Shorten blasted for ‘treaty bomb’
LEADING Aboriginal academic Marcia Langton has blasted Bill Shorten over his claim Labor could sign a treaty with Indigenous Australians.
Current Affairs
Waleed takes aim at ‘rich Australians’
THE Project’s Waleed Aly has taken on the super reform policy and the rich Australians who use superannuation to avoid paying their taxes.
Confronting a baby-faced killer
HE LOOKED into the teary eyes of murderer Michael Jones, and felt some sympathy. Then Mike Amor remembered the victim.
Ben Affleck drops 18 F-bombs during fiery interview
BEN Affleck has made a bizarre red-faced appearance on a US chat show, prompting speculation he was drunk on air.
‘I was embarrassed, ashamed’
THE Project was left in shock as an ex-member of the Australian Defence Force told of how he was allegedly raped by two sailors.
Turnbull’s big dig at Tony Jones
HE WAS battling a heavy cold, but Malcolm Turnbull still had enough energy to start a stoush with Q&A’s host last night.
Q&A reveals Turnbull’s big problem
UNDER the glare of bright lights and the critical eye of a live studio audience, last night’s Q&A left Malcolm Turnbull exposed.
‘It’s still a prison. I feel like an animal’
REACTION to the first TV crew’s story to emerge from Nauru tonight ranged from stunned to cynical. And it was a surprise to Australia’s Immigration minister.
The woman whose brain was frozen
THREE years after the woman he loved had her brain cryogenically frozen, Josh Schisler has carried out her latest wish.
When Ray met Roger: ‘Thanks for the 50 grand!’
JOURNALIST Ray Martin remembers the first time he came face to face with crooked detective Roger Rogerson.
What brought Liz Hayes to tears
60 MINUTES reporter Liz Hayes was driven to tears by a cop’s harrowing account of his brush with Roger Rogerson.
Cooper breaks down during tribute
AS A seasoned TV man Anderson Cooper has seen it all. But he struggled to hold it together during a touching tribute to the Pulse victims.
‘Average Aussie’ grills Shorten on Q&A
DAMIAN Damjanovski was the star of Q&A last night as he grilled Opposition Leader Bill Shorten on housing affordability.
Shorten: ‘Calling out racism…it’s true’
LABOR leader Bill Shorten said indigenous people were dispossessed from their land and he understands why they believe Australia was invaded by the British.
Tony Jones issues challenge to Turnbull
APPARENTLY Malcolm Turnbull is looking for a national debate that’s live and interactive. Well, Tony Jones has a challenge for the PM.
‘Who really killed my son?’
IT’S an Australian take on Making a Murderer: Josh Warneke’s mum doesn’t know who her son’s murderer is, but knows who’s not.
ABC weather presenter loses it on air
ABC News Breakfast weather presenter Vanessa O’Hanlon apologised profusely to viewers this morning when she got a case of the giggles.
‘I can’t understand why people are offended’
THE Australian Christian Lobby’s director Lyle Shelton clashed with hosts Waleed Aly and Carrie Bickmore on The Project last night.
Channel 9 CEO ‘made the wrong call’
DAMNING leaked emails show Channel 9 bosses knew about the kid-snatch plans, but made one man a scapegoat.
Producer to fight 60 Minutes sacking
THE fallout from a scathing review into the 60 Minutes child snatch debacle has begun, with producer Stephen Rice hiring a top lawyer to fight his dismissal.
60 Mins airs scathing assessment
60 MINUTES has lashed itself during its own airtime, airing a scathing report into its botched child snatch saga, concluding it was “a bridge too far”.
Everest wife ‘died in my arms’
THEY loved climbing, and knew the risk. But nothing could prepare Rob Gropel to hold his wife’s hand as the mountain took her.
Questions Nine still has to answer
SENIOR producer Stephen Rice is the fall guy of 60 Minutes’ botched child recovery, but there are still questions Nine has to answer.
Head rolls over 60 Minutes drama
CHANNEL 9 has sacked a senior staffer, saying its child snatch story was “the gravest misadventure in the program’s history”.
Outrage over housing for Muslims
PEOPLE are outraged by a new housing development targeted at Muslims, with some saying it should not even go ahead.
Lambie dishes up on Kitchen Cabinet
TASMANIAN Senator Jacqui Lambie spills on her private tea parties with Malcolm Turnbull in a new episode of ABC’s Kitchen Cabinet.
Nine Network’s Beirut crisis deepens
A JUDGE is preparing to reveal what charges the 60 Minutes crew will face. The four remaining prisoners have been denied bail.
Struggle to find the new Struggle Street
THE controversial doco, looking at the lives of struggling Australians, can’t find a suburb that will allow its cameras in. We have a few suggestions.
Waleed’s ‘greatest call to arms’
WALEED Aly has issued what he calls his “greatest call to arms”, taking a stand on Australia’s growing milk crisis.
How Q&A picks its audience
HE CAUSED a media storm when he asked about tax rates, but the question is how did Duncan Storrar’s Q&A question make the cut?
Bail denied for 60 Mins driver
THE driver in the 60 minutes failed kidnap saga has been denied bail as Aussie Adam Whittington awaits his fate.
The man who stole the election debate
“WHAT rich people buy a coffee with, we buy our kids dinner with.” Duncan Storrar, who sparked the #DuncanforPM hashtag on Q&A, has a few more words to say.
Mum of Lebanon ‘kidnapper’ slams Nine
AS the Australian at the heart of the 60 Minutes child abduction saga waits to learn his fate in Lebanon today, his mum has lashed out at “disgusting” Nine.
