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Margaret Simons

Margaret Simons is Associate Professor of Journalism at Monash University. Her books include Malcolm Fraser: The Political Memoirs, co-written with Malcolm Fraser, and Penny Wong: Passion and Principle.

Essays & Reportage Margaret Simons 25 June 2020 Australia lacks solid data about water availability and usage — and that has implications for the next federal election
Essays & Reportage Margaret Simons 15 October 2019 Is an opportunity being lost in the midst of the Chinese student boom? National Affairs Margaret Simons 30 July 2019 Much has been written about what the regulator thinks of the big digital platforms, but what do its recommendations mean for reporting and analysis? National Affairs Gary Dickson & Margaret Simons 21 June 2019 Does the regional broadcaster’s decision to close more newsrooms breach its licence obligations? Correspondents Margaret Simons 15 May 2019 On the ground, the Philippines midterm results look less like an endorsement of Rodrigo Duterte’s policies than an illustration of the power of money. Photos by Dave Tacon
From the archive Margaret Simons 3 February 2019 Private equity forms are reported to be circling the regional papers Nine Entertainment inherited from Fairfax. What is at stake?
Podcasts Margaret Simons & Peter Clarke 31 December 2018 A decade after her first interview with Inside Story, writer and media analyst Margaret Simons talks to Peter Clarke about ten years of change, and… National Affairs Margaret Simons 11 December 2018 Can government rise to the challenge thrown down by the regulator? Essays & Reportage Margaret Simons 21 November 2018 The writer who remade the women’s column has been recognised by the Australian Media Hall of Fame National Affairs Margaret Simons 9 November 2018 There’s a good reason why the ACCC didn’t block the Fairfax–Nine merger, and it tells us why government policy needs to change
National Affairs Margaret Simons 9 October 2018 We now know that at least one highly qualified ABC board candidate was knocked back by the government
National Affairs Margaret Simons 1 October 2018 The independent panel produced its nominees, but the government had other ideas. Now it’s sitting on the names National Affairs Margaret Simons 24 September 2018 The departure of Michelle Guthrie exposes the weakness of the current ABC board and its strategy National Affairs Margaret Simons 26 July 2018 Nine’s takeover is the logical outcome of bad media policy, and we’ll all live with the consequences Correspondents Margaret Simons 4 July 2018 Profile | Filipino senator Risa Hontiveros faces jail for protecting witnesses to a brutal state-sponsored killing. Has the country’s politics come full circle?
Essays & Reportage Margaret Simons 18 May 2018 Four months after the summer troubles, a reporter heads to Melbourne’s western fringe in search of “African gangs”
National Affairs Margaret Simons 14 November 2017 Where is the ABC heading? Michelle Guthrie’s latest announcement doesn’t make the future much clearer Essays & Reportage Margaret Simons 23 March 2015 “There was nothing before Oxford, really,” says Malcolm Fraser in this extract from his political memoirs, written with Margaret Simons Essays & Reportage Margaret Simons 2 June 2011 The federal government is showing signs of getting back into the urban planning business, reports Margaret Simons Podcasts Margaret Simons & Peter Clarke 14 April 2010 Margaret Simons (pictured) talks to Peter Clarke about a challenging co-writing project, the political memoirs of Malcolm Fraser
National Affairs Margaret Simons 27 January 2009 The pay TV industry has opened up a new front in its battle with free-to-air, writes Margaret Simons National Affairs Margaret Simons 1 December 2008 Amid the back slapping and back stabbing, this year’s Walkley Awards dinner highlighted the threat to quality journalism, writes Margaret Simons National Affairs Margaret Simons 22 October 2008 The government’s review of public broadcasting might be unnecessarily narrow, but there’s plenty of fuel for controversy, writes Margaret Simons