- Posted on 20 Nov 2025
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Centre for Media Transition - Issue 21 | 2025
This week, Monica Attard unpacks the latest BBC turmoil and what it signals for the ABC as public broadcasting becomes a proxy battlefield.
Derek Wilding digs into the proposed Australian content obligations for streaming services.
I look at new claims about Russia “grooming” AI models.
And finally, Alexia Giacomazzi invites you to our upcoming UTS panel ‘Can News Survive AI?’.
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Michael looks to Hungary, where Viktor Orbán lost power after 16 years, in one of the first elections since Meta and Google pulled political advertising from their platforms in Europe.
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In the CMT newsletter (Issue 5/2026), we explore three topics: media coverage of the Ben Roberts-Smith case; Hungary’s recent election—one of the first since Meta and Google withdrew political advertising; and the importance of community radio in light of 2SER’s funding challenge.
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Sacha Molitorisz reflects on the news investigations that led to the arrest of former SAS soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, on charges of committing war crimes.
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Here in Sydney, Monica looks at the announcement by university-run (including UTS) community radio station 2SER that it may have to cease operations.
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Michael looks to Hungary, where Viktor Orbán lost power after 16 years, in one of the first elections since Meta and Google pulled political advertising from their platforms in Europe.
News
In the CMT newsletter (Issue 5/2026), we explore three topics: media coverage of the Ben Roberts-Smith case; Hungary’s recent election—one of the first since Meta and Google withdrew political advertising; and the importance of community radio in light of 2SER’s funding challenge.
News
Sacha Molitorisz reflects on the news investigations that led to the arrest of former SAS soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, on charges of committing war crimes.
News
Here in Sydney, Monica looks at the announcement by university-run (including UTS) community radio station 2SER that it may have to cease operations.