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Sparkies union plans Greens donation as ACTU legend issues unity plea
“I think unity is one of the most important things … you’ve got to sit down and talk with them to take them back,” former ACTU secretary Bill Kelty said.
- by Olivia Ireland and Nick Bonyhady
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Political Sketch
Political leadership
The best of the worst of Bill Shorten’s zingers
Comedian Shaun Micallef, who benefitted from the former Labor leader’s one-liners more than anyone, said “I owe him a great debt.”
- by Nick Bonyhady
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Building Bad
Former communist to lead clean-up of Setka’s old CFMEU branch
Veteran university unionist Grahame McCulloch will have to overhaul the Victorian division of the union but current national secretary Zach Smith will stay on.
- by Nick Bonyhady and Ben Schneiders
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LGBTQ
Trans woman wins landmark discrimination case against female-only app
Roxanne Tickle was awarded $10,000 after the Federal Court upheld her discrimination complaint against female-only app Giggle for Girls, which had blocked her.
- by Jewel Topsfield and Nick Bonyhady
Investigation
Start-ups
This athlete turned tech bro was chasing a start-up dream. Now he’s accused of faking a PhD
The start-up world is full of entrepreneurs like Steven Leven, striving for dreams that others see as implausible. But there are boundaries.
- by Anthony Segaert and Nick Bonyhady
Network Ten wants Peter van Onselen to stop talking about it
The former political editor will be travelling in Italy while his lawyer battles the television channel’s claim against him.
- by Nick Bonyhady
Analysis
Roberts-Smith case
Wall-to-wall coverage, but no uniformity in media’s treatment of Roberts-Smith
In Australia’s divided media landscape, coverage of the defamation decision of the year was much more uneven than among overseas outlets.
- by Nick Bonyhady
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Media & marketing
Channel 10 sues former star Peter van Onselen
The reporter penned a column last week questioning what the poor financial performance of Network 10’s US owner, Paramount, means for the local network.
- by Nick Bonyhady
Online watchdog gets tough on eSafety codes
Australia’s online watchdog has rejected plans put forward by the industry to make online messaging services, dating apps and multiplayer games safer, saying the proposed rules don’t go far enough.
- by Nick Bonyhady
PwC spin cycle in overdrive as it brings in veteran Sue Cato
The crisis communications specialist has been hired by a group of PwC partners ahead of a hearing in which senators will demand names be named in the tax leak scandal.
- by Nick Bonyhady
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Roberts-Smith case
War memorial to keep Ben Roberts-Smith display as he quits Seven
The museum said it would not remove the exhibits but instead seek ways to add context.
- by Nick Bonyhady and Matthew Knott
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