A few confessions to begin. I am one of those people who is both totally in favour of Australia becoming a republic while also feeling a degree of warmth and, if I’m honest, downright enthusiasm, for …
Why the AFP media raids are a slippery slope we cannot ignore
Two separate raids by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) at the home of a News Corp journalist and the ABC headquarters last week have led to international condemnation from media organisations and w…
Why millennials are flirting with the concept of non-democracy
If you’re a millennial, the state of the world might seem bleak. Generation X and Z are among the most disaffected youth we’ve ever seen; distrust in institutions, big companies, media and politicians…
Why it’s time to examine our fascination with women being murdered
On Tuesday The Herald Sun ran with the headline, “Party Twist” when reporting on the police investigation into the death of Courtney Herron. The internet has been quick to express its anger over the w…
‘You can’t be what you can’t see’ & women in media aren’t being seen
As a journalist with a career spanning more than 35 years, and a lecturer and an academic in journalism, it’s fair to say Jenna Price is familiar with Australia’s media landscape. Even still, she was …
‘Good blokes’ don’t murder their families. Full stop.
No one called Martin Bryant a good bloke. I can’t confirm it but I suspect it didn’t even cross anyone’s mind back in 1996 when he committed the deadliest mass shooting in Australia’s history. T…
How I met the PM and became part of the ‘strategy’
Last Wednesday I received an invitation from the Prime Minister’s chief spinner John McTernan to attend Christmas drinks at Kirribilli House. The invitation was a little vague, not requesting my…
Bernard Keane: Media, misogyny and the Gillard years
The press gallery will be happy: there’s been a leadership spill, a prime minister dumped, mass cabinet resignations, plenty of action. It would have been better if it had been today, allowing m…
Did anyone try to help Nigella Lawson?
Shocking photos of former advertising executive and art dealer Charles Saatchi with his hands around his celebrity cook wife’s neck have been published all over the world in recent days. In coun…
Study finds men more knowledgable than women on politics, and media bias could be to blame
The downfall of our first female PM might indicate that politics is still a boys club, but a new study reveals that knowledge of politics may also be a male arena. Researchers from the UK’s Econ…