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2 weeks ago | 
capitalbrief.com | John Buckley |Finn McHugh
Social media creators are playing a strong role in the election. They say Labor has been more proactive than the Coalition in trying to reach their audiences. In the lead-up to the federal election, Labor has moved aggressively to cultivate content creators, social media influencers and podcasters in a bid to reach younger and “low information” voters before polling day. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has already appeared on about a dozen podcasts.
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1 month ago | 
capitalbrief.com | John Buckley |Finn McHugh |Anthony Galloway
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are set to square off in the first debate hosted by the public broadcaster in two election cycles. Campaign directors for Labor and the Coalition have agreed to let the ABC host Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton in one of up to four official leaders’ debates in the lead up to polling day.
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1 month ago | 
capitalbrief.com | John Buckley |Anthony Galloway
BriefingElection Showdown1:03pm on 1 April 2025The news: The Coalition has written to Labor to finalise arrangements for four official leaders’ debates in the lead up to polling day, following negotiations kicked off with the networks earlier this year.
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1 month ago | 
capitalbrief.com | Laurel Henning |John Buckley
Meta has pushed back against a Treasury request for feedback on whether social media should be prioritised under proposed digital competition rules. Meta has sharply criticised a Treasury request for feedback on whether social media services should be prioritised in the development of new digital competition rules, claiming it does not hold market power in digital advertising.
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1 month ago | 
capitalbrief.com | John Buckley |Laurel Henning
TikTok has used its response to consultation over Treasury's 'ex-ante' digital competition regime to take a swipe at YouTube and Google. TikTok has for a second time taken aim at Labor’s decision to offer YouTube an exemption from its new social media age restrictions and claimed the move would further entrench Google’s market power.
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1 month ago | 
capitalbrief.com | Laurel Henning |John Buckley
Angelo Pandeli has settled his case against News Corp's Australian tabloids, wrapping up the first defamation lawsuit of 2025. Four months after beginning his defamation proceedings against News Corp Australia's Herald Sun, The Daily Telegraph and The Advertiser, Angelo Pandeli has settled his case. In a statement to Capital Brief, Pandeli’s lawyer, Paul McGirr, said, "the matter has now been resolved to the mutual satisfaction of the parties.
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1 month ago | 
capitalbrief.com | Laurel Henning |John Buckley
The e-commerce giant has submitted the first in a wave of corporate responses to Labor’s 'ex-ante' plan, which adds a new front to Australia’s battle with US tech giants. Amazon has argued that Labor’s plans to introduce broad new digital competition rules targeting tech giants would stifle innovation and hinder productivity. The claim is detailed in Amazon’s submission to a Treasury consultation process on a new 'ex-ante' framework, announced by Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones late last year.
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2 months ago | 
capitalbrief.com | John Buckley |Daniel Van Boom
TikTok argues that Labor's decision to give YouTube a blanket exemption from its new social media age rules would entrench the platform's market dominance. TikTok has warned that Labor’s decision to offer YouTube a carve out from its new social media age restrictions would further entrench Google’s market power and give its video platform a monopoly on users under 16 years old.
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2 months ago | 
capitalbrief.com | Laurel Henning |John Buckley
The media company isn't relying on a truth defence in its lawsuit with alleged bikie gang leader Angelo Pandeli. News Corp Australia has hit back at defamation allegations lodged in the Federal Court by an alleged high-ranking member of the Hells Angel motorcycle club.
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2 months ago | 
capitalbrief.com | John Buckley |Paige McNamee
7:31pm on 20 February 2025The news: US property player CoStar has submitted a non-binding offer to acquire Domain after building a substantial stake in the real estate portal in an after market raid. The numbers: CoStar secured 7.5% of Domain from a single shareholder at $4.20 a share, representing a 35% premium to the last trading price, and the highest closing price since August 2023.
