Will 2026 see change to Gambling Advertising in Australia? The answer has to be ‘No’ if new Government Freedom of Information responses to Rex Patrick are anything to go by. 28 June 2023 was the day the House Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs handed down its report
The Minns Government response to Bondi has focussed on anti-Israel protestors and hate speech but has so far ignored Nazis. Sam from AltMediaWatch investigates the Ukrainian neo-Nazi movement. The New South Wales Government is pushing forward with its plan to crackdown on the right to protest and to ban the
Médecins Sans Frontières has warned Israel’s suspension of NGO operations in Gaza would be “absolutely devastating”. Stephanie Tran reports Australian reaction to Israel expelling humanitarian orgs. Overnight, Israel announced it has banned the world’s leading humanitarian agencies from Gaza, including Doctors without Borders (Médecins Sans ...
In the wake of the Bondi terrorist attack, and amid calls for a Royal Commission, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has commissioned an ‘independent’ review into federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies. Former senator Rex Patrick takes an unauthorised look at the “Richardson Review”. The PM has appointed veteran Canberra insider Dennis
Another $10B in pokies losses for players and $10B in profits for clubs, pubs and government – another year rolls by. Michael West reports on NSW’s forgotten but epic gambling scourge. Money can’t buy you love, they say; but in NSW pokies money can buy you a lot of affection from
A whistleblower has urged corporate regulators to intervene in the deepening crisis at the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP), alleging Board misconduct and warning regulatory inaction risks “complicity”. Stephanie Tran reports. In an email sent to ASIC and seen by MWM, a RACP whistleblower claims an external investigation by
A former ANZ employee’s previously unshared testimony raises questions about how active banks and regulators have been in cracking down on suspected money laundering. Zacharias Szumer reports. Tim Bryer had been scrutinising high-value transactions at ANZ for over 15 years when he started noticing something strange happening with a few
Plan a trip to the NRL in Las Vegas, or the World Cup Soccer? That old social media post bagging Donald Trump could make it the trip from hell. Andrew Gardiner investigates the US tourism nightmare. Never shy of the odd hyperbolic spiel, the NRL events team stayed true-to-form when
The Government’s Gas Reservation Policy is nothing short of a betrayal. They claim it will put downward pressure on gas and electricity prices. It won’t. But the gas cartel and foreign governments will be happy. Rex Patrick reports. Putting Out the Trash The media release heading was “Affordable gas for
Hot on the heels of the youth social media ban, the Online Safety Code comes into effect this week, compelling search engines to also age-verify users. Daniel Angus reports on the likely effects. How we search for and discover information has changed significantly in the past year due to the
Police have quietly dropped all charges against Andrew Brown, the man arrested for wearing a Fuck Israel tee-shirt. Michael West reports. Just before Christmas, as a nation grieved and feuded in the truculent aftermath of the Bondi terror attacks, police dropped all three criminal charges against the man who wore
Since 2012, Australian taxpayers have tipped more than $13 billion into Nauru’s government and controversial private contractors for ‘offshore processing’ of a dwindling number of asylum seekers. Janet Pelly asks if we’ve learned from the past, or perfected the art of repeating it. Over 12 years ago, another chaotic chapter
Will 2026 see change to Gambling Advertising in Australia? The answer has to be ‘No’ if new Government Freedom of Information responses to Rex Patrick are anything to go by. 28 June 2023 was the day the House Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs handed down its report
The Minns Government response to Bondi has focussed on anti-Israel protestors and hate speech but has so far ignored Nazis. Sam from AltMediaWatch investigates the Ukrainian neo-Nazi movement. The New South Wales Government is pushing forward with its plan to crackdown on the right to protest and to ban the
Médecins Sans Frontières has warned Israel’s suspension of NGO operations in Gaza would be “absolutely devastating”. Stephanie Tran reports Australian reaction to Israel expelling humanitarian orgs. Overnight, Israel announced it has banned the world’s leading humanitarian agencies from Gaza, including Doctors without Borders (Médecins Sans ...
In the wake of the Bondi terrorist attack, and amid calls for a Royal Commission, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has commissioned an ‘independent’ review into federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies. Former senator Rex Patrick takes an unauthorised look at the “Richardson Review”. The PM has appointed veteran Canberra insider Dennis
Another $10B in pokies losses for players and $10B in profits for clubs, pubs and government – another year rolls by. Michael West reports on NSW’s forgotten but epic gambling scourge. Money can’t buy you love, they say; but in NSW pokies money can buy you a lot of affection from
A whistleblower has urged corporate regulators to intervene in the deepening crisis at the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP), alleging Board misconduct and warning regulatory inaction risks “complicity”. Stephanie Tran reports. In an email sent to ASIC and seen by MWM, a RACP whistleblower claims an external investigation by
A former ANZ employee’s previously unshared testimony raises questions about how active banks and regulators have been in cracking down on suspected money laundering. Zacharias Szumer reports. Tim Bryer had been scrutinising high-value transactions at ANZ for over 15 years when he started noticing something strange happening with a few
Plan a trip to the NRL in Las Vegas, or the World Cup Soccer? That old social media post bagging Donald Trump could make it the trip from hell. Andrew Gardiner investigates the US tourism nightmare. Never shy of the odd hyperbolic spiel, the NRL events team stayed true-to-form when
The Government’s Gas Reservation Policy is nothing short of a betrayal. They claim it will put downward pressure on gas and electricity prices. It won’t. But the gas cartel and foreign governments will be happy. Rex Patrick reports. Putting Out the Trash The media release heading was “Affordable gas for
Hot on the heels of the youth social media ban, the Online Safety Code comes into effect this week, compelling search engines to also age-verify users. Daniel Angus reports on the likely effects. How we search for and discover information has changed significantly in the past year due to the
Police have quietly dropped all charges against Andrew Brown, the man arrested for wearing a Fuck Israel tee-shirt. Michael West reports. Just before Christmas, as a nation grieved and feuded in the truculent aftermath of the Bondi terror attacks, police dropped all three criminal charges against the man who wore
Since 2012, Australian taxpayers have tipped more than $13 billion into Nauru’s government and controversial private contractors for ‘offshore processing’ of a dwindling number of asylum seekers. Janet Pelly asks if we’ve learned from the past, or perfected the art of repeating it. Over 12 years ago, another chaotic chapter