Well heeled secretive lobby group the “Institute of Public Affairs”, which seeks to influence Australia’s public debate, sway government policy - and is running an aggressive campaign against the nation’s most trusted news outlet - is refusing to say who actually funds it.

An outback mega-mine owned by Gina Rinehart has been spruiking Covid-19 misinformation. Yet Australia’s richest person has moved to ensure she doesn’t pay a cent if people actually follow the potentially dangerous advice.

Media watchdog ACMA fails to determine what content prompted YouTube’s Sky News Australia ban, more than two weeks in.

Over 85 per cent of broadcasting complaints made to Australia’s media regulator are never even being considered, under the so-called “co—regulatory system”.

Media regulator ACMA has not published its “quarterly” reports on complaints and investigations for almost a year, has reviewed just one of the 23 complaints that it has received over Sky News Australia’s Covid-19 coverage.

The nation’s media union has been stitched-up by Nine Entertainment, hoodwinked into dropping its campaign to ensure editorial independence at the former Fairfax mastheads.