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.

Political rhetoric and “irresponsible media commentary” are actively fuelling violence against Muslims, warns top Islamic body after alleged attack on Imam and wife.

Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal is refusing to tell the Senate whether she disclosed she was a senior official of a pro-Israel lobby group before taking the role.

Governments are becoming architects of manufactured ignorance. Amid disappearing evidence, citizens are struggling to hold power to account, say Australian university experts.

Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal has given misleading evidence to the Senate over her response to last month's neo-Nazi rally.

There is a very close link between unemployment rises and concerns about migration – yet Covid-19 appears to have upset the trend.

AI is reshaping the news ecosystem. If used poorly, it risks "weakening the very foundations of informed citizenship", experts say.

Parts of the media are aiding neo-Nazis and the far-right through platforming, sensationalism, and "fake balance", says a criminology expert.

AI is shaping the information environment in ways most audiences never see – their inner workings raise urgent questions for journalism and democratic accountability, say experts.

Nine Jewish organisations have labelled Envoy Jillian Segal's "Antisemitism Report" an attack on Australia's “democracy” and “freedoms”, and say it must be rejected.

Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal — whose family bankrolls far-right group “Advance” — is refusing to denounce the neo-Nazi rally held outside NSW Parliament House.