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Richard Alston

February 2022

The major media players went to battle for the future of Fairfax in the 1990s.

The death threats and secret meetings behind battle to control Fairfax

The media landscape was transformed in the 1990s as moguls reigned supreme and a nasty takeover battle for Fairfax played out.

  • Andrew Clark

January 2021

Ita Buttrose is chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

The ABC no longer has a purpose, except pleasing itself

The national broadcaster is an icon. But it would work so much better if it were in different hands. The ABC should be privatised.

  • Sinclair Davidson

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