Dietitians Backslide – dump corporate sponsorships, invite ads instead
Is the DAA back to its old tricks? After investigations here into food giants such as Nestle and Sanitarium financing the Dietitian’s Association of Australia
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Dracula Time: new pokies stats show community benefits are a mirage
Do clubs really return their pokies millions to the community? Investigation.
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Chinese frustration with Australia boils over, taking 5G Chinese ban to WTO
China-Australia relations are going to be a big issue this election, particularly in the light of...
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How to sell a television documentary: Al Jazeera, One Nation and media ethics
Is this clickbait television? Does the headline allegation that One Nation went to the United...
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Killing it: Australian Unity takes its elderly Home Care customers to the cleaners
“Thanks for your enquiry. Australian Unity declines to comment to (sic) your enquiry or respond to the report you refer to (sic)”.
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Independent media continues to grow while mainstream media stagnates
With independent media on the rise, author and commentator, Kim Wingerei, who has just launched theIndependents, looks at the top performers. Traffic for this website is up 60 per cent
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Image over Substance: AFR Business Summit calls for a better “narrative”
Australia’s business elite remains convinced all it needs to do to restore community trust...
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Home Care: operators snipping 50pc fees from the elderly in home care
“Some providers are taking up to 53 per cent of the package in fees. Other providers only...
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The Low GI Label: sound science or a ploy for product promotion?
Is it ethical to promote the health benefits of “low GI” labelling? How about multinational food companies paying to have their products certified? At best, it provides little value to the consumer, writes science journalist Dr Maryanne Demasi
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Hayne’s Final: impressive tinkering but big banking flaws remain (Part 2)
Customer service failed to get a guernsey in Commissioner Hayne’s Final Report and herein...
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Australian independent media on the rise
The coming of the Internet was the media world’s first real game-changer. Profits enjoyed...
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East Timor’s dangerous mix of gas, revenge politics and Chinese money
With the Chinese looking to gain an infrastructure funding foothold in East Timor, here is the...
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Revolving Doors
Australian politicians and bureaucrats with links to fossil fuel & resource extraction industries.
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