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Daily Mail apologises to Samantha Armytage for underwear-shaming storyArticle criticising the TV presenter’s ‘giant granny panties’ amended to remove references to Armytage’s underwear and to apologise ‘for any distress caused’
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We have to call this stuff out now, more loudly than ever – even if we’re at risk of repeating ourselves or sounding angry or shrillThe Daily Mail's pathetic pants-shaming stunt on Sam Armytage demeans us all
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News Corp's 'shameless layabouts' report is misleading, say welfare advocatesAcoss and Welfare Rights Network criticise ‘slacker crisis’ report of welfare recipients refusing to take or hold jobs
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ABC boss’s meet and greet turns sour. Plus word of compulsory redundancies at the Australian, and plans for new investment in MamamiaJaws drop at ABC as Michelle Guthrie defends Radio National cuts
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Noel Pearson says 'soft bigotry' of the left the biggest challenge to Indigenous reformAboriginal leader says low expectations of ‘false progressives’ for Indigenous people has trapped reformers such as himself in a ‘zero-sum game’
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Diary: I'll get cross about millennials drifting through life. Once I've tidied my bedroomBack at my parents’ house, I realise symptoms of the condition described as ‘failure to launch’ aren’t confined to the under-30s
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News Corp Australia announces redundancies and $40m cost-cuttingCompany says it will use forced redundancies, if necessary, to reach goal of cutting 42 full-time positions
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ABC board demands director of radio explain Radio National cutsExclusive: Sources say Michelle Guthrie did not brief board before documentary and music cuts announced
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Michelle Guthrie appoints Murdoch consultant to restructure ABCExclusive: Jim Rudder, who has spent most of his career working for Sky, has been brought in to help deliver Guthrie’s plans for the ABC
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Mark Forbes quits as editor-in-chief of the Age after sex harassment complaintForbes was stood down on Friday as Fairfax Media investigated a complaint that he groped a reporter at a music awards event
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Walkley awards: wins for Guardian Australia's Ben Doherty and Greg JerichoDoherty recognised for feature on Kurdish refugee Fazel Chegeni, while Jericho wins for commentary pieces and Andrew Quilty takes Gold Walkley
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Mark Forbes, editor-in-chief of the Age, is stood down over sex harassment claimYoung female reporter made formal complaint about being allegedly groped at the Age Music Victoria awards
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Recalling evenings spent with friends reading out advice from Dolly Doctor, I’m provoked to profound respect for the writers and editors. Where do girls learn about being normal today?Masturbation with fruit ... and other teenage lessons I learned from Dolly Doctor
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Dolly magazine: looking back at 46 years of covers – in picturesAs Dolly closes after more than four decades in print, we look back at the changing face of the Australian magazine for teenage girls
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Diary: there's an art to losing your cash card. And I've perfected itIn the first of a new series, Guardian Australia’s intrepid columnist finds she needs either a microchip in her finger or a brick in her wallet
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ABC bosses ‘morally and spiritually bankrupt’ for axing Catalyst, RN presenter saysRobyn Williams laments ‘trashed’ science team as prominent musicians and writers call on Michelle Guthrie to reverse cuts to ABC music
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Goodbye, Dolly: December issue will be magazine's last in printAfter 46 years acting as a bible for millions of Australian teenage girls, publication falls victim to the digital revolution
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First Contact on SBS: meet the participants – videoFirst Contact follows Natalie Imbruglia, Tom Ballard, Ian Dickson, Nicki Wendt, Renae Ayris and David Oldfield as they come face to face with Indigenous Australia
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Nauru refugees sceptical of resettlement deal with US, Sky reporter says after visitLaura Jayes says some refugees doubt whether the deal is real and she was surprised to find a Muslim man who didn’t want to go to ‘Trump’s America’
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The ultimate catch-up: a complete guide to pay TV in AustraliaCasting around for Netflix? Still unsure about Stan? As Foxtel Play launches a new price war, Amanda Meade delivers all the critical consumer needs to know about cable, streaming and internet TV
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Existence of 'pivotal' letter from Scott Morrison on boat turnbacks revealedDocument sought in FoI case purports to authorise possibly unlawful return of asylum seekers to Indonesia
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David Leyonhjelm deal to force ABC and SBS from behind 'goat's cheese curtain'Senator announces what it will take for the Coalition to win his vote on the Australian Building and Construction Commission bill
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I am Indigenous. I am gay. Unlike Tyrone Unsworth, I survivedTyrone Unsworth was both gay and Indigenous. We need to understand his life experience, and how political discourse may have challenged his hope
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New Zealand media merger risks growth of 'glib, click-bait' coverage, say editorsA group of former editors says the NZME/Fairfax deal would be a threat to democracy in a country already suffering a dearth of serious content
ABC isn't biased against business but does neglect smaller firms, Australia Institute finds