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The winners and losers in brutal battle for Sydney radio supremacy

The Sydney radio market, where kings and queens are crowned – or decapitated – with astonishing speed, is undergoing a seismic shift.

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Palestinian-Australian academic Randa Abdel-Fattah has already sold out her appearance at Sydney Writers’ Festival.

Randa Abdel-Fattah sells out Sydney Writers’ Festival appearance

The academic was sensationally dumped from Adelaide Writers’ Week in January, sending the festival into meltdown. Her Sydney appearance has already sold out.

  • John Buckley
Just two years ago Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O were inking a multimillion-dollar contract.

They got their $100 million contracts – in a Louis Vuitton briefcase. This week, it all fell apart

The implosion of The Kyle and Jackie O Show is a seismic event in Australian radio.

  • Calum Jaspan, Kishor Napier-Raman and Karl Quinn
Ray Hadley would be happy to return to the airwaves on his old station.

Ray Hadley would return to the airwaves. But does 2GB want him?

The veteran broadcaster left in 2024 after decades on air as a top-rating talkback broadcaster with a conservative streak and a love of sport.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Calum Jaspan
2GB’s Ben Fordham, once again the top show at Breakfast.

Murdoch’s Sydney radio station surges as 2GB slips and ABC stagnates

Lachlan Murdoch’s Smooth FM claimed the top spot, dethroning 2GB, but talkback king Ben Fordham kept his crown in the breakfast slot.

  • Calum Jaspan
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is facing the questions that Andrew Hastie won’t, but she’s increasingly selling the same message.

Sussan Ley, the travelling saleswoman, is spruiking Hastie’s wares

The backbencher is avoiding the hard questions Ley has faced as he writes newsletters that read like a mix of a Western Civilisation course and a combative TikTok feed.

  • Nick Bonyhady
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2GB breakfast host Ben Fordham is still No. 1, despite the station’s overall losses.

Smooth FM rolls 2GB to take No.1 Sydney radio spot as ABC struggles

Listeners are continuing to turn away from ABC mornings, but there was some good news for the national broadcaster.

  • Michael Lallo
Trades hall secretary Luke Hilakari says Yes volunteers have encountered offensive content and that calling out misinformation is important.

Peter Dutton’s Indigenous flag ban is disgusting politics with dangerous consequences

Even if you accept some people don’t like the idea of three flags, Dutton has shown callous disregard for community harmony by weaponising such unease. 

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Samantha Barlow left the NSW Police, where she was once touted as a potential first female commissioner, due to Holohan’s attack.

Thug back on the streets as government abandons challenge to parole

The early release of a drug addict who bashed a female police office senseless has raised new doubts about NSW’s parole system.

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Broadcaster Alan Jones has denied the allegations.

Alan Jones was the king of morning radio. His arrest played out live on air

Radio station 2GB had the tough task of covering the arrest of its former breakfast radio star during what used to be his old slot.

  • Jessica McSweeney