SUMMARY The number of women parliamentarians in Australia is gradually increasing; almost onethird of all parliamentarians in Australia are women. Whilst there is still a need for improvement before the numbers balance, it is clear that women politicians have become a regular feature of the political scene. This paper is concerned with the subject of...

The rule in hyperlocal citizen journalism is that no one size or shape fits all. This study takes a snapshot in time of a robust phenomenon - specifically, the development of hyperlocal community news sites - that is changing and growing week by week.

Across the Tasman there's a significant restructuring of media entities under way, and the changes there are proving harsh in terms of jobs. Print giant APN has announced around 70 job cuts as it moves to outsource sub-editing functions for many of its New Zealand newspapers, and the axe is also being wielded at Television...

Across the Tasman there's a significant restructuring of media entities under way, and the changes there are proving harsh in terms of jobs. Print giant APN has announced around 70 job cuts as it moves to outsource sub-editing functions for many of its New Zealand newspapers, and the axe is also being wielded at Television...

A part of the federal government's changes to media ownership laws, this register provides new information to industry participants and to the community on the control of media groups in radio licence areas across Australia.