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The Netflix Vine Studios building in Los Angeles, California.

From cable to clicks: Is streaming on Netflix the next frontier for TV news?

Reinventing the news wheel is tough. But spinning it off a streaming platform is an idea rich with potential.

  • Michael Idato

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Amelia Brace and Denham Hitchcock.

‘People are fed up’: Why 10 News+ is going back to basics

Journalists Amelia Brace and Denham Hitchcock have an unenviable task: bringing an audience back to free-to-air news.

  • Louise Rugendyke
Clockwise from top: Chris Kohler, Jan Fran, Leo Puglisi and Brooke Boney.

‘It’s looking pretty grim’: What’s the future of TV news in Australia?

Once forward-thinking, shows such as The Project are dead and younger viewers are tuning out completely. We asked presenters and creators what comes next.

  • Meg Watson
Journalists Amelia Brace and Denham Hitchcock are the hosts of Ten’s new news and current affairs show, 10 News+.

The Project has gone. Does its ‘serious news’ replacement deliver?

Ten officially entered its News+ era on Monday night, which invites the critical question: News plus … what?

  • Neil McMahon
Sarah Harris (left), Carrie Bickmore, Sam Taunton, Dave Hughes, Georgie Tunny and Waleed Aly farewell The Project on Friday night.

‘I do have pants on’: The Project says goodbye with teary and funny final episode

Axed after 16 years and more than 4000 episodes, Friday night’s 90-minute farewell was tear-stained yet joyful, a celebration of everything that made The Project truly different.

  • Louise Rugendyke
The Project Host Sarah Harris.

‘When did people get so frightened of ideas’: Inside the final days of The Project

Waleed Aly, Sarah Harris and Kate Langbroek reflect on the end of the panel show and what led to its demise.

  • Michael Lallo
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Sam Taunton, the final regular comedian on the desk for The Project. Others have included Tommy Little, Peter Helliar and Dave Hughes.

The Project is over. Love it or hate it, that’s bad news for Aussie comedy

As a former head writer, there are some things I won’t miss. But truthfully, I can’t imagine a daily writers’ room ever being launched in Australia again.

  • Hunter Smith
Newsreaders Michael Thompson and Tracy Vo will host a special retrospective of Channel Nine Perth.

60 years young: Channel Nine Perth kicked off with songs and jokes – and maintained its high spirits

The six-decade history of Perth’s second commercial station is being celebrated in a 90-minute special hosted by Michael Thomson and Tracy Vo.

  • Mark Naglazas
Journalists Amelia Brace and Denham Hitchcock are the hosts of Ten’s new investigative news program, Ten News+.

Fewer car crashes, meatier news: Ten unveils bold Project replacement

The network says its ambitious new program will contain “no opinion and no filler, just the facts”.

  • Michael Lallo
Billie Piper previously played Rose, companion to David Tennant’s Doctor Who.

There’s a new Doctor in the Tardis – and she’s a familiar face

Billie Piper, who previously played Rose Tyler, the sidekick to the ninth and 10th Doctors, will replace Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor.

  • Liz Perkins

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