This week a bill passed the Senate that will give ASIO extended powers on top of its already very extended powers. Not only can an innocent person be hauled in for questioning, held for 24-hours, potentially without a lawyer but they can’t tell anyone about it. Now, ASIO
Seven’s Spotlight programme got an exclusive interview with Pauline Hanson where she was given a platform to denigrate Muslims and talk about how much she wants to ‘mass deport those illegally in Australia. As usual, the rhetoric doesn’t match the facts — not that you’d know watching the
Jan Fran and Antoinette celebrate Spain’s win at the FIFA World Cup acknowledging they’ve probably been influenced and/or brainwashed by their algorithm which morphed the football final into an Argentina hate-fest. Plus, they shine a spotlight on Seven’s exclusive interview with Pauline Hanson, and the
There have been calls to reform the National Press Council, which is — get this — largely funded by News Corp Australia. What a surprise. We explain what it does, walk through decisions it has made which have raised eyebrows, and consider how it might be influenced by Murdoch press.
Jan and Antoinette look at the way both Donald Trump and Pauline Hanson used Keir Starmer’s resignation to further their own anti-immigrant, anti-climate change agenda and how the media helped out. Plus, Gina Rinehart’s ‘Bush Summit’ speech gets the coverage she asked for but not the
The ABC’s Managing Director Hugh Marks has said Charlie Pickering’s comments about Grace Tame didn’t breach ABC’s code of conduct. Very weird given Antoinette Lattouf was told she’d breached the ABC code of conduct for posting a factual Human Rights Watch post. 🤷🏽♀️ Listen to We
In his first interview since his trial ended, pianist Jayson Gillham sits down with Antoinette Lattouf to talk through his mammoth 15-day Federal Court trial against the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Jayson believes the MSO canceled his performance after he dedicated a piece of music to Palestinian journalists killed in
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Pauline Hanson’s latest poll surge is making headlines and leaving certain politicians quaking in their boots. The Etterati asked us if we should be worried about her increase in popularity, so we separated genuine trends from poll hysteria. Listen to We Used To Be Journos here: apple.co/journos
A 25-year-old recently-arrived migrant from Kenya, who came to Australia to study a masters in accounting, died while working as a cleaner at Meriton Suites. Her family are demanding answers. There was a rally in Sydney and her case has been raised twice in her the Kenyan
Should we be worried about Pauline Hanson’s latest poll surge? We separate genuine trends from poll hysteria. We also unpack the shocking moment a radio boss groped his employee on stage at Australia’s biggest audio awards night - we saw it happen! Plus, a 25-year-old woman moved
