Audiences and journalism are the losers as right-wing mega-millionaire David Ellison manoeuvres Paramount Skydance to buy Warner Bros Discovery, writes Liam Burke.

Social media giant Meta has strongly suggested it will abandon its Australian fact-checking operations — such as those used to flag lies over the Bondi terror attacks — in line with its moves in Donald Trump’s America.

Writer Randa Abdel-Fattah was cancelled from Adelaide Writers’ Week because of intervention by Premier Peter Malinauskas, explosive board documents reveal.

The right to protest is under attack, raising serious concerns about freedom of speech – and the functioning of Australia's democracy.

US President Donald Trump has announced the US Environmental Protection Agency has repealed its own legal finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health.

Peter Lalor was among those attacked by police at the protest against the visit by Israel President Issac Herzog. "We were assaulted on the streets of our town by police itching for a fight," writes the senior journalist.

The new Adelaide Festival board says it will take it up to almost three months — which is after the South Australian election — to hand over the minutes of just one month’s worth of meetings.

Opposition leader Sussan Ley has taken another big polling hit, as defence spokesman Angus Taylor scrambles to get the numbers for a tilt at her position.

The pro-Israel lobby is fighting to “outlaw protest" and "constrain free speech” to silence criticism of Israel, says one of the nation’s most prominent Jewish identities.

Cancelled writer Randa Abdel-Fattah has launched defamation action against South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas.

The collapse of the Adelaide Writers' Festival is the latest in a string of controversies, as arts sector boards – increasingly stacked with corporate types, rather than creatives – bow to vested interests.

Aggressive behind-the-scenes campaigning by pro-Israel lobbyists has led to the cancellation of one of Australia’s biggest literary festivals.