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Gina Rinehart-backed Lynas Rare Earths posts record quarter

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Original article by Mark Wembridge
The Australian Financial Review – Page: Online : 22-Apr-26

Lynas Rare Earths has advised that its sales revenue was 115 per cent higher year-on-year in the March quarter, at $265m. MD Amanda Lacaze says Lynas’s direct sales to customers helped it to sidestep the "dysfunctional" spot market. Lynas produced 3,233 tonnes of rare earths during the period, which is 69 per cent higher than previously. The average selling price across its rare earths was $84.60 a kilogram, which is 70 per cent higher than the same period in 2025. Lacaze notes that the use of renewable energy at its Mount Weld mine in Western Australia reduced its use of diesel fuel by 870,000 litres during the quarter.

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LYNAS RARE EARTHS LIMITED – ASX LYC

‘Urgent meeting’: ABC peace deal over pay on brink of collapse

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Original article by Calum Jaspan
The Age – Page: Online : 15-Apr-26

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance has accused the ABC’s management of backing away from a key clause in the in-principle pay deal that was struck in late March and aimed at ending an industrial dispute. The clause granted automatic pay grade increases to ABC employees on band 5 of its pay scale; however, the MEAA says the ABC now claims that the clause will only apply to performance appraisals that have been completed since 2023. MEAA members wil discuss the possibility of further industrial action today, following the recent 24-hour strike that disrupted the ABC’s broadcast schedule.

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AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, MEDIA, ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS ALLIANCE

Ex-Stokes right-hand man lifts stake in Seven owner

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Original article by Steve Jackson
The Australian – Page: 15 : 14-Apr-26

Media industry veteran Bruce McWilliam has become a substantial shareholder in Southern Cross Media Group. McWilliam’s stake in Southern Cross has increased to more than five per cent after buying about 25 million ordinary shares last week. He stepped down as the commercial director of Seven West Media in 2024, after more than two decades at the media group; Seven subsequently merged with Southern Cross in early 2026, and McWilliam says he capitalised on a sharp fall in the combined group’s share price. McWilliam is upbeat about the outlook for free-to-air broadcast media, and says Southern Cross owns a top TV network and a strong radio network.

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SOUTHERN CROSS MEDIA GROUP LIMITED – ASX SXL, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED

Peter Greste warns court finding about animal cruelty footage has grave consequences for press freedom

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Original article by Christopher Knaus
The Guardian Australia – Page: Online : 8-Apr-26

Members of an activist group called the Farm Transparency Project recorded video footage of alleged animal cruelty when they broke into the Game Meats Company’s Victorian abattoir in 2023. The full bench of the Federal Court subsequently ruled that the Game Meats Company owns the copyright to the video footage, rather than the activists who recorded it. The High Court is currently hearing the Farm Transparency Project’s appeal against the ruling. Peter Greste, the executive director of the Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom, says the case has significant implications for freedom of the press; he adds that the federal court’s ruling was unprecedented and is a troubling development in Australian law.

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THE GAME MEATS COMPANY OF AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, FARM TRANSPARENCY PROJECT, ALLIANCE FOR JOURNALISTS’ FREEDOM

Kyle and Jackie O chase ARN for twice its value

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Original article by Sam Buckingham-Jones
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 13 : 1-Apr-26

The market capitalisation of listed radio stations group ARN Media has fallen by more than 75 per cent over the last three years, to just $73.5m. In contrast, former KIIS FM breakfast show hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie Henderson are suing ARN for a combined $167m. The latter contends that she had been unfairly sacked after advising ARN that she could no longer work with Sandilands on the long-running Kyle & Jackie O Show. ARN has indicated that it will defend the claim, and says it is too soon to estimate the potential financial impact of the legal proceedings. ARN’s shares closed 19 per cent lower to $0.235 on Tuesday.

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ARN MEDIA LIMITED – ASX A1N, KIIS1065

ABC slightly sweetens its pay offer to staff

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Original article by James Madden
The Australian – Page: 5 : 1-Apr-26

Jocelyn Gammie from the Community & Public Sector Union says it will recommend that members vote in favour of a revised pay offer from the ABC. The improved pay deal has also been welcomed by the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance, a week after members of the two unions staged a 24-hour strike at the public broadcaster. The ABC has proposed a pay rise of 10.5 per cent over three years, which represents an 0.5 per cent improvement on its initial offer; however, the broadcaster has removed a $1,000 bonus from the negotiating table.

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AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC SECTOR UNION, MEDIA, ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS ALLIANCE

ACM staff pass vote of no confidence in Catalano after assault charges

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Original article by Sam Buckingham-Jones
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 8 : 18-Mar-26

Australian Community Media held an all-company meeting yesterday afternoon, in the wake of assault charges against joint owner Antony Catalano. Sources have indicated that 30 employees voted in favour of a motion of ‘no confidence’ in Catalano, although only 49 people voted. ACM employees had attended a town hall meeting on Monday, with MD Tony Kendall stressing that Catalano has "almost no involvement" in the regional newspaper publisher’s day-to-day operations; he added that the allegations will not affect the company or force it to be sold. Catalano and Alex Waislitz bought ACM from Nine Entertainment Company in 2019 for $125m.

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AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITY MEDIA PTY LTD,NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC

‘Serious misconduct’: Kyle taken off air

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Original article by Steve Jackson, Stephen Rice, Samina Rahkshani
The Australian – Page: 7 : 4-Mar-26

ARN Media has suspended controversial broadcaster Kyle Sandilands after KIIS FM co-host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson advised that she cannot continue to work with him. The popular Kyle and Jackie O show has been put on hold for two weeks, and most of its production staff have been told not to come into the studio today. The breakfast duo fell out after an on-air dispute in late February, and ARN has told Sandilands that his behaviour was an "act of serious misconduct" that breached of his service agreement; he has been given 14 days to remedy the breach or have his contract terminated.

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ARN MEDIA LIMITED – ASX A1N, KIIS1065

News Corp CEO predicts record 2026 profit

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Original article by Sam Buckingham-Jones
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 19 : 4-Mar-26

News Corporation’s CEO Robert Thomson says the global media group posted record profits in the last financial year and is on track to do the same again this year. He notes that News Corp has also recorded year-on-year earnings growth for 11 consecutive quarters. Thomson also says that News Corp is now essentially an ‘input’ company for artificial intelligence platforms, while the media group will become a ‘launch partner’ for OpenAI when it begins to sell advertisements via its ChatGPT platform. News Corp is keen to establish more partnerships in the sector, but Thomson says it will pursue legal action for unauthorised use of its content by AI platforms.

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NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, OPENAI INCORPORATED

Rio Tinto fights shareholder over NT uranium site

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Original article by Peter Ker
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 21 : 4-Mar-26

Zentree Investments is the second-largest shareholder in Energy Resources of Australia. It contends that Rio Tinto’s takeover offer for ERA of $0.02 per share undervalues the former uranium miner, which ceased production at the Ranger mine in 2021; Zentree estimates that ‘fair value’ would be around $0.3102 per share. Rio Tinto values ERA’s undeveloped Jabiluka uranium deposit at zero because it does not think the traditional owners would allow it be mined; however, Zentree argues that the Mirarr people do not have the right to veto development of Jabiluka, and any future owner of the project would not be bound by ERA’s pledge to not undertake mining without the consent of the Mirrar.

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RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, ENERGY RESOURCES OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED – ASX ERA, ZENTREE INVESTMENTS