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Chris Mitchell began his career in late 1973 in Brisbane on the afternoon daily, The Telegraph. He worked on the Townsville Daily Bulletin, the Daily Telegraph Sydney and the Australian Financial Review before joining The Australian in 1984. He was appointed editor of The Australian in 1992 and editor in chief of Queensland Newspapers in 1995. He returned to Sydney as editor in chief of The Australian in 2002 and held that position until his retirement in December 2015.

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Newmarch House on the 12th of August. PICTURE: Adam Yip

Harder lockdown of aged care could’ve saved lives

Is an economic lockdown of Victoria really the right way to handle a virus that kills mainly the elderly, most in formal care?

Chris Mitchell

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15/05/2018: A-Plus subscriber-only event at the Museum of Sydney.Panel discussion with Adam Creighton, Judith Sloan and Chris Kenny. Q&A on the Federal Budget.Pic by James Croucher

Latest media stitch-up echoes ABC

You’ve got to love the left if you are a journalist today, or risk being branded amoral.

Chris Mitchell

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Native Title.South Australian elder Mark Koolmatrie and chair of the Tribal owners of Southern South Australia, taken at Port Noarlunga, South Australia.Thursday 13 August 2020 Pic Roy Van Der Vegt

Entitled to a better deal

Australia’s native title system is in need of reform.

Chris Mitchell

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Demand to end rorts over royalties

Claims of native title royalties mismanagement prompt calls for inquiry into governance of Aboriginal corporations.

Paige Taylor and Chris Mitchell

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Oraganiser of the Sydney 'Black Lives Matter' protest Paddy Gibson being arrested at the Domain in Sydney as a small group of Black Lives Matter activists defied a court ruling and stern warnings from the stateÃs police and political leaders that they will be punished with the full force of the law. The rally was clamped down upon by police who far outnumbered the protesters even before the scheduled midday start.The NSW Court of Appeal upholding a ruling by the Supreme Court found the protest an unauthorised public assembly. Jane Dempster/The Australian.

BLM’s ‘useful fools’ spread radical views

The Black Lives Matter movement is perhaps the most sinister manifestation of using people of good intention for political purposes.

Chris Mitchell

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 25: A woman, wearing a face mask, walks along St Kilda on July 25, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Victoria reported seven COVID-19 deaths on July 24, the state's highest toll since the start of the pandemic. Effective, July 23, face coverings are mandatory for people leaving their homes in the Melbourne metropolitan area or the Mitchell Shire with anyone failing to do so subject to a $200 fine. Metropolitan Melbourne and the Mitchell shire remain in lockdown due to the rise in COVID-19 cases through community transmissions, with people permitted to leave home only for exercise, work, to buy essential items, or to access childcare and healthcare. Lockdown measures are in place until August 19. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)

Media must resist virus culture wars

Focus on sceptical, factual reporting ahead of sensationalism will prove more useful than politicised point scoring.

Chris Mitchell

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How Twitter is destroying journalism

While Twitter is useful to pop stars and journalists in marketing their work, in political discourse it inevitably skews left.

Chris Mitchell

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Ode to typewriters and hot metal

Elliot Hannay tracks some of the most important stories of modern Australia while maintaining a sense of the ridiculous

Chris Mitchell

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JULY 12, 2020: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews press conference updating on the Victorian COVID-19 figures. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Crosling

Premier’s hubris a virus X-factor

Dan Andrews chose to lock down Victoria hardest of all, but he also let private security firms monitor hotel quarantine.

Chris Mitchell

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A demonstrator takes part in a protest on climate emergency, called by environmental groups including Extinction Rebellion and Fridays For Future, outside the UN Climate Change Conference COP25 at the 'IFEMA - Feria de Madrid' exhibition centre, in Madrid, on December 13, 2019. - The preservation of Earth's pristine wildernesses and oceans, long treated as a separate issue to curbing climate change, is taking on more importance as scientists say they really need to go hand in hand. While the focus at COP25 in Madrid these past two weeks has been on climate change and the growing urgency to cut greenhouse gas emissions, organisers have made an effort to put the natural environment into the mix. (Photo by PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU / AFP)

A fool’s game in climate change reporting

Once-sober media organisations now prefer panic to accurate and sceptical reporting.

Chris Mitchell

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