According to The Australian today, the ABC and SBS could be forced to merge as streaming services wreck the broadcast licence revenue that the government uses to fund public broadcasting.

ARN CEO Ciaran Davis has told radioinfo that an article* in The Australian yesterday, speculating about a management buyout of HT&E is untrue.

ABC foreign correspondent Sean Dorney has been awarded The Walkley Award for Outstanding Contribution to Journalism, for a 40-year career reporting on the Pacific and particularly PNG.

Hedley Thomas and Slade Gibson from The Australian won the Gold Walkley for the podcast/newspaper feature “The Teacher’s Pet”

Winners of the 61st Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism were presented tonight in a ceremony in Brisbane.

More than 600 journalists and media identities gathered in the Plaza Ballroom of Brisbane’s Convention and Exhibition Centre for the gala event hosted by Sky News’ David Speers.

Winners were announced in 34 categories, with the Gold Walkley going to freelance photographer Andrew Quilty for his extraordinary work covering Afghanistan, and his powerful photo “The Man on the Operating Table.”

The Australian has hit back at Fiona Stanley's criticism of the newspaper after an article yesterday where Stanley took aim at The Oz for what she said was a "vicious and sustained campaign" against the national broadcaster.