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Books & arts The grilling season Jane Goodall 23 September 2015 Television | Monday night’s ABC interviews showed how TV can be dangerous for politicians in unexpected ways, writes Jane Goodall National affairs Why Bill Shorten and Labor can afford to ignore Rupert Murdoch Rodney Tiffen 23 June 2015 With declining reach and influence, the Murdoch empire can no longer determine election results, writes Rodney Tiffen Summer season War stories Jeannine Baker 15 April 2015 Women reporters showed they could report alongside men during the second world war National affairs Tabloid tweeter tangles the truth Rodney Tiffen 18 December 2014 Australia’s most powerful American citizen increasingly sees reality in the same way as the Tea Party, says Rodney Tiffen

National affairs Wacky backy Rodney Tiffen 12 July 2014 When the Australian waded into the tobacco packaging debate it was met with a barrage of well-informed criticism. The paper’s response was to dig in Essays & reportage Near-death on Mort Street Peter Browne 6 July 2014 By the time the first edition of the Australian hit the streets, a vital part of Rupert Murdoch’s strategy had gone awry Essays & reportage How American servicemen found Ernestine Hill in their kitbags Anna Johnston 27 June 2014 Blending journalism, romance and travelogue, The Great Australian Loneliness crossed a different set of borders during the second world war Books & arts The lack of men, the lack of reinforcement, the lack of munitions Mark Baker 3 June 2014 Phillip Schuler’s dispatches from Gallipoli captured the horror and the heroism for Australian readers, writes Mark Baker

Books & arts Fairfax adrift: the view from Sydney Sybil Nolan 30 August 2013 Readers and journalists are mostly missing from two recent books about the troubles at Fairfax, writes Sybil Nolan Podcasts Making the news Peter Clarke 2 July 2013 With a federal election looming, Peter Clarke talks to the director of ABC News, Kate Torney, about the challenges facing the corporation’s news-gatherers Essays & reportage Shaping the Herald: Sir Keith Murdoch seen through his confidential memoranda Michael Cannon 29 June 2013 As managing editor of the Melbourne Herald, Keith Murdoch battled employers, sensation-mongering and overly large headlines in a remarkable series of notes to his senior… Books & arts Torn in two parts Bridget Griffen-Foley 21 June 2013 On the anniversary of its publication, Bridget Griffen-Foley reviews John Douglas Pringle’s self-deprecating account of a much-admired career