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This week there was a bit of media news about — Charlie Lewis reminisced on some excruciating hot mic moments after journalists were caught calling News Corp star Sharri Markson “unhinged”, Celeste Liddle wrote on Stan Grant's departure from Q+A, and David Hardaker revealed the dispute between the ABC and a radio presenter over alleged political interference. And of course our media reporter John Buckley delivered this week's Media Briefs as the press pack prepares for Garma.

Elsewhere this week Maeve McGregor skewered Scott Morrison for his deception, Bernard Keane wrote on the arrival of Donald Trump's inevitable indictment, and Anton Nilsson explained why the Greens and the Coalition voted each other down over one of the few things they agree on.

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Stan Grant and I have different views but Australia has silenced another Indigenous voice
CELESTE LIDDLE

Celeste Liddle writes on Stan Grant's permanent departure from Q+A and what it represents

Stan Grant (Image: AAP/Paul Miller)
 
No camp pretends to misunderstand how government and the law interact
MICHAEL BRADLEY

The arguments made by the No campaign are nonsense — but in their malevolent and deceptive simplicity they're gaining traction.

(Image: Gorkie/Private Media)
 
In Young Rupert, ‘Comrade Murdoch’ takes on the ‘Adelaide mafia’ — and wins
PADDY MANNING

The latest in a long line of Rupert Murdoch biographies brings to life the mogul's early dynamism with a surprisingly deft touch and a subtle eye.

Rupert Murdoch in 2012 (Image: AAP/Arthur Edwards)
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That Sharri Markson ‘pit bull’ insult and other excruciating hot mic moments
CHARLIE LEWIS

Journalists have been caught calling News Corp star Sharri Markson 'unhinged', joining a glorious tradition of 'hot mic' scandals.

Journalists Ben Packham, Matthew Knott and Stephen Dziedzic caught on a hot mic (Image: Sky News)
 
The gospel of Scott Morrison is his most poisonous legacy 
MAEVE MCGREGOR

The former prime minister has engraved his moral nihilism and will-to-power politics on the heart of the Liberal Party. And it could have consequences for decades to come.

(Image: Zennie/Private Media)
 
Cheap IPA (not the good kind), more Morrisonian shrugs and another defection at Fox
CHARLIE LEWIS

Snap up cheap IPA membership, ScoMo's biography in absentia, and a Fox veteran turns on the Murdochs — plus plenty more from the Crikey bunker.

Former prime minister Scott Morrison (Image: AAP/Private Media)
 
It was always going to end here — Trump’s indictment is the logical conclusion of Trumpism
BERNARD KEANE

Donald Trump's indictment was inevitable — he regards himself as America's leader and needs no democratic process to demonstrate that.

Former US president Donald Trump (Image: Reuters/Brian Snyder)
 
The press pack their bags for Garma
JOHN BUCKLEY

In this week's Media Briefs, the press pack head for Garma, Netflix's US parent company secures a new hired gun in Canberra, and the iPad guy makes a comeback.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the Garma Festival in 2022 (Image: AAP/Aaron Bunch, Private Media)
 
How much did defence spend on novelty submarine paperclips?
CHARLIE LEWIS

Crikey is delighted so many share our obsession with defence merch. Today: an FOI request reveals surprisingly reasonable AUKUS stationery.

(Image: Twitter)
 
We want politicians to think of young people, not themselves, over climate crises
ANJALI SHARMA

Anjali Sharma, a young climate activist, says it's the health and well-being of current and future generations that should be front and centre.

Anjali Sharma and independent Senator David Pocock's press conference on Monday (Image: AAP/Mick Tsikas)
 
‘Get a Liberal’: alleged ‘directive’ to ABC presenter underpins Chvastek dispute
DAVID HARDAKER

Federal Nationals MP Darren Chester's alleged intervention in a dispute with Nicole Chvastek and the public broadcaster led to her resignation.

Former ABC presenter Nicole Chvastek and Nationals MP Darren Chester (Images: ABC/Facebook, AAP)
 
Greens, Coalition wanted the same for JobSeeker but voted against each other
ANTON NILSSON

If two political enemies want the same thing but cancel each other out, did anyone win, or did everyone lose?

Liberal Senator Anne Ruston and Greens Senator Janet Rice (Images: AAP)
 
Windfall tax is a must to help with the housing and rental crisis — and corruption
BENJAMIN CLARK

Local government planning powers are ripe fruit for the corrupt. It's time to look at the daylight robberies as well as the covert ones.

Developer John Woodman after IBAC's findings on Monday (Image: AAP/Diego Fedele)
 
Misogyny, hoarding, massive complaints — Joyce leaves a shocking mess behind
BERNARD KEANE

Qantas, our most complained-about company, continues to enjoy the favour of the government — even as its misbehaviour becomes clearer.

Alan Joyce (Image: AAP/Joel Carrett)
 
MPs loll in comfort as Qantas logs record profits and planes fly like wounded ’roos
MICHAEL SAINSBURY

Canberra's decision-makers may get to enjoy five-star luxury in chairman's lounges but the hoi polloi get far less salubrious treatment.

A Qantas plane at its Melbourne engineering depot (Image: AAP/Joel Carrett)
 
‘I’m deeply, deeply disturbed’: consent law inquiry sheds light on state of sexual violence responses
KRISTINE ZIWICA

Officially set up to look at harmonising sexual consent laws in Australia, the inquiry's hearings ultimately canvassed how we as a society prevent and respond to sexual violence.

Senators Larissa Waters and Nita Green (Images: AAP)
 
No progress on Assange no surprise when Marles is outsourcing defence to the US
BERNARD KEANE

Why would the Americans do anything to appease Australia about Julian Assange when ministers like Richard Marles lead the government?

Richard Marles and Julian Assange (Images: AAP/AP)
 
Are News Corp and this Liberal senator right about government COVID-19 censorship? No
CAM WILSON

Critics claim the government worked with big tech to censor social media posts about COVID-19. New documents show the opposite is true.

SA Liberal Senator Alex Antic (Image: Private Media)