Veteran broadcaster Peter Thompson has died aged 73 in Sydney, following a long battle with Parkinson’s disease and a recent bout of pneumonia.  According to media reports, his family remembered him as a “generous spirit who was widely admired”.  ABC Sydney paid tribute to the veteran on socials: "Thompson hosted several ABC TV and radio programs, such as Talking Heads, over a career spanning four decades from the 1970s. He was also a passionate environmental campaigner known for his role in opposing the damming of Tasmania's Franklin River in the 80s. In a statement, renowned environmentalist Bob Brown said Thompson played a "pivotal role in saving" the wilderness. "He was an early advocate and media star who had a pivotal role in saving the Franklin River wilderness," Mr Brown said of Thompson. "Appalled by the flooding of Lake Pedder, he won public debates with advocates for damming the Franklin River, including fo

Independent journalist Divya Srivastava has alleged she faced online abuse and threats after questioning Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at a press interaction in Lucknow, the latest in a series of incidents over the past two weeks involving the harassment and intimidation of women journalists that has drawn concern from journalist bodies over the state of press freedom in the country.   The incident took place on September 11 at the BJP's Uttar Pradesh state office in Lucknow, according to multiple reports. Adityanath addressed the media and left without taking questions. A video from the event shows Srivastava questioning him from the back of the hall:   "Mukhyamantri ji sawal ka jawab dijiye? Press vartha hai yeh. Press ka jawab nahi de pa rahein hain aap, bataye! Press conference ke liye bulaya kis liye tha?" (Mr Chief Minister, please answer the question. This is a press interaction. You are unable to answer the press -- tell us! What was this press conference

Over five years, Gujarat’s sports genomics programme (SGP) programme aims to collect around 10,000 samples across nearly two-dozen disciplines. HT Photo   Tuesday, 15 September 2026 #1  ·  Times City  ·  Investigative / Data story Fewer hands, more files: 1,711 posts vacant as staff at city courts face rising workload By Not explicitly named in visible byline on continuation page   ·   The Times of India, New Delhi  ·  Page Page 8 (continued from P1) An investigation into the staffing crisis at Delhi's district courts reveals 1,711 vacant posts against 8,575 sanctioned positions, with ahlmads and junior judicial assistants taking on scanning, photocopying and certification duties previously handled by specialised agencies. Staff earn an average Rs 25,000 basic pay while performing expanding workloads without overtime, and a January 2024 death by suicide of a Saket court staffer drew High Court at

Migration showdown as One Nation pushes drastic visa cuts Immigration policy dominates front pages, with One Nation flagging a sweeping temporary-visa and international student crackdown that would cut arrivals by roughly 750,000, sparking warnings about labour shortages and weaker growth. The major parties are also split on settings, and polling suggests voters want tougher action—making migration a defining national political fault line. Covered by: The Advertiser, The Australian Financial Review, The West Australian, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian. OpenAI pressures Albanese on copyright in high-stakes AI investment stoush OpenAI is reported to be leaning on the Prime Minister to dilute copyright protections for creatives, warning it may withhold local AI training investment and even disengage from renewables discussions if Canberra doesn’t shift. The dispute goes to the heart of how Australia balances innovation, sovereign capability and cultural indus

The ABC's Media Watch last night covered a slip-up on News24 last week, with host Raf Epstein noting that The Bolt Report's fill-in presenter, James Macpherson, had attributed a satirical report to Seven News while discussing social media algorithms. The segment titled ‘Presenter Pranked’ centred around a seemingly comedic report filed by an actual Seven News sports reporter involving one AFL fan who claimed he’d leave X after being called a range of names after voicing his thoughts on the umpiring in a game played Thursday a week ago.  The segment flashed up the names the fan was allegedly called, with Epstein then revealing his identity: Josh Garlepp, director of comedy and sports production company Kick It Forward.  Epstein noted it wasn't the first time Garlepp had appeared in such Seven News segments, and that he had also featured in similar reports on Channel Ten. “Part of his schtick is taking the piss out of the news on the soc

A Canberra chief of staff already wades through the Fin's brief, Capital Brief, The Squiz, Crikey's Worm, POLITICO's Canberra Playbook and the gallery's live blogs. Since 7 September, there’s been another newsletter in the inbox. Guardian Australia has just launched Politics, really, a daily newsletter overseen by political editor Tom McIlroy. McIlroy’s confident he and his colleagues are bringing something fresh to the table, but he’s more than aware of the competition. "I acknowledge that it is a crowded market, and the way I know that is that I subscribe to a lot of newsletters myself," he tells Influencing. The backstory Politics, really goes out every weekday at 5pm, built around a single story and the context a reader needs to make sense of it. McIlroy, who joined Guardian Australia as chief political correspondent in May 2025 and became political editor in September that year, describes the origin as less a gap in the market tha

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