Ette Media • 15th August 2026

Ettention Please!

An indie media investigation into Australian F-35 parts reaching Israel, human journalists get scooped by AI, and concerns over racial bias in Australia’s first live AI police facial-recognition trial are stories we think deserved more attention this week.

Ette Media • 13th August 2026

Disgraced sports stars Ben Cousins and Scott Miller are on a media tour, pledging to ‘pay back’ society. One question the media isn't asking: who is paying them?

Of course, disgraced sports stars who say they’ve turned a corner are free to pursue whatever business ventures they choose, including profiting from sharing their lived experience.

But it’s the media's job to distinguish publicity from public interest and not couch a business promotion in the language of “giving back to the youth”.

Ette Media • 8th August 2026

Ettention Please!

Stories you might’ve missed this week: WA’s controversial Post and Boast laws and their impact on First Nations youth, Big Oil cashing in as heatwaves turn deadly, and why an Australian university cancelled a talk with UN Palestine Rapporteur Francesca Albanese.

Ette Media • 8th August 2026

Stories that didn’t get enough coverage this week

New, controversial "post and boast" laws and their impact on First Nations youth; Big Oil cashing in as heatwaves turn deadly; why an Australian university cancelled a talk with high profile speaker from the UN - plus Facebook pages posing as new outlets pushing propaganda.

Ette Media • 7th August 2026

Alan Jones on trial: What you need to know

Jones' lawyers argued he's facing a "trial by media".

Between 2002 and 2020, the conservative talking head was sued for defamation several times before he retired due to health issues.

Ette Media • 6th August 2026

Rinehart vs ABC: A timeline

UPDATE 2pm 06 August: ABC has apologised to Rinehart, despite the Ombudsman finding the sketch didn't breach editorial standards.

Here’s how it went down.

Ette Media • 1st August 2026

Stories that didn’t get enough coverage this week

A teacher arrested for clapping at a data centre meeting and a reform that could protect victim-survivors from being retraumatised in court are stories you might have missed this week.

Ette Media • 1st August 2026

Ettention Please!

A teacher arrested for clapping at a data centre meeting, Iranians facing execution and a reform that could protect victim-survivors from being retraumatised in court are stories you might have missed this week.

Ette Media • 31st July 2026

Ette’s Friday Book Club: July Edition

Happy Friday, dear readers! Welcome back to Ette’s book club. In a time when we all have to be vigilant to avoid accidentally consuming AI slop, allow us to share two intimately thoughtful books that are very human, for very different reasons.

Ette Media • 25th July 2026

Stories that didn’t get enough coverage this week

A secretive US military base, a "blacklist" of left-wing influencers, and the pro-One Nation origins of one of Australia's newest media outlets are stories you might have missed this week.

Ette Media • 25th July 2026

Ettention Please!

A secretive US military base, a "blacklist" of left-wing influencers, and the pro-One Nation origins of one of Australia's newest media outlets are stories you might have missed this week.

7NEWS • 16th June 2026

Men should be at brunch too

Could the answer to a loneliness epidemic be found at lunch? As nearly half of Aussie men report struggling with loneliness, organisations like The Men’s Table are creating space for more meaningful conversations, “not just about footy and s***”.

7NEWS • 7th June 2026

Why men should brunch too: Tackling the loneliness epidemic

The so-called male loneliness epidemic has been rampant clickbait for years now. At the centre of online discourse sits the question: Who is to blame? Men, for emotional illiteracy, or women, for not supporting them enough?

7NEWS • 20th April 2026

Escaping the manosphere

What is leading young Aussie men down the manosphere? Leeson Timms explains how it happened to him, and how he escaped to help other boys question the ‘manfluencers’ that flooded his social media as a teen.

7NEWS • 7th April 2026

How Melbourne’s ‘Man Cave’ is healing the manosphere in teenage boys

His get-sober moment came when his girlfriend at the time saw him watching an Andrew Tate video, and called him out.

7NEWS • 29th December 2025

How a pro-basketballer is tackling youth crime

Pro-basketballer Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Malou is tackling youth crime through sport in Melbourne’s west. ‘Young people are looking tomorrow... They’re looking for hope’.

7NEWS • 29th December 2025

First-ever mother & daughter team finish the Melbourne to Osaka yacht race

Would you sail from Australia to Japan with your mum? Sophie Snijders and her mum, Annette Hesselmans, made history as the first mother-daughter team to complete the Melbourne to Osaka yacht race — 35 days at sea, battling the elements across 5,500+ nautical miles.

7NEWS • 23rd December 2025

Pro-basketballer Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Malou tackling youth crime through sport in Melbourne’s west

It is 4pm on a Sunday, and the gymnasium at Braybrook College in Melbourne is alive with the laughter of teenagers and the squeaking of 15 pairs of Nikes.

7NEWS • 28th October 2025

Where to find the cheapest meal in Melbourne?

1970s prices in 2025? While the cost of living is on the rise, everything on The Heart of Carlton menu can be paid for with a $5 bill. Owner Michael says the cheap prices are key to keeping community spaces alive.

7NEWS • 11th October 2024

New games exhibit plays with femininity

A new exhibition is celebrating femininity in gaming at St Kilda Town Hall. @feminineplayexhibition is a free games exhibit that dares to think pink

Canberra Weekly • 28th September 2023

Canberra's Mimi & Co lands $100,000 investment on Shark Tank

Canberrans watched with bated breath as Aami ‘Mimi’ Mills, local businesswoman and mum of two, was recently dropped into the Shark Tank – and walked away with an infectious grin and $100,000 in funding.

When we met with the titular founder of Mimi & Co, she had just finished packing the flood of orders that followed the episode airing on Monday evening, 25 September.

Canberra Weekly • 7th September 2023

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Canberra Weekly • 16th August 2023

Substandard to sublime: award-winning Tocumwal House project

The term ‘hidden gem’ is liberally tossed around, but even lifelong residents of O’Connor could stroll past this Master Builders Association champion and be none the wiser.

Canberra Weekly • 3rd August 2023

Dining Review: Experience Mongolian cuisine in a yurt at Naadam Restaurant

When it comes to Canberra culinary experiences, there’s a growing gastronomic repertoire to choose from. You can dine in a dome, on a truffle farm, and now, in a real Mongolian yurt.

Last March, restaurateur Mukhbilguun ‘Mugi’ Khishigbayar built a traditional yurt, or ger, for the first time – not in his home country, but out front of Naadam Restaurant in Phillip.