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In today’s newsletter: The ban on energy firms forcibly installing meters in some homes has been called ‘woefully insufficient’ – here’s what it all means in practice

Rupert Murdoch, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and other big names have all avoided being called to testify over 2020 election lies

After its $787.5m settlement, Fox News faces lawsuits from a former employee and another voting technology company

Fox News agreed to pay $787.5 million to settle a voting machine maker’s defamation lawsuit over the network’s 2020 election broadcasts, striking a deal on the brink of a potentially embarrassing six-week trial.

The news corporation will have to shell out $787.5m but, for them, it’s just ‘the cost of doing business’

WILMINGTON, Del. — Fox News avoided one of the highest-profile defamation trials in history Tuesday by reaching a $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems, the company that accused the conservative channel of smearing its reputation in the weeks after the 2020 election.

Fox News media analyst admitted network broadcast ‘conspiracy theories’

Fox claimed isettlement demonstrated its ‘continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards’

The Dominion Voting Systems defamation suit against Fox News was one of the most hotly anticipated cases in America. In the end, most of the action happened outside the courtroom.

"The truth matters," says Dominion Voting Systems, and "lies have consequences."

Woodside Energy boss Meg O'Neill has used a speech at the National Press Club to criticise extremists for stopping gas projects, while the Australian share market trades flat after a lacklustre session on Wall Street overnight.