Senator Derryn Hinch at Parliament House Canberra in 2017.

The ‘Human Headline’ had the courage of his convictions

The words that encapsulated broadcaster,journalist and senator Derryn Hinch’s life best came in 2004 on the back cover of his book:“Meet the human headline – sacked 14 times. Married three times. Spent 12 days in jail. Earned millions. Lost them all.”

  • Gerry Carman

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Children’s author Andy Griffiths said there would be no more art to scrape if creators were not compensated fairly for their work.

Write us a cheque:Australian authors,musicians want AI forced to pay for using their work

Senator David Pocock has accused the government of entertaining the idea of weakening copyright laws for AI giants.

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David Munk,a long-serving Guardian editor who has served in senior positions here and in the UK,will run its Australian outpost.

Guardian Australia appoints new editor,flown in from the UK

The Guardian Australia has appointed David Munk,a British journalist who had been a deputy chief here before going on to be managing editor in the UK,as its new boss.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman
Australia’s former chief scientist Dr Alan Finkel.

‘AI is insidious’:Universities urged to adopt clear AI rules after opinion article scandal

Universities should set standards for academics using AI and require a guarantee work is “human-authored” before publication,a former university chancellor says.

  • Bridie Smith andCaroline Schelle
Western Sydney University campus,Parramatta.

‘Odd choices of words’:How an academic’s AI use was exposed by her peers

Western Sydney University has acknowledged that the opinion piece,published by this masthead,was AI-generated using the author’s previous work.

  • Harriet Alexander andSally Rawsthorne
Emily Kowal,Riley Walter and Anthony Segaert have been nominated for the

Seven Herald reporters named finalists in Mid-Year Walkley Awards

Journalists covering crime,education,health,the arts and local government affairs were nominated,the highest number from any masthead in Australia.

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Kooryn Sheaves and Mayor Les Sheather.

The Sydney newspaper banned from council meetings that has its own questions to answer

At first glance,a council’s decision to ban a newspaper from its premises represents a remarkable intrusion on press freedom. But this fight is less cut and dried than it seems.

  • Bevan Shields andEllie Busby
WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti was left unamused by a string of pointed jokes from the editor-in-chief of the state’s dominant tabloid.

‘Disappointing’:Top editor took aim at the treasurer. It went poorly

The West Australian’s editor-in-chief Chris Dore made a series of clumsy jokes at an event hosted by his newspaper while the treasurer and premier were in attendance.

  • Calum Jaspan
Hamish McLennan,chairman of Kiis FM’s owner ARN.

Kyle and Jackie O’s former boss gets historically smoked by angry shareholders

The chairman of Kyle and Jackie O’s former corporate employer faced a torrent of criticism at a shareholder meeting on Thursday,but he managed to keep his job.

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Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg.

Major publishing houses sue Meta and Mark Zuckerberg over AI copyright

Hachette,Macmillan,McGraw Hill,Elsevier and Cengage and bestselling novelist Scott Turow have filed a lawsuit alleging that Meta relied on pirated books to train its AI program.

  • Alexandra Alter