Guest on Sunday’s Insiders is the Independent Member for Fowler, Dai Le. David Speers is joined by Bridget Brennan, Shane Wright and Karen Middleton to discuss the week in politics including the eSafety Commissioner v Elon Musk over social media takedown policy after the billionaire owner of the social media platform X called-out Australia’s attempts to force the social media giant to remove videos globally which show the stabbing of Assyrian bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel in his western Sydney church. The panel also discuss the crisis of male violence against women in this country as an average of ..read more

A trailer has dropped for documentary film Jim Henson Idea Man directed Ron Howard, to premiere in May on Disney+. “Jim Henson Idea Man” takes us into the mind of this singular creative visionary, from his early years puppeteering on local television to the worldwide success of Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, and beyond. Featuring unprecedented access to Jim’s personal archives, Howard brings us a fascinating and insightful look at a complex man whose boundless imagination inspired the world. The original documentary from Disney Branded Television, is produced by Imagine Documentaries. Howard ..read more

Benjamin Cohen, the man mistakenly identified by Sunrise as the person responsible for the Bondi Junction stabbing attack, has settled his defamation case against Seven. His name was broadcast at 6.05am and 6.15am. Seven did not air his name again but made attempts to find a contact number for Cohen, which it did not have until his mother contacted the Seven newsroom. “Seven accepts the identification was a grave mistake and that these assertions were entirely false and without basis,” new Seven Managing Director Jeff Howard said in a statement to Mr Cohen. He said Seven “withdraws the false ..read more

A Thursday public holiday saw the annual Anzac Day AFL match between Collingwood & Essendon -which resulted in a draw- average 895,000 while a primetime match was 466,000. NRL on Nine was 433,000 daytime and 480,000 in primetime. Home & Away topped entertainment at 608,000. MasterChef Australia led its slot at 547,000 then 7:30 (517,000) and Foreign Correspondent (326,000). Later Gogglebox wrapped its season with 464,000 then Martin Clunes: Islands of Australia (266,000). Buoyed by AFL Seven News drew 1.38m with The Chase at 403,000 where it screened. Nine News drew 1.05m with A Curre ..read more

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This weekend on Nine Melbourne’s Postcards… Livinia Nixon is in the CBD (Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country) visiting venues associated with the upcoming Melbourne Writers Festival from May 6 to 12. The Capitol Theatre on Swanston Street is one of the venues with a series of events running throughout the festival, as well as the Queen Victoria Women’s Centre. To end her day, Livinia enjoys lunch and a festival-themed cocktail at The Moat, a cosy Italian restaurant underneath the State Library. Todd Woodbridge is in Lower Johnstone Street, affectionately named “LoJo” by locals, for a retro day out ..read more

Upcoming, revisionist romantic series My Lady Jane, set in an alt-fantasy Tudor world, comes to Prime Video in June. The cast features newcomer Emily Bader in the title role, plus Edward Bluemel, Jordan Peters, Dominic Cooper, Rob Brydon, Jim Broadbent and Aussie Joe Klocek. Inspired by the best-selling book, My Lady Jane is a radical retelling of English royal history, in which King Henry VIII’s son Edward does not die of tuberculosis, Lady Jane Grey is not beheaded, and neither is her rascal of a husband Guildford. At the center of this rollicking new series is the brilliant and headstrong ..read more

Bluey has been nominated for a prestigious Peabody Award in the USA. Ludo Studio’s Bluey will compete with Flying Bark’s Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur in the Children / Youth category alongside Cartoon Network’s Summer Camp Island. Nominees are chosen by a unanimous vote of 32 jurors from more than 1,100 entries this year, represents the year’s most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and streaming media as judged by the Peabodys, organised annually by the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. Winners will be revea ..read more

This Sunday on Call the Midwife Sister Veronica is shaken when a mother reveals a terrible truth about her marriage. It’s June 1968, and a carefree Nancy continues to spoil Colette with new gifts. To afford such luxuries Nancy asks Nurse Crane for additional duties, but things come to a head when Nancy is forced to acknowledge her spending is getting out of control. As health visitor, Sister Veronica visits the Talbot family and is delighted to see them celebrating a joyous occasion. Single mum, Sandy has just married Joe Talbot who treats her children, Peter and Ann Marie, like his own. Howe ..read more

While the pandemic was catastrophic for production (not to mention what it did to families, economy, travel and the health industry) it has also led to new screen work. Just ask Lisa Wang and Katherine Fry, executive producers of ABC comedy White Fever. Industry initiatives such as ABC’s Fresh Start Fund, an allocation of $3.2m to help kickstart Australian productions and content ideas during the pandemic, was pivotal to the creativity of writer / performer Ra Chapman. “Ra and I met through a VicScreen initiative,” Fry explains. “She was supported through VicScreen’s Talent Camp and then Ra a ..read more