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Hey Hey It’s Saturday’s John Blackman dies age 76

The radio and voiceover veteran was diagnosed with aggressive skin cancer in 2019

The Guardian - AU

A TikTok tax fraud, advertisers desert journalism, and… Lehrmannheimer?

This week’s Media Briefs brings you an unusual pop culture crossover, a viral TikTok fraud, and the dire state of financial affairs in our industry.

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Albanese is prioritising governing over spectacle – but in an era of zero-sum politics, is it enough?

Dutton’s polarising political theatre rates in the modern engagement economy, but governing? Not so much

The Guardian - AU

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Albanese says attacks on Dan Andrews ‘low point in journalism’ as News Corp vitriol continues after resignation

Murdoch papers declare the premier’s electoral popularity was a ‘cult’ and his legacy nothing but a state ‘deep in debt’

The Guardian - AU

Melbourne talkback radio host Neil Mitchell to step down from 3AW Mornings

‘It’s not an easy decision,’ broadcaster says, announcing he will leave show in December to take up other roles at Nine

The Guardian - AU

Victorian Electoral Commission wants power to issue on-the-spot fines at polling booths

VEC will recommend introduction of the penalties for candidates and party workers after complaints increased threefold at last election

The Guardian - AU

Conservative media sets its sights on the ABC’s coronation coverage ahead of Senate estimates

Internal feedback on the coverage remains largely positive, even if some concede its timing was poor.

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ABC coverage of King Charles III coronation tops Australian ratings despite being attacked by monarchists

After being accused of being ‘obsequious’ over Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, ABC included discussion of colonialism and monarchy’s relevance

The Guardian - AU

Matthew Guy says some ‘dangerously politically stupid’ Sky News hosts are damaging the Liberal party

Former Victorian Liberal leader also criticises his party’s state president in his first interview since November

The Guardian - AU

$‘Can’t be racist to white people’: Lidia Thorpe breaks silence on strip club fracas$

‘Can’t be racist to white people’: Lidia Thorpe breaks silence on strip club fracas

Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has broken her silence after a video emerged of her with patrons outside a Melbourne gentleman’s club.

The New Daily

Michael Pascoe: Hurt feelings overwhelm media’s ability to weigh Paul Keating’s substance

Paul Keating opened the door to the unexamined question of how we arrived at this point, both nationally and within the Labor Party.

The New Daily

Does Labor plan to use your super as a 'piggy bank' to fund its pet projects?

The Coalition says Labor plans to use your super as a 'piggy bank' to fund its pet projects. What are the facts?

ABC News

What will we do without Tim Smith?

In a now-deleted tweet, the former opposition attorney-general recently tarred 3AW’s Neil Mitchell as an ‘awful, duplicitous, hateful individual’. Oh Tim, how we’ll miss you.

Crikey

Broxburn Athletic let two goal lead slip in draw with Inverkeithing

The Brox were sitting pretty at 3-1 up but were forced to settle for a draw.

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Anodyne Albo will be haunted by his RBA overreach

Anthony Albanese has effectively warned the Reserve Bank not to ‘overreach’ in tightening interest rates. Bad move.

The National (Scotland)

Wet Wet Wet drummer quits after doing 'irreparable damage' to hearing

WET Wet Wet drummer Tommy Cunningham says he is “hanging up my sticks” after 40 years with the band.

Glasgow Live

Wet Wet Wet drummer quits band over serious hearing problem affecting 'almost every waking moment'

Tommy Cunningham says he's leaving the iconic band after 40 years and reveals that his tinnitus has gotten so bad that he constantly has loud ringing in his ears.

Daily Record

Wet Wet Wet drummer Tommy Cunningham forced to quit band after 40 years due to hearing problem

The 57-year-old has quit the band after 40 years as drummer due to suffering from tinnitus since 2008.

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Daily Record

Kinross Beavers cut the ribbon on new hide at Loch Leven NNR

The arrestingly modern, timber bird hide at Loch Leven NNR is back, having been rebuilt after being destroyed by fire. On Friday young people who had helped fundraise for the rebuild got to be at the opening ceremony of the aptly-named Phoenix Hide.

Liverpool Echo

Wirral town set to look ‘completely different’ within three years under big plans

Exciting times may lie ahead for the town

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