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An independent podcast and newsletter founded by Osman Faruqi and Scott Mitchell. 🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://www.lamestream.com.au/, follow @ap.brid.gy to interacthttps://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gyhttps://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3mrvt2w3g6lc2Lamestream can reveal new details of the fallout over the removal of two episodes of Four Corners, by reporter Mahmood Fazal, including the Walkley foundation scrubbing their website. https://www.lamestream.com.au/the-walkleys-scrub-mahmood-fazal-as-abc-confidentiality-debate-explodes/31 Jul 2026 01:39 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrvt2w3g6lc2https://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3mre6hihjvap2The big media story this week has been allegations of nepotism at Mamamia, but it looks like the company has bigger problems. https://www.lamestream.com.au/whats-really-going-on-at-mamamia-plus-the-epstein-story-re-emerges-2/24 Jul 2026 01:15 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mre6hihjvap2https://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3mr4ainy7mvv2What do Mark Latham, Sam Bamford and even Hollywood actress Emily Blunt's sister have in common? All of them got caught up in one man's campaign against a writers festival in the last few weeks. https://www.lamestream.com.au/can-attacking-a-writers-festival-turn-this-man-into-a-right-wing-star/20 Jul 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr4ainy7mvv2https://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3mqsklozbpxf2Anthony Albanese has failed to announce a single policy to address the industrial challenges created by AI, but political journalists believe he's "led" and managed to please everyone. https://www.lamestream.com.au/dont-believe-the-hype-albanese-sided-with-big-tech-over-workers-and-artists-2/17 Jul 2026 01:04 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqsklozbpxf2https://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3mqnanxexr6x2Yasmine Johnson is a Jewish student who gave evidence at the Royal Commission on behalf of Students for Palestine. In an interview with Lamestream, she explains why she took part and what the process was like. https://www.lamestream.com.au/an-inside-account-of-testifying-at-the-royal-commission-as-a-pro-palestine-activist/14 Jul 2026 22:23 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqnanxexr6x2https://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3mqawsyvnfhw2Jillian Segal wants a new body to vet journalism. If she had submitted her evidence in front of the Royal Commission as an article to a newsdesk, it wouldn’t pass fact-check. https://www.lamestream.com.au/we-counted-all-the-errors-in-jillian-segals-attack-on-the-abc-2/10 Jul 2026 00:55 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqawsyvnfhw2https://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3mppqhuuusvq2The regulator for healthcare workers makes an awkward defence of its policy to silence workers, and the Midwinter ball serves up the mediocrity we've come to expect. https://www.lamestream.com.au/the-press-gallery-strikes-again-the-push-to-silence-doctors-and-nurses-3/03 Jul 2026 04:46 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mppqhuuusvq2https://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3mom5rem6o2c2The public is shocked Pauline Hanson got treated with such a light touch; journalists are starting to respond. But how seriously are they taking it? https://www.lamestream.com.au/pauline-hanson-and-the-ritual-humiliation-of-australias-media-2/19 Jun 2026 01:08 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mom5rem6o2c2https://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3mo2ku777tqg2Australia's Press Council shows it's not fit for purpose with a decision against a cartoon about Benjamin Netanyahu. Did Australia's foremost paranormal investigator have a brush with Steven Spielberg? Plus, will the Royal Commission call the ABC? https://www.lamestream.com.au/the-press-councils-hypocrisy-sharris-royal-commission-leaks-and-the-truth-is-out-there-2/12 Jun 2026 01:14 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo2ku777tqg2https://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3mniyux7v6ji2The Australian media completely missed a major fib told by the Albanese government, and Charlie Pickering performs a not-very-apologetic backflip. https://www.lamestream.com.au/the-charlie-pickering-non-apology-an-albanese-lie-the-media-missed-plus-how-to-stand-up-to-political-pressure-2/05 Jun 2026 01:37 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mniyux7v6ji2https://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3mngca2ozpmb2Charlie Pickering gave the ABC's most unhinged critics, who want to abolish the ABC, exactly the ammunition they wanted. Staff cannot understand why he did it. https://www.lamestream.com.au/charlie-pickerings-attack-on-grace-tame-is-a-test-for-the-abc/03 Jun 2026 23:47 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mngca2ozpmb2https://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3mmxhiocjebe2The ABC's news director was spectacularly replaced this week. It doesn't bode well for the future direction of the broadcaster. https://www.lamestream.com.au/hugh-marks-just-seized-control-of-abc-news-plus-whats-really-behind-the-house-clearing-at-four-corners/29 May 2026 02:11 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmxhiocjebe2https://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3mmqagmbdk332Australians are returning home with stories of abuse and mistreatment while the media is deferring to Israel by interrogating them as if they aren't reliable. https://www.lamestream.com.au/the-medias-treatment-of-flotilla-detainees-is-shocking-and-unprecedented/26 May 2026 05:16 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmqagmbdk332https://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3mmfr4wjzcxf2The media is taking it at Israel's word that Ben-Gvir is an outlier, not the norm. Lamestream can reveal that on at least one occasion, points to the contrary were edited out of reports. https://www.lamestream.com.au/australian-media-boosts-israeli-propaganda-after-flotilla-abuse-and-whos-behind-anti-budget-memes-2/22 May 2026 01:15 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmfr4wjzcxf2https://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3mmaemhkx4id2On the surface, reforming tax breaks for landlord investors should seem like a simple political win. So why is Labor's budget going down poorly? https://www.lamestream.com.au/how-the-government-misread-the-politics-of-the-budget-and-how-to-fix-it/19 