Mike McColl Jones began writing comedy in the early 1960s, and for the next 40 years worked continuously at the epicentre of the Australian entertainment industry through the golden age of television.
Australians want government to act on climate change, but not necessarily now, or in their neighbourhood. How can governments resolve this dilemma?
It was the comic strip and movies that unleashed the legendary Australian comedian, and many of his characters, on the world.
As the Voice to Parliament referendum draws closer, it’s worth noting the main regulations relating to matters such as advertising, authorisation, and financial disclosure.
A short Australian documentary is a refreshing celebration of “the ordinary” in the prevailing media narrative regarding transgender individuals in our society.
While some progress has been made over the past five years, leading to a more diverse industry, there’s a long way to go if we want our TV industry to reflect an authentic, contemporary Australia.
No one can say Australian sport is worse off without tobacco ads. We can protect a new generation of young sports fans from harm by following other nations’ leads and phasing out gambling ads.
The stereotype of the old woman is anxious, dependent, useless, and a burden. But interviews with older women found them contributing to society in myriad ways.
TikTok’s hosting of sports betting ads underlines the pervasiveness of the problem. It’s increasingly clear gambling advertising needs to be heavily restricted, if not stopped altogether.
If you were being polite, you’d call it “colourful”. It was once also regarded as “disgusting” and an oath, but really, it’s just a bloody great word.
The imminent transition from Elizabeth II to Charles III across the Commonwealth brings with it important political considerations, not least of which is: Should Australia reconsider the place of the monarchy in its own political system?
A new episode of the ‘What Happens Next?’ podcast reveals the serious side of funny business. Has cancel culture gone too far?
With so much recent focus on how women are treated, we need to look first at how we use language. And for a long time, it’s been used to belittle and silence women.
Most of the attention on the code has been on the larger media outlets. But the sustainability of small publishers is what should be of most concern.
Although it was a century ago, there are parallels between the Spanish Flu pandemic and COVID-19. What was it like on the frontline for our healthcare workers this time around – and what have we learnt as a society?
Over-exposure to artificial light is disrupting our internal body clocks, leading to an increase in chronic illness.
As long as Cat Hope has thought about music, she's been listening to the work of Ennio Morricone, who's died aged 91.
Screen time: What we’re watching, what we’re creating, and the iconography that's coming to define the COVID-19 pandemic.
It’s hard to fathom the long-term financial and social impacts that the COVID-19 crisis has wrought on the national AFL competition.
The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the vital role political journalists play in holding those in power to account.
How can Australia avoid generational impoverishment in the post-pandemic economy?
COVID-19-enforced shutdowns of pubs, clubs and casinos could push high-risk gamblers to shift their habit online.
The June closure of AAP will further diminish media diversity in Australia.
Now that children are returning to school, homework will follow, but there is a limit to how much help you can give without robbing them of the opportunity to learn for themselves.
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