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Legally blind rodeo racer challenges views on disability with innovative storytelling

Barrel racer Megan McLoughlin surrounds herself with storytellers who understand her challenges to bring her story to life — and friends with bells and whistles to help her safely navigate the rodeo arena.
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'It should never happen again': Victorian MP responds to Nine's apology for digitally altered image

Animal Justice Party's Georgie Purcell has responded after Channel Nine apologised for using a digitally altered image of the MP during a broadcast on its news coverage last night.
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ABC hires 'notoriously anti-worker' US law firm in Lattouf unfair dismissal case

The national broadcaster will be represented by Seyfarth Shaw, which has a decades-long reputation of anti-union practices in the US, to act in the Fair Work Commission matter involving journalist Antoinette Lattouf.
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Kim Williams was rejected when he applied to run the ABC, aged 29. Now he finally gets his chance

How does a clarinettist who was a national Lego champion as a boy, a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War, whose first wife was a famous author and comedian and second, the daughter of an Australian prime minister, end up widely known as a media executive?
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Fans spot movie star Liam Neeson in Victorian town transformed into Hollywood set

A historic gold mining town that usually has a population of 20 is teeming with tourists and movie production staff as filming starts on action thriller Ice Road 2: Road to the Sky. 
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Kim Williams to replace Ita Buttrose as ABC chair

Former News Limited CEO Kim Williams will replace Ita Buttrose as the new ABC chair from March. He has described the role as "probably the hardest job in media in Australia". 
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Sports Illustrated magazine employees left in limbo two months on from AI scandal

The jobs of people who produce Sports Illustrated have been left in limbo after the company that paid to maintain the iconic brand's print and digital products tells staff that its licence has been revoked.
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Court documents detail expletive-ridden call from PM's office to Network Ten over interview with Brittany Higgins

Former prime minister Scott Morrison's press secretary made an angry phone call to a Network Ten news executive after it aired an interview between Brittany Higgins and journalist Lisa Wilkinson, court documents have revealed.
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Bruce Lehrmann's lawyers say he is entitled to damages even if defamation trial judge finds sexual activity occurred with Brittany Higgins

Final submissions released by the Federal Court in Bruce Lehrmann's defamation action against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson outline fresh attacks on the credibilities of Mr Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins.
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Judge orders publisher of 'Feminism Debunked' YouTube channel to appear in court over Lehrmann hearing videos

The action comes after nine videos of the defamation hearing, which was live streamed, appeared on the channel.
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Have you been avoiding 'the news'? You're not alone

If you could curate the "perfect" news feed for a day/week/month — what news would you choose?
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Remembering the famous Australians who died this year

From master chefs and iconic artists to sporting legends and trailblazing politicians, Australia lost some of its most loved — and most controversial — icons this year.
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Twitter violated contract by failing to pay millions in bonuses, US judge rules

Twitter's lawyers argue that when the company said it would pay employees 50 per cent of their 2022 target bonuses, it made only an oral promise that was not a contract. 
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analysis:Bruce Lehrmann's defamation trial has now wrapped, but a decision isn't expected until well into next year

Enormous volumes of evidence were given in Bruce Lehrmann's defamation trial against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson, and will now be considered by Federal Court Justice Michael Lee, but a decision isn't expected until well into next year.
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Bruce Lehrmann's lawyer questions Brittany Higgins's credibility in closing arguments of defamation case

Bruce Lehrmann's barrister tells the Federal Court it cannot rely at all on the evidence of Brittany Higgins, as he makes his closing arguments in the defamation case brought by the former Liberal staffer.
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'Fundamentally dishonest man': Network Ten lawyers make closing arguments in Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case

Network Ten's lawyers are summing up the broadcaster's defence before Bruce Lehrmann's legal team gives its closing arguments on Friday. 
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Poland's new government moves to free state media from previous government control, sacks and replaces directors

Poland's new pro-European Union government begins to wrestle control of the country's state media and some other state agencies from the conservative party that consolidated its grip on them during eight years in power.
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Brittany Higgins said 'I don't want to' when Bruce Lehrmann told her to finish drink, lip-reader tells Federal Court

Lip-reading expert Tim Reedy gives evidence on CCTV of Bruce Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins speaking at a bar on the night of her alleged rape at Parliament House.
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Former manager of Brittany Higgins and Bruce Lehrmann 'resisted' pressure to go to police over alleged incident

The former chief of staff in Senator Linda Reynolds's office tells the Federal Court she resisted pressure to go to the police after disclosures from Brittany Higgins about her alleged rape, saying she believed Ms Higgins should have control over the situation.
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Brittany Higgins's former chief of staff Fiona Brown allowed to give evidence in closed court session

Fiona Brown, who was chief of staff for Senator Linda Reynolds at the time of Brittany Higgins's alleged rape, has been allowed to give evidence in a closed session as part of the defamation trial brought by Bruce Lehrmann against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson, due to the potential for adverse effects on her mental health.
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Remote towns say axing of nightly news bulletin has 'added to isolation'

More than nine months on from the unexpected axing of a local TV news bulletin, an outback mayor says it's a major loss for regional news diversity and intends to continue advocating for its return.
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analysis:Lisa Wilkinson's evidence provided compelling viewing as she locked horns with Bruce Lehrmann's lawyers

Maybe it's the celebrity touch, but the public fascination with Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case has only increased this week, as journalist Lisa Wilkinson was cross-examined by Mr Lehrmann's barrister.
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Prince Harry awarded $268,000 in phone-hacking lawsuit against British tabloid

A London High Court judge found unlawful actions contributed to 15 articles being written and said Prince Harry had been a victim of "modest" phone-hacking.
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Lisa Wilkinson's objectivity questioned after revelation she accused Linda Reynolds of 'lying through her teeth'

Lisa Wilkinson is facing a second day of cross-examination as she defends a defamation case brought by former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann.
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Lisa Wilkinson says she's not a 'cheap, tabloid journalist' as she defends airing Brittany Higgins interview

Bruce Lehrmann is suing Lisa Wilkinson and Network Ten over a 2021 The Project interview in which Brittany Higgins alleged she was raped at Parliament House.
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