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Paddy Manning @paddymanning.bsky.social · 2d

Good chat!

Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 2d

🎧: He’s next in line to the Murdoch throne, but what is Lachlan Murdoch’s story? Biographer @paddymanning.bsky.social joins Media Confidential with @arusbridger.bsky.social and @lionelbarber.bsky.social.

The Successor: Who is Lachlan Murdoch?

He’s next in line to the Murdoch throne, but what is Lachlan Murdoch’s story?

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Paddy Manning @paddymanning.bsky.social · 7d

Very interesting! www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

The far-right figures teaching students at a Sydney college

The dean of studies says the country will need political parties for white Australians. A senior lecturer wants an Anglo-Celtic club to inspire fear in “leftist thugs”.

www.smh.com.au

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Paddy Manning @paddymanning.bsky.social · 16d

Roy Cohn ... lawyer to both McCarthy and Trump I forgot that thanks for sharing

Paddy Manning @paddymanning.bsky.social · 17d

Spoke to a cross-section of MPs and experts for this piece ... apparently the state's credit cards are all maxed out! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Lambie calls on Tasmanian independents to 'block this stadium'

Senator Jacqui Lambie tells the independents in Tasmania's upper house — who hold the fate of the Macquarie Point stadium in their hands — to "find the courage the premier can't" and stop the project.

www.abc.net.au

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Paddy Manning @paddymanning.bsky.social · 25d

Thanks!

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Paddy Manning @paddymanning.bsky.social · 26d

Today I bought Kirk's "MAGA Doctrine" book - not looking forward to reading it tbh www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

What were Charlie Kirk's views that so angered some and energised others?

Assassinated right-wing activist Charlie Kirk was an icon for young conservatives in the USA and Australia — so what were some of his views that so enraged some people, but energised others?

www.abc.net.au

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Paddy Manning @paddymanning.bsky.social · 29d

Nice convo with Sam Hawley's ABC News Daily: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

How Lachlan Murdoch won the succession fight - ABC listen

At 94, Rupert Murdoch has finally achieved his succession plan. The media mogul has secured a deal to have his son Lachlan take complete control of his empire once he dies, following a financial deal...

www.abc.net.au

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Paddy Manning @paddymanning.bsky.social · 29d

Hat-tip! Grab from Australian Story's interview with James Packer last year: "I don’t think Lachlan is embarrassed by Fox News. I think Lachlan is proud of Fox News, and, you know, I think that’s probably one of the reasons why Lachlan is where he is." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/b...

Lachlan Murdoch, the Media Prince Who Would Be King

www.nytimes.com

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Paddy Manning @paddymanning.bsky.social · 29d

Huge news for the Murdoch media empire today - the succession is finally resolved - a bit of analysis from me: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

We now know what happens to Rupert Murdoch's empire when he dies

The deal secures Rupert Murdoch's legacy as the founder of the world's most powerful conservative media empire.

www.abc.net.au

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Paddy Manning @paddymanning.bsky.social · Aug 26

Good! www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Iran embassy staff dash for exit after a day not seen in Australia since World War II

The Albanese government was told of Iran’s link to antisemitic attacks on Australian soil on Monday. Within a day, the prime minister made a historic call.

www.smh.com.au

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Paddy Manning @paddymanning.bsky.social · Aug 14

This is an outrageous attack on freedom of speech! www.theage.com.au/culture/book...

Authors ditch Bendigo Writers Festival over freedom of speech concerns

The festival’s code of conduct says speakers must “avoid language or topics that could be considered inflammatory, divisive, or disrespectful”.

www.theage.com.au

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Paddy Manning @paddymanning.bsky.social · Aug 14

...journalists like Saher Akram Rayan, a 20-year veteran of the Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA) who was killed with his son last year west of Gaza city in an Israeli airstrike while trying to rescue his neighbours english.wafa.ps/Pages/Detail...

WAFA correspondent killed along with son in Israeli airstrike on Gaza

english.wafa.ps

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Paddy Manning @paddymanning.bsky.social · Aug 14

Stop killing journalists! #ceasefirenowinGaza

MEAA @withmeaa.bsky.social · Aug 14

Targeting journalists is a war crime.
As colleagues, we remember them.
meaa.io/45A4vZ5

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Paddy Manning @paddymanning.bsky.social · Aug 14

Every word of this johnmenadue.com/post/2025/08...

Open letter to Israeli foreign minister Sa’ar

The great threat to Israel’s survival is not the Arab nations, the Palestinians, or Iran, but the policies of Israel’s extremist government.

johnmenadue.com

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Paddy Manning @paddymanning.bsky.social · Aug 14

That is so powerful thanks for sharing Melissa

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Paddy Manning @paddymanning.bsky.social · Aug 4

An incovenient truth for Lachlan Murdoch's critics is that, financially, both Fox and News have done well under him despite the obvious challenges for legacy media, despite Dominion/Smartmatic, and despite the family trust dispute in Nevada. fortune.com/2025/08/03/w...

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Paddy Manning @paddymanning.bsky.social · Aug 4

No it hasn't! "Ever since 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson’s science advisory committee warned of the dangers of unchecked global warming, the United States has taken steps to protect people from these risks." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/c...

Inside the ‘Radical Transformation’ of America’s Environmental Role

www.nytimes.com

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Paddy Manning @paddymanning.bsky.social · Aug 3

This is exactly what happened yesterday ...the worst policing ever! It's only thanks to the good sense of the peqceful marchers, despite confusing and contradictory instructions from police, that there wasn't a panic or a crush legalobserversnsw.org/2025/08/03/i...

Initial Report: Policing of the March for Humanity

Confusing and unplanned directions from NSW Police endanger protestors, elderly protestor with walking stick pushed over by police horse Legal observers at today’s March for Humanity witnesse…

legalobserversnsw.org

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Paddy Manning @paddymanning.bsky.social · Jul 31

C'mon Chris Minns, Yasmin Catley what kind of anti-protest Labor government is this? www.smh.com.au/national/i-s...

I support the Harbour Bridge protest – not in spite of my Holocaust heritage, but because of it

Millions of people are at risk of being starved, killed and ethnically cleansed on a daily basis. The NSW Premier needs to get out of the way of this protest.

www.smh.com.au

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Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · Jul 25

“Such disasters cause grief, distress, anger, solastalgia and ecological mourning. These impacts are increasingly recognised as a substantial mental health issue.”

www.croakey.org/health-exper...