIVE: Meanjin axed under ‘suspect’ grounds despite rescue offer
Melbourne University Publishing says shutting one of Australia’s longest-running literary outlets was a “purely financial” decision. But the story (and numbers) don’t add up. We can reveal an offer of a cash injection is on the table. So what's the real reason for its closure?
Kirk shooting coverage, Federal Court and a terrifying high school media talk
Saturated coverage of Charlie Kirk's shooting, an existential crisis in front of high school students and Lattouf v ABC back in Federal Court.