May 2026 21:48 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmaemhkx4id2https://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3mlu6ege7too2An Australian musician being booted from the US allegedly because of a joke his girlfriend posted should be a major diplomatic incident, no? https://www.lamestream.com.au/why-is-australia-media-celebrating-an-artist-being-banned-from-the-us-plus-the-housing-tax-explainers-that-got-it-wrong-2/15 May 2026 01:24 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlu6ege7too2https://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3mlu66jyn4g72An Australian musician being booted from the US allegedly because of a joke his girlfriend posted should be a major diplomatic incident, no? https://www.lamestream.com.au/why-is-australia-media-celebrating-an-artist-being-banned-from-the-us-plus-the-housing-tax-explainers-that-got-it-wrong/15 May 2026 01:21 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlu66jyn4g72https://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3mlclhqmtpar2In this week's column, the ABC report 8 million Australians are reliant on income support but the report's author isn't so sure, one newspaper reports that Chinese Australians live along the 'Yum Cha line' and The Daily Aus claim to advise public broadcasters. https://www.lamestream.com.au/casual-racism-at-the-age-we-tested-the-daily-aus-pr-claims-and-the-abc-might-re-write-a-headline-after-we-publish-this/08 May 2026 01:31 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlclhqmtpar2https://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3ml7p7gq76lg2Get tickets to our upcoming live tour! https://www.lamestream.com.au/lamestream-live-the-first-birthday-tour/06 May 2026 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7p7gq76lg2https://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3mkqv6b7r2i72Nine handed out public money it received to shareholders and is cutting jobs again, right-wing media go after Albanese's anti-Semitism review, and duelling 'ISIS brides' stories demonstrate government secrecy. https://www.lamestream.com.au/more-nine-cuts-the-royal-commission-backfires-duelling-syria-repatriation-stories-and-a-once-great-tv-network-becomes-pro-trump-propaganda/01 May 2026 00:37 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqv6b7r2i72https://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3mk7eeakxafd2Pauline Hanson loves the media spotlight, but bans journalists who ask her tough questions. Should journalists be taking selfies with the PM? And why this week marked a rout for some doyens of journalism. https://www.lamestream.com.au/whats-really-behind-the-walkleys-shake-up-the-daily-aus-goes-wild-for-albo-and-one-nation-vs-the-media/24 Apr 2026 01:21 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk7eeakxafd2https://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3mk4oljj6xua2The author's award-winning novel Discipline was published by UQP. Now, Abdel-Fattah has quit the publisher in response to its cancellation of an Indigenous children's book. https://www.lamestream.com.au/read-randa-abdel-fattahs-resignation-letter-slamming-uqp-for-caving-to-smear-campaigns/22 Apr 2026 23:46 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4oljj6xua2https://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3mk34owmqpze2After Lamestream broke the news that the University of Queensland Press had cancelled the publication of a children’s book, award-winning writer Evelyn Araluen has terminated her relationship with UQP. https://www.lamestream.com.au/read-evelyn-araluens-blistering-resignation-letter-to-university-of-queensland-press/22 Apr 2026 08:53 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk34owmqpze2https://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3mk2irsoaxil2The book's author has described the decision to pulp all 5,000 copies of the book as reckless and disrespectful, and says it "sets a chilling standard". https://www.lamestream.com.au/exclusive-university-of-queensland-scraps-indigenous-childrens-book-citing-controversial-anti-semitism-policy/22 Apr 2026 02:56 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk2irsoaxil2https://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3mjnqlkimz6i2In this week's column, Os and Scott dive into how the mainstream media gave a massive plug to a far-right podcast and break down the dramatic twist in ABC pay negotiations. https://www.lamestream.com.au/the-latest-abc-pay-drama-jackson-warnes-dance-with-the-far-right-and-f-35-lies/17 Apr 2026 01:12 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnqlkimz6i2https://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3mjihpi4ffuz2This week, Triple J deleted a controversial interview with Melbourne band Radio Free Alice discussing their cover of Usher's 'DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love'. It told us a lot about the lessons Australia's music industry refuse to learn. https://www.lamestream.com.au/usher-radio-free-alice-and-a-tale-of-two-deleted-like-a-versions/14 Apr 2026 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjihpi4ffuz2https://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3mj4526zutvl2It took less than 24 hours after the US and Iran agreed to a ceasefire for Israel to remind the world of its barbaric addiction to slaughter. Australia has looked the other way. https://www.lamestream.com.au/israel-is-a-rogue-state-breaking-a-ceasefire-and-australia-is-enabling-it/10 Apr 2026 01:06 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj4526zutvl2https://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3miyy4253fl62We're launching a subscriber drive this April to celebrate our first birthday. https://www.lamestream.com.au/announcing-lamestreams-1st-birthday-subscriber-drive/08 Apr 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyy4253fl62https://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3mikh36dryxb2The myth of Australia’s powerlessness to stop the war hasn’t come from nowhere. It has been deliberately cultivated. https://www.lamestream.com.au/anti-journalism-why-the-media-keeps-downplaying-australias-role-in-the-war-2/03 Apr 2026 00:18 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mikh36dryxb2https://bsky.app/profile/index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy/post/3mhysqqc3mxl2ABC boss Hugh Marks has had a horror week. His dispute with staff could tell us whether the ABC is saddled with yet another executive who will leave it worse than they found it. https://www.lamestream.com.au/should-hugh-marks-keep-his-job-as-boss-of-the-abc/26 Mar 2026 23:59 +0000at://did:plc:aedhaizndfi2vuhtecioxkfz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhysqqc3mxl2