Amanda Meade

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Amanda Meade

Families of some of the victims of the Bondi Junction stabbings have told the inquest that intrusive media tactics compounded their grief and that inaccurate reporting was rife. The inquest was extended to examine media reporting in the immediate aftermath of the event and the impact on the families of the deceased, giving the public a rare insight into what it’s like to be at the centre of the media spotlight.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Amanda Meade

When three judges dismissed Ben Roberts-Smith’s appeal in his defamation case against Nine Newspapers last week, they made some insightful comments on journalism practices, in particular the delicate relationship between a reporter and a source.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Amanda Meade

Sky News Australia and Andrew Bolt will defend a defamation claim filed in the federal court by Adam Houda by arguing the imputation that the Sydney lawyer is a “Jew hater” is true. Houda’s statement of claim, released by the court on Wednesday, said two broadcasts of the Sky News program The Bolt Report and a skynews.com.au article published in January 2024 carried the defamatory imputations that Houda is “a Jew hater” and that he “hates Jews to a shocking extent”.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Amanda Meade

Free-to-air broadcasters want classification rules changed to allow an additional 800 hours of alcohol ads every year despite one in three children already being exposed to liquor commercials on television. Despite laws banning alcohol marketing during children’s viewing hours, broadcasters have a “sports loophole” in their code of practice which permits the airing of alcohol ads during televised sporting events.

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Amanda Meade

When youth media bossHannah Ferguson was given a platform at the National Press Club to bemoan that “Rupert Murdoch is the conservative mouthpiece for the English-speaking world”, it was all too much for Chris Kenny. Ferguson announced she planned to run as an independent Senate candidate in 2028, and took aim at the Murdoch media, saying it “presents a departure from our reality”.