Australia’s broadcast media regulator has found programs on News Corporation Australia’s Sky News and Foxtel repeatedly breached codes of practice by broadcasting misinformation.

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.