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Big coal allegedly buys 500,000 social media followers — then denies it

Peabody Energy, through astroturfing experts Burson Marsteller, bought 500,000 social media followers before the G20 in an effort to persuade world leaders [...] 
Peabody Energycoalenergy poverty
Malcolm Turnbull’s NNBN (NOT National Broadband Network)

Before moving to Tasmania, Denise McAvaney thought the National Broadband Network was meant to be ‒ you know ‒ “national”, but she was to be in for a [...] 
Denise McAvaneyNBNTasmania
Flappy Ears games Abbott

Played Flappy Bird? Well, welcome to Flappy Ears, a parody of this mobile game featuring our "beloved" PM. Indie games developer Nick Stavrou explains how it [...] 
Flappy BirdFlappy EarsNick Stavrou
Tony and Soapy's metadata meddling: Unfair, unwise and unsafe

Abbott and Brandis like to loudly proclaim their commitment to “freedom of speech”, however their proposals to collect and probe all Australians metadata [...] 
George Brandis@SortiusTony Abbott
Australia's online news: What's worth watching and reading

Independent online outlets are overtaking newspapers as sources of news and opinion. Alan Austin explained why here. Today, he nominates Australia’s best [...] 
David DonovanAlan AustinNew Matilda
Why alternative media are conquering the world

Alternative media are rapidly overtaking print media as the go to sources of news and opinion. Alan Austin gives 11 reasons why. 
Alan Austinnew mediadigital media
Rupert Murdoch's electric dreams

Rupert Murdoch has just given the strongest hint yet that he foresees a future without printed newspapers, writes Rodney E. Lever 
Rupert MurdochNew Yorkdigital publishing
Yearning for the sea

With more of us are living in a virtual world, we are becoming lonelier, yet more afraid of intimacy, writes Sue Stevenson. 
How to block Murdoch

 
News Corp AustraliaTorin PeelRupert Murdoch
The Ashbygate text illusion

Many people have looked at the text messages James Ashby left on his phone for everyone to read, which destroyed and damaged several careers, but few have [...] 
AshbygateAshbygate TrustHarmers Workplace Lawyers

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