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Labor pledges to get creative industries ‘back on track quickly’ as it announces arts policy

Opposition wants to boost Australian content on streaming services but overall policy is light on funding commitments

The Guardian - AU

Revealed: how a crafty Labor move on the NBN is being used to win over voters

Opposition plan to flush out crucial government data was two years in the making and involved an innocuous amendment to a Coalition bill

The Guardian - AU

Paul Fletcher used PCYC’s endorsement ‘without permission’ on election flyers, youth charity claims

Flier quotes president of PCYC NSW’s Hornsby branch describing communications minister as ‘friendly and professional’

The Guardian - AU

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Coalition and Labor pledge to support regional media with newsprint costs

Bipartisan paper price help welcomed

Newcastle Herald

Under-threat regional papers offered $10m lifeline

Regional newspapers sounding the alarm over a devastating price hike have been offered a lifeline.

Newcastle Herald

‘They will do nothing to fix it’: why the NBN still matters to many voters

Unlike in 2010 and 2013 when the NBN rollout was a hot topic, it is yet to hit the headlines this election, but it remains front of mind for some

The Guardian - AU

Couple learn of four-lane highway plans months after buying Moreton Bay property

Months after buying their "forever home", a young couple is told by a neighbour that it could be in the path of a four-lane highway.

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Why we're asking for emergency support

Why Australia's regional newspapers are asking for emergency government support

The Canberra Times

'Crisis response' call to save local news

RIGHT TO KNOW: Fears that local news deserts across Australia will grow as print costs rise on July 1

The Canberra Times

No-one is talking about ABC funding in this election campaign. Here's why they should be

The election campaign is well underway and the ABC is barely registering as an issue. Why is that, when according to the Morrison government’s own figures, the ABC’s real funding will continue to decline over the next three years?

The Conversation

Coalition to change classification code for video games with loot boxes two years after review

Developers say they were not consulted as Labor questions timing of announcement on eve of election

The Guardian - AU

Liberal Party accused of 'con job' after funding pledge for bypass in marginal seat

A Liberal Party election pitch to start work on a major infrastructure project in a marginal seat has been criticised by Labor as a "con job".

ABC News

Metropolis TV series to be filmed in Aust

A TV series based on the classic film Metropolis will be filmed in Australia, using new LED technology at Melbourne's Docklands Studios.

AAP

Federal government criticised for ‘pathetic’ Brisbane to Sunshine Coast rail line costings document

Paul Fletcher releases heavily redacted costings for what the Coalition estimates will be a $3.2bn transport project

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Ukraine president addresses parliament; Putin a ‘war criminal’, PM says – as it happened

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‘Plucked from the sky’: Queensland government questions funding for Sunshine Coast rail project

Federal budget to commit $3.9bn for transport infrastructure, including fast rail and new line

ABC News

Prime Minister announces $3.3 billion NSW infrastructure investment ahead of federal budget

The Prime Minister says NSW infrastructure improvements that will be part of Tuesday's federal budget will get people home "sooner and safer".

The Guardian - AU

NBN upgrade to single business in Barnaby Joyce’s electorate to cost $630,000

Joyce wrote letter of support for ASX-listed Costa Group for fibre-to-the-premises conversion under Coalition grants program

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AAP

Budget boost for regional NBN network

The government will set aside almost $500 million to increase NBN speeds in regional and rural areas.

ABC News

$750 million federal cash splash to boost regional internet speeds and connect more homes to NBN wireless

Report after report has warned regional Australia will be left behind without better internet. But will $750 million for NBN upgrades solve the problem?

The Guardian - AU

Morrison government asks Facebook, Twitter and Google to block Russian state media ‘disinformation’

Communications minister writes to tech giants about ‘content promoting violence, extremism and disinformation in relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine’

AAP

SBS suspends Russian state media outlets

Communications Minister Paul Fletcher has welcomed a decision by SBS to suspend the broadcast of two Russian state media outlets.

ABC News

Inside what happened when Facebook blanked Australian news a year ago

It has been a year since Facebook "blanked" local news. Here's the inside story of what happened, as revealed in documents released under Freedom of Information laws.

Manchester Evening News

"Pub landlady saved my dad's life"

Quick thinking pub landlady Barbara saved a regular's life when he collapsed while watching the FA Cup on the pub's TV

The New Daily

The ABC’s budget hasn’t been restored – it’s still facing $1.2 billion in losses over a decade

If the government truly wanted to restore ABC funding, it would need to increase its budget by at least 10 per cent annually.

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