Excluding the ABC and SBS is a missed opportunity to derive value for money from taxpayer investment in news media production.
The SBS is empowered and encouraged to earn commercial revenues, but has been cut out of this remuneration opportunity.
Coronavirus live news: France rules out lockdown despite infections rise; Japan reports second day of record new cases | World news
Governments have the right to restrict protests on public health grounds, within reason, the UN Human Rights Committee has said, as demonstrations clash with coronavirus outbreaks around the world.
The committee stepped in to formulate its legal interpretation having seen
Coronavirus Australia live update: Victoria records 13 deaths and 723 new Covid-19 cases as NSW reports 18 cases and Qld three | World news
What we know is that an outbreak, an infection in one place can very easily lead to more infections. We have to, as a nation, be prepared to do whatever is necessary to minimise the risk of infections.
And what
Electric cars have few downsides except price. One company is looking to change that | Australia news
Craig Salmon rattles off the benefits of electric cars with the swagger of a veteran car mechanic and the zeal of someone who is watching a profound historic change play out on his workshop floor.
“You ever look under the
Coronavirus Australia live: Queensland school closed after staff member tests positive – latest updates | Australia news
Australia signed a 10-year agreement with the United States on defence cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region and agreed to the potential expansion of the US Marine program in Darwin, at the Ausmin meeting in Washington DC overnight.
US Secretary of
Coronavirus live news: WHO says Covid-19 is ‘easily the most severe’ crisis it has faced | World news
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Coronavirus Australia live update: Sydney Black Lives Matter protest appeal dismissed as Victoria reports six deaths and 532 Covid-19 cases | World news
The NSW court of appeal has effectively upheld an earlier ruling that the protest is a prohibited public assembly under current public health regulations.
Demonstrators will now risk arrest and fines if they breach coronavirus
NSW weather: children rescued from bus trapped in flood water in Newcastle | Australia news
A number of children have been rescued from a bus that became stranded in flood water in Newcastle as severe weather batters the New South Wales coastal region.
State Emergency Service volunteers rescued nine children and the driver using an
Josh Frydenberg ‘favourably disposed’ to extending coronavirus payment for jobseekers | Australia news
Josh Frydenberg has defended the phased withdrawal of wage subsidies and lower rates of jobkeeper for part-time workers after Treasury cautioned against the move and the Greens released an analysis showing it will hit women hardest.
The treasurer told ABC’s
Gordi fills an empty Sydney Opera House with her magnetic presence and expansive songs | Australia news
“I did think the first time I’d be here there would be a few more people in the crowd, but I’m imagining you all like an NRL match – cardboard cutouts.”
The Canowindra-born, Sydney-based singer-songwriter Gordi, AKA Sophie Payten, sits