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Furious McGuinness black on Herald

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THE FOURTH ESTATE: One of our nation’s most-loved newspaper columnists has quit The Sun-Herald after the paper’s sub-editors […]

February 26, 2025 Albanese Government, Australia, Australian politics, Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive, Fake News Association of Australia, Literature, Media, New South Wales, Politics, Publishing, Queensland, social media, The Voice to Parliament

Family breadwinner starts 2025 jobless!

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WORKPLACE NEWS: BRISBANE: A first-time dad who should now be beginning the New Year as a proud, supportive […]

January 1, 2025 Albanese Government, Australia, Breaking News, Exclusive, Media, Politics, Publishing, Queensland, social media

Scribe accepts “brain-fade” sacking

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THE FOURTH ESTATE: BRISBANE: A senior associate editor summarily sacked at The Courier-Mail on Thursday afternoon has manfully […]

December 28, 2024 Albanese Government, Australia, Australian politics, Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive, Media, Politics, Publishing, Queensland, social media

And that’s one crappy wrap!

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

October 11, 2024 Australia, Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive, Media, Politics, Publishing

Nine editor sacked for gross incompetence!

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THE FOURTH ESTATE: The news editor at Nine News Queensland has been sacked for failing to follow a […]

September 4, 2024 Australia, Australian politics, Breaking News, Exclusive, Media, Politics, Queensland, social media

‘Naive’ journo sacked on the spot!

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AUSTRALIAN MAINSTREAM MEDIA: SYDNEY: A News Corp Australia journalist has been summarily sacked overnight and escorted from the […]

October 11, 2022 Australia, Australian politics, Breaking News, Exclusive, Media, Politics

#1: Getting the facts right

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#1: Getting the facts right! What is the basic rule of rolled-gold, top-shelf journalism? It’s pretty simple, isn’t […]

April 3, 2022 Australia, Australian politics, Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive, Media, Politics, Sport

SMH staff call for editor’s axing

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FOURTH ESTATE HEROISM: A mass meeting of angry journalists at The Sydney Morning Herald has called on editor […]

February 23, 2022 Australia, Australian politics, Breaking News, Media, Politics
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