News • Crikey https://www.crikey.com.au/news/ On politics, media, business, the environment and life Wed, 11 Sep 2024 05:03:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 https://www.crikey.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1.png?quality=70&w=32 News • Crikey https://www.crikey.com.au/news/ 32 32 232040107 Mark Latham loses defamation case against Alex Greenwich, ordered to pay $140k in costs https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/11/mark-latham-loses-defamation-case-alex-greenwich/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/11/mark-latham-loses-defamation-case-alex-greenwich/#comments Wed, 11 Sep 2024 04:47:13 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1174394 Mark Latham (Image: AAP/Mick Tsikas)The former NSW One Nation leader has been ordered to pay costs over a tweet that Greenwich described as 'defamatory and homophobic'.

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]]> https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/11/mark-latham-loses-defamation-case-alex-greenwich/feed/ 1 Read the full verdict of Mark Latham’s $140k defamation loss against MP Alex Greenwich https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/11/mark-latham-defamation-loss-alex-greenwich/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/11/mark-latham-defamation-loss-alex-greenwich/#respond Wed, 11 Sep 2024 04:38:18 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1174418 Mark Latham (Image: AAP/Mick Tsikas)Sydney MP Alex Greenwich has been awarded $140,000 after suing former One Nation NSW leader Mark Latham over defamation.

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]]> https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/11/mark-latham-defamation-loss-alex-greenwich/feed/ 0 Angus Taylor goes ‘nuts’ as NSW Liberals defy Peter Dutton in internal meeting https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/11/nsw-liberals-defy-peter-dutton-angus-taylor/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/11/nsw-liberals-defy-peter-dutton-angus-taylor/#comments Wed, 11 Sep 2024 02:06:20 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1174378 Peter Dutton and Angus Taylor (Image: AAP/Nikki Short)'Angus was ropable' about the defeat, one source said. 

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]]> https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/11/nsw-liberals-defy-peter-dutton-angus-taylor/feed/ 19 More taxpayer money handed to Zomi Frankcom’s killers as Land Forces protests begin https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/11/land-forces-protests-melbourne-elbit-systems-taxpayer-money/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/11/land-forces-protests-melbourne-elbit-systems-taxpayer-money/#comments Wed, 11 Sep 2024 00:52:11 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1174299 Protests outside the Land Forces Defence Expo in Melbourne, September 11, 2024 (Image: AAP/Joel Carrett)Defence continues to give taxpayer money to Elbit Systems, the Israeli company whose drone was used to murder aid worker Zomi Frankcom.

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]]> https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/11/land-forces-protests-melbourne-elbit-systems-taxpayer-money/feed/ 2 Digital ID, facial analysis and AI profiling to be considered in teen social media ban trial https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/10/digital-id-voice-analysis-ai-profiling-teen-social-media-ban/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/10/digital-id-voice-analysis-ai-profiling-teen-social-media-ban/#comments Tue, 10 Sep 2024 05:09:03 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1174168 Anthony Albanese surrounded by school students (Image: AAP)The federal government has committed to banning teens from social media — but hasn't figured out how or from what age.

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]]> https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/10/digital-id-voice-analysis-ai-profiling-teen-social-media-ban/feed/ 11 Has The Daily Telegraph abandoned its ‘coward attack’ campaign after a few weeks? https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/10/the-daily-telegraph-coward-attack-campaign/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/10/the-daily-telegraph-coward-attack-campaign/#comments Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:29:01 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1173762 Daily Telegraph editor Ben English (Image: The Daily Telegraph/Private Media)The Daily Telegraph appears to have been inconsistent in its promise to rebrand domestic violence matters as 'coward attacks'.

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]]> https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/10/the-daily-telegraph-coward-attack-campaign/feed/ 8 ‘Borderline mental’: News Corp journos slam company’s AI crackdown on popular transcription service https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/10/news-corp-block-transcription-service-otter-ai/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/10/news-corp-block-transcription-service-otter-ai/#comments Mon, 09 Sep 2024 23:01:44 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1173971 The News Corp Australia office in Sydney (Image: AAP/Paul Miller)Exclusive: News Corp has tracked its journalists using Otter.ai and then blocked the service, after evaluating the company's AI use.

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]]> https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/10/news-corp-block-transcription-service-otter-ai/feed/ 9 How do you make a series about Lachlan Murdoch when he won’t participate? We asked the ABC https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/09/making-lachlan-murdoch-australian-story-abc-series/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/09/making-lachlan-murdoch-australian-story-abc-series/#comments Mon, 09 Sep 2024 01:16:12 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1173836 Lachlan Murdoch (Image: AAP/Steven Saphore)The ABC has created a three-part Australian Story on Lachlan Murdoch. The first hurdle? He wouldn't talk.

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]]> https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/09/making-lachlan-murdoch-australian-story-abc-series/feed/ 22 If you remember The Beatles touring Australia, you probably support AUKUS https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/06/aukus-age-group-support-nuclear-submarine/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/06/aukus-age-group-support-nuclear-submarine/#comments Fri, 06 Sep 2024 01:17:12 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1173677 Royal Australian Navy Admiral Ben Key speaks with US and UK counterparts in Perth (Image: AAP/Richard Wainwright)Exclusive: Australians aged over 65 are about twice as likely to strongly agree AUKUS is a good idea, according to a new poll.

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]]> https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/06/aukus-age-group-support-nuclear-submarine/feed/ 156 Please stop selling your NBN boxes on Gumtree and Facebook, says NBN https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/06/stop-selling-nbn-boxes-gumtree-facebook-marketplace-nbn/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/06/stop-selling-nbn-boxes-gumtree-facebook-marketplace-nbn/#comments Fri, 06 Sep 2024 01:08:52 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1173683 NBN connection boxes listed for sale on Gumtree (Image: Gumtree)NBN connection boxes are listed for as much as $60 on online marketplaces despite being 1) free and 2) legally the property of NBN Co.

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