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 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
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
Victoria records 459 new coronavirus cases and 10 deaths in Australia’s deadliest day in pandemic | Australia news
A national record of 10 Covid-19 deaths was reported in Victoria on Sunday, including a man aged in his 40s, with seven of those deaths linked to aged care.
The premier, Daniel Andrews, also announced that 459 more cases of
In the staggering dislocation of 2020, I think of the many gifts my parents gave me | Christos Tsiolkas | Australia news
As soon as my partner and I completed two weeks’ quarantine after returning from Europe in late March, I went around to visit my mother. We had talked on the phone every day throughout the lockdown, and twice during
Coronavirus Australia updates: Morrison to discuss Melbourne outbreak with state leaders in national cabinet – live
Prime minister will discuss the impact of the pandemic as fears grow over pressure on aged care sector. Follow the latest updates
…Victoria and Melbourne coronavirus map: where Covid-19 cases are rising or falling | Australia news
A Guardian Australia analysis of coronavirus cases in Victoria shows where infections have been increasing, and where Covid-19 cases are on the decline.
Using data aggregated daily from the dashboard of the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Coronavirus Australia: Victoria records three more Covid-19 deaths and 217 new cases as PM postpones parliament | Australia news
Victoria has recorded 217 new cases of Covid-19 and three more deaths, as the prime minister, Scott Morrison, announced parliament would be postponed due to the health risks of MPs travelling to Canberra from Melbourne and south-western Sydney.
Victoria’s
What has Australia learned about how to contain Covid-19 outbreaks?
Victoria is in the midst of grappling with a surge in coronavirus infections that has now spread into NSW, forming a cluster of cases linked to one pub in Sydney. Melbourne bureau chief Melissa Davey and infectious diseases expert Professor …
Coronavirus Australia live update: all Victorian AFL teams to be based in Queensland as Victoria reports 238 new Covid-19 cases | World news
Australia has done far better than was expected only a few months ago in suppressing the virus, allowing businesses to keep supplying households and providing jobs and in easing restrictions. The Victorian experience should not be seen as a reason