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‘I need to focus on getting better, on being with family and friends and making sure that I’m giving my health my best shot’, Afternoons host says

Exclusive: Experts say AI is likely to create more news deserts, fewer independent voices and threaten the viability of Australian journalism

Sky News host Sharri Markson among the News Corp luminaries to make the grade. Plus: ABC boss faces hostile Coalition duo in Senate

What the appeals judges said about the former Liberal staffer’s knowledge of Brittany Higgins’ lack of consent and the reasonableness of Lisa Wilkinson’s journalism

At the end of each year, Grattan Institute compiles a list of must-reads for the prime minister. Here’s what it recommends in 2025 As we limp towards the end of the year, many of us are daydreaming of long summer days spent reading a book at the beach – or on a honeymoon, in the case of the prime minister. But in between Christmas shopping, family get-togethers and weddings, it can be tough to find the energy to pick the perfect book. Continue reading...

Christopher Hopkins also named the Nikon-Walkley Press Photographer of the Year for work published in Al Jazeera, The Age, and the Guardian * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Guardian Australia has won a Walkley award for excellence in journalism for a series on Australians facing the truth of their family’s involvement in frontier violence. Guardian Australia won the Walkley Indigenous affairs at Thursday night’s ceremony for the The Descendants series, which built on Guardian Australia’s 2019 Walkley award-winning series The Killing Times. The series explored the deeply personal process of truth-telling about some of the most horrific incidents in Australia’s past, from both sides of the frontier. Continue reading...

Former 7.30 host takes Labor government to task for record on press freedom and pays tribute to Palestinian journalists. Plus: a roo in the news

Director of audio concedes ‘there is always more to do’ on diversity as station staff express dismay at dearth of female presenters * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free weekly media newsletter here ABC radio’s chief, Ben Latimer, says “there is always more to do” on diversity after Chris Bath was replaced with a male presenter on ABC Sydney, leaving the station with an all-male lineup from Breakfast through to Drive in 2026. Bath, who announced her resignation after only one year on Monday, will be replaced by Thomas Oriti in the key Drive slot, which was vacated by the veteran broadcaster Richard Glover after 26 years. Sign up to get Guardian Australia’s weekly media diary as a free newsletter Continue reading...

Former ABC chair says Australia has allowed ‘divisive groups’ into the country. Plus: national broadcaster unveils plans for more short-form news video

John Howard, billionaire Lindsay Fox and Dawn Fraser among mourners at service for broadcaster known as ‘the Golden Tonsils’

The ABC has vehemently denied allegations of unethical practice over a 2021 Four Corners program. Here’s what Trump said, and what it said

Guardian Australia today announced that Tom McIlroy has been appointed as political editor.

Daily Telegraph editor says the campaign aligns with the values of its backers, which include RM Williams, Qantas and Bunnings. Plus: Stokes defiant on BRS

Company’s Australian broadcast chief, who was involved in negotiations over Murdoch family’s succession plans, to depart media giant