This report is about the challenges facing public interest journalism in Australia and policy responses to its structural decline. It synthesises a roundtable of industry, government and academic participants, identifying priorities including platform regulation, sustainable funding and professional standards. Participants agreed addressing market failure requires evidence‑based policy focused on transparency, long‑term viability and media literacy.

Amid ongoing debate about media coverage of antisemitism, this paper examines how a shift from reporting to advocacy has led, in many cases, to a negative portrayal of Jews, Israel and related issues. It argues that a decline of trust in much mainstream journalism, as well as job losses, forms an important part of the...

Gäṉgaṉ Homeland is a remote inland community in East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. This update report assists understanding of the barriers to digital inclusion in the community. It presents research findings to date, compares survey results from 2022 to 2024, and outlines changes in communications and media services and usage during and since visits.

This report presents data collected in a multi-year investigation of how Australians use media. It explores social media, YouTube use and the importance of internet access to media consumption. The report includes survey results finding that for most users, news is a very small, and often incidental component of their social media use.

This report explores how social media has changed over the last 20 years in the United Kingdom (UK) to make people more isolated from each other online, and what needs to change. It examines how most people use and experience social media, and how newer patterns of use have shaped culture and politics in the...