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Podcasts, video content and social media (sometimes referred to as “new media”) is playing a big part in this year’s federal election.

I wanted to ask Dutton these nine questions. He never got back to me

Social media content and podcasts are a huge deal in this election. So why didn’t the opposition leader want to come on mine?

  • Victoria Devine

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NewsMax Australia recently rebranded after striking a licensing agreement with the American news network with the same name, and is yet to officially launch its live-streaming news channel.

Right-wing media platform temporarily switched off by Facebook

The right-wing media start-up account, which was offline for more than a day, was reinstated on Thursday, with Facebook owner Meta saying it was deactivated as an error.

  • Calum Jaspan
George Clooney hit back at Donald Trump’s jabs, saying: “My job is not to please the president of the United States”.

George Clooney claps back at Donald Trump as verbal spat continues

The Hollywood star made comments about press freedom on the US edition of 60 Minutes. They did not go down well.

  • Cindy Yin
Greens Senator Larissa Waters [left] with content creator Holly MacAlpine [right]

Liberals remove TikTok post after influencer calls in lawyers over ‘stolen’ content

The Liberal Party has removed a social media post after a Gold Coast-based influencer threatened to sue the federal opposition for allegedly twisting a pro-Greens video to attack the minor party.

  • Calum Jaspan
The US government says Google should be forced to sell its popular Chrome web browser.

Will a US court break up Google in blockbuster case?

The US Justice Department says the best way to address Google’s monopoly in internet search is to break up the $2.8 trillion company.

  • David McCabe
Parent WhatsApp groups are renowned for becoming hotbeds of gossip and bullying.

‘Diabolically bad’: When parents’ school WhatsApp groups turn toxic

Gossip and bullying pile-ons are turning parents’ WhatsApp groups into a battleground, and schools are being urged to fight back.

  • Nicole Precel
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Gut health, glamping, druids … Whatever your passion, there’s a newsletter for it

The online platform Substack is giving a vast array of writers a voice. Some of them even earn an income from it.

  • Stephanie Wood
GWS Giants player Tom Green and social media content manager Jacob Gaynor, who host podcast In the Green Room.

Meet the unlikely duo behind the AFL’s social media renaissance

GWS content manager Jacob Gaynor has pioneered an all-access, take-no-prisoners style. Childhood friend and star midfielder Tom Green is along for the ride.

  • Penry Buckley
Bill Trad of Acai Underworld.

Trad trades gangster life for acai berry business

Ex-con Bill “Underworld” Trad is riding the crest of Sydney’s açai wave thanks in part to his wildly popular social media videos featuring his prison chic face tattoo and rolled-up track pants. But with the business booming, competition is fierce.

  • Jordan Baker
St Kilda spearhead Max King.

More surgery for a luckless Saint; Yze says Balta’s been ‘punished enough’; Rioli trains as coach calls for social media changes

St Kilda star Max King will go under the knife yet again, while Noah Balta is likely to play in Richmond’s AFL side on Saturday just days before he is sentenced for assault.

  • Angus Delaney and Scott Spits

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