OPINION | David Warner has fallen foul of the dreaded foot-in-tweet disease that has infected sport. Social media, we all have access to it; the majority of us use it on a daily basis. So what should happen when someone misuses it for a personal attack?
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has said there is a lack of appreciation in public debate for Australia’s Western heritage and Christian principles in an address on Thursday night to the 70th anniversary of the libertarian Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) in Melbourne, at which Rupert Murdoch was a guest of ...
Julia Gillard has contrasted proposed media law changes by the conservative government in Britain with Tony Abbott’s opposition to reforms in Australia.
The federal opposition has attempted to censure the government for the first time since November, as debate heats up over media law changes.
News Limited chief Kim Williams has condemned Federal Government's proposed changes to media laws which proposes stronger self-regulation in the industry and a new public interest test for significant media company takeovers and mergers.
Rupert Murdoch’s News Ltd will consider a legal challenge to the government’s media reforms once legislation outlining the changes is released.
Fairfax Media have revealed plans to introduce paywalls for online access to its flagship papers The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Overseas readers will be required to pay from March, with domestic paywalls set to come in in the middle of the year.
Former media magnate Conrad Black has labelled Rupert Murdoch a "psychopath" and compared the News Corp boss to Joseph Stalin.
News Corp has confirmed it will most likely split off its publishing assets from its more profitable entertainment business but that would not mean chairman Rupert Murdoch is stepping away from his much-loved newspaper business.
Former British tabloid editor Rebekah Brooks has expressed her bewilderment and launched a defiant attack against police and prosecutors after it was announced that she is to face criminal charges over the phone-hacking scandal.
Rebekah Brooks and her racehorse trainer husband are among six suspects arrested today by detectives investigating phone hacking at News International.
Allegations that News Ltd pursues an anti-Labor agenda are absolutely right and its domination of the Australian media is not democratically viable, an inquiry into the media has been told.
An internal review into scandal hit News Corporation's Australian arm is under way.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she is open to the idea of reform in the areas of defamation law and complaints against the media, but has yet to decide on whether to support an inquiry.
A new survey has found that people have become more concerned about phone hacking in Australia because of the News of the World scandal in the UK.
News Limited says it would be happy to answer the prime minister's questions about its operations, as the phone hacking furore surrounding its global media parent continues.
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has been attacked in London during the British MPs inquiry into the phone hacking scandal that has engulfed News International.
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has been attacked in London during the British MPs inquiry into the phone hacking scandal that has engulfed News International.
Investors have again pummelled News Corporation, sending the global media giant's share price to fresh two-year lows as UK police made more arrests over the phone hacking scandal.
Australia is unlikely to overhaul its media laws in response to the News Corporation phone hacking scandal in Britain, an analyst says.
Tom Mockridge will replace Rebekah Brooks as News International's new chief executive immediately. The New Zealander is the man who has been handed the poison chalice of dragging Rupert Murdoch's empire back from the brink.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she's shocked and disgusted by the News of the World phone hacking scandal in the UK.
News International spokeswoman says speculation that Murdoch tabloid The Sun will become a seven day publication are “not true… at the moment” while former NOTW editor and former press secretary for David Cameron, faces arrest.
This Sunday's issue of the News of the World will be the last edition of the paper, News International chairman James Murdoch has announced, due to the phone hacking scandal.
