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Junk in, junk out
Open Forum | June 23, 2025Public health experts are calling for the next Federal Government to take action to stop junk food ads targeting children, after new research showed that the issue is a concern for 85% of parents and caregivers.
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The fake news arms race
Open Forum | June 21, 2025A new model depicts how competition for attention leads news sources to publish misinformation. The findings portray a trend, or “arms race,” towards hyper-partisan fake news to increase audience engagement.
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Bad news for young journalists
Jee Young Lee | June 12, 2025There seems to be more ‘news’ than ever, but shrinking budgets and job insecurity means there are fewer opportunities for young journalists, and that’s bad news, especially in regional Australia.
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A beacon in the dark
Claire Gorman | May 28, 2025Australia should step up funding for ABC International to counter anti-democratic propaganda in the Pacific region.
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Local news for local people
Caroline Fisher | May 28, 2025The provision of local news is critical to healthy and engaged regional communities, but a collapse in advertising revenues in the age of the internet and social media has seen long-standing newspapers disappear or gut their staff and coverage.
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Word virus
Emily Godwin | May 17, 2025The accessible humour of internet memes offer an easy entry point for conspiracy theories and ever more extreme perspectives.
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Rescuing regional news
Open Forum | May 9, 2025Local journalists can play an important role in providing essential information to keep people safe, strengthen the social fabric and reinforce community, but the death of regional newspapers mean they have no platform to do so.
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The real news about fake news
Andrea Carson | May 3, 2025Whatever the result of the Australian Federal election, fighting electoral misinformation and disinformation is in everyone’s interest if democracy is to survive.
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The misinformation malaise
Allegra Micomonaco | April 24, 2025Many Australians are aware of the influence of misinformation and disinformation on elections, but there are more insidious ways it harms our democratic society.
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The information insurgency
Jacob Ware | April 15, 2025Democracies must highlight the virtues of their systems and rally against autocratic and authoritarian movements around the world by giving citizens the tools they need to protect themselves from disinformation.
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Updating broadcast policy
Anna Potter | March 31, 2025Media policy needs reform, not tinkering, to prioritise Australian interests and voices over the commercial needs of broadcasters and streaming giants.
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Truth in political advertising
Denis Muller | March 30, 2025Will Australia’s media do better at cracking down on falsehoods and misinformation this election? The signs aren’t good so far.