‘Malcolm’s not like the two Julias’
KELLY O’Dwyer was forced to defend Malcolm Turnbull on Q&A after a surprising zinger from the Greens’ Adam Bandt.
Kidnapper’s negotiations at ‘critical stage’
THE Australian man at the centre of the 60 Minutes child abduction saga has lashed out at the Australian Government.
Waitress exposed nude on TV: ‘No regrets’
“I THINK they were more shocked than I was. I was like, it’s a vagina, so what?” says the waitress who accidentally gave viewers a full-frontal eyeful.
‘No Skype, no pics, WhatsApp blocked’
SALLY Faulkner has been prevented from having any contact with her young children in Lebanon, a family source says.
Australia ‘out-Trumping Trump’?
DONALD Trump’s rise has horrified some, but one author has suggested on Q&A that Australians needn’t be so smug.
Tara Brown’s toughest interview
THE last thing 60 Minutes reporter Tara Brown wants to face is a hard hitting interviewer. But she’s never faced someone like this before.
60 Mins: ‘Truth will come out’
THE wife of the chief planner hired by 60 Minutes for their botched snatch story has slammed Nine for leaving her husband in a Beirut jail.
60 Minutes father has the last laugh
ALI Elamine, the father at the centre of the 60 Minutes child snatch scandal, has posted a photo of himself with his two young kids on Facebook.
Nine CEO’s fury over 60 Mins ‘mistakes’
NINE boss Hugh Marks has told of his anger over the 60 Minutes botched child recovery mission, after the program also admitted that “mistakes” were made.
Tara Brown’s defiant answer
60 MINUTES made a humble admission about its botched kidnapping story last night. Tara Brown was more defiant.
Child recovery agency rivalry turns ugly
THE child recovery organisation behind the botched 60 Minutes abduction has accused a rival organisation of tipping off the authorities.
60 Minutes dad denies receiving money
THE father at the centre of the Beirut kidnapping drama denies receiving any money despite plenty of news reports to the contrary.
Tara Brown, 60 Minutes crew flying home
TARA Brown and her 60 Minutes crew have left prison and flown out of Lebanon after charges against them were dropped.
Leaked email reveals Channel 9’s plan
A LEAKED email sent to all staff at Channel 9 has revealed how the network plans to “ascertain what went wrong”.
‘I’m offended by the lack of support’
THE 60 Minutes crew deserve better than this, writes Jenna Martin. They were just journalists doing their jobs.
60 Minutes addresses scandal
60 MINUTES addressed the Beirut child snatching scandal and the detention of its crew during last night’s broadcast.
Karl fires up over 60 Minutes scandal
TODAY host Karl Stefanovic has launched a fiery defence of his friend and colleague Tara Brown and her 60 Minutes crew after the bungled “child recovery” operation.
60 Minutes ‘thrown under bus’
THE mother at the centre of the Lebanon kidnapping controversy has been accused of “throwing everybody under the bus”.
‘I never would have done the story’
A FORMER journalist says he never would have followed the story that landed senior 60 Minutes journalist Tara Brown in jail.
Ominous warning for 60 Minutes crew
TARA Brown and her 60 Minutes crew have been warned there is “no chance” the charges against them will be dropped.
Ray Martin defends 60 Minutes
VETERAN broadcaster Ray Martin has defended the ethics of the jailed 60 Minutes crew, revealing his own involvement in a child recovery.
Lines crossed in hunt for ratings?
CHANNEL Nine has been accused of going “too far” in its botched child recovery operation while chasing ratings.
Heads will roll: 60 Mins backlash
JOBS are in danger at Channel 9 as the network starts to investigate who’s to blame for the disaster at 60 Minutes.
Crew walked into ‘jaws of death’
THE 60 Minutes crew could not have chosen a more dangerous street in Beirut for their audacious child recovery mission.
‘I belong in this hole’: Germaine loses it
IT WAS going so well. Germaine Greer was making a whole lot of sense on her return to Australian TV. But then someone brought up Caitlyn Jenner.
Tara Brown could be locked up for weeks
TARA Brown and the 60 Minutes crew could be behind bars for some time if they aren’t granted bail when they appear before a judge tonight.
Law tearing dad and son apart
BIOLOGICALLY and emotionally, John is his son’s father. But the law doesn’t agree, and now they’ve been ripped apart.
Waleed skewers Malcolm Turnbull
WALEED Aly ripped into the PM on The Project last night, taking aim at Mr Turnbull’s so-called “mongrel network”.
Chris Bath reveals her new gig
THE newsreader shocked fans last year when she walked out on Channel Seven after 20 years with the network. So what has Bath signed on for now?
Project slip-up: ‘Can we start again?’
SOMEONE seems to be getting distracted in the editing booths at The Project. This cross started fine, but quickly unravelled.
Sunrise weatherman can’t actually read weather
YOU might think being a weatherman would require the right skills — but apparently not so, according to a confession by Sunrise’s weatherman Sam Mac.
‘Sunrise a bunch of racist c***s’
INDIGENOUS singer Thelma Plum has blasted Sunrise over a segment that debated university guidelines for talking about Australia’s history.
‘I was horrified at the scale of it’
FORMER Prime Minister John Howard addressed one of the toughest moments of his tenure last night – and admitted his response didn’t go far enough.
What did Chloe’s babysitter do?
IT WAS the first time Chloe Murphy had stayed with a babysitter. She was left with injuries so horrific she couldn’t be revived.
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