Ettention Please: Stories that didn’t get enough coverage this week
A concerning video of WA Police, the arrest of an American journalist in Kuwait, and repaid wage theft by Sydney University.
News
ETTE-SCLUSIVE: Data exposes The Australian’s campaign against Dr Randa Abdel- Fattah
A sweeping data investigation reveals what appears to be a sustained, coordinated media offensive by News Corp's The Australian targeting Palestinian-Egyptian academic and author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah.
Ettention Please: stories that didn’t get enough coverage this week
From federal government 'genocide grants' to an acclaimed actress considering legal action against WA police to a cheeky stunt that highlights a dark reality for supermarket goers.
ETTE-CLUSIVE: 'I didn’t' - Albanese denies calling Grace Tame ‘difficult’
By Antoinette Lattouf In the hours after the Prime Minister declared Grace Tame was ‘difficult’ during an on-stage word association game with a Herald Sun journalist, Anthony Albanese unconvincingly tries to qualify his controversial comment. In a message exchange seen by Ette Media, a member of the public sent a
2026 off with a grim bang: bushfires, Adelaide WF, Royal Commission, Iran and Venezuela
Lattouf returns to cut through the news chaos while recovering from surgery, handing the mic and couch to Randa Abdel-Fattah as she joins Jan Fran on We Used To Be Journos.
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.
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.
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.
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