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Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers

Chalmers taps out his message

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CANBERRA: Federal treasurer, Jim Chalmers, denies he has “flicked the switch to vaudeville” because he has no answers […]

October 29, 2026 Albanese Government, Australia, Australian politics, Breaking News, Exclusive, MAGA, Make America Great Again, Media, Politics, Price Gouging, Publishing, United States of America

Card charge changes prompt merger

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CANBERRA: Three major banking and business peak bodies have announced a merger in the wake of the controversy […]

October 10, 2026 Albanese Government, Australia, Australian politics, Breaking News, business, Exclusive, Politics, Price Gouging

Nothing certain in life except “death taxes” scare

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The Bug’s two media-focussed columns – this edition of Media Glass House and its sibling Mediocre Bytes – […]

May 27, 2026 Australia, Australian politics, Breaking News, Exclusive, Media, Mediocre Bytes, Politics, Publishing

New age dumps old habits!

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The column that has fun with the smaller mistakes and missteps of Australia’s mainstream mediocre; that pays homage […]

May 24, 2026 Albanese Government, Australia, Australian politics, Breaking News, Entertainment, Media, Mediocre Bytes, Politics, Publishing, social media

David Speers rushed to hospital

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MEDIA NEWS: The ABC says the host of its Insiders political discussion program, David Speers, is resting comfortably […]

August 25, 2025 Albanese Government, Australia, Australian politics, Breaking News, Exclusive, Politics, Publishing

ALP backs AEC over ABC

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CANBERRA: The Albanese Labor Government has quietly abandoned a secret cost-saving plan to scrap the Australian Electoral Commission […]

May 20, 2025 Albanese Government, Australia, Australian politics, Aviation, Breaking News, Exclusive, Media, Politics, Trump presidency, United States of America

ABC’s David Speers arrested

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Only three sleeps to go until polling day. Although it seems half the country has already voted and […]

April 30, 2025 Albanese Government, Australia, Australian politics, Breaking News, Exclusive, Politics, Publishing

Sky News revamps budget coverage

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The Murdoch media’s Sky News is promising its viewer a radically new approach to coverage of the Albanese […]

March 25, 2025 Albanese Government, Australia, Australian politics, Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive, Media, Politics, Publishing

Labor MPs ponder PM spill

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Speculation over a possible early federal election has sparked disquiet within the ranks of federal Labor Party MPs […]

November 24, 2024 advertising, Albanese Government, Australia, Australian politics, Breaking News, Exclusive, horse racing, Politics, social media, The Voice to Parliament

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