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We Used to be Journos

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ONLY FRAN: Think NDIS is wasting taxpayer dollars? Meet AUKUS artwork

ONLY FRAN: Think NDIS is wasting taxpayer dollars? Meet AUKUS

We Used to be Journos

17:36Jun 12, 2026
BONUS: Jayson Gillham on his Federal Court trial against Melbourne Symphony Orchestra artwork

BONUS: Jayson Gillham on his Federal Court trial against Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

We Used to be Journos

37:07Jun 10, 2026
Pickering vs ABC code of conduct, Pauline’s free PR, influencer spills on MAGA media strategy artwork

Pickering vs ABC code of conduct, Pauline’s free PR, influencer spills on MAGA media strategy

We Used to be Journos

55:13Jun 9, 2026
ONLY FRAN: Living beautifully in a collapsing world x Sarah Wilson artwork

ONLY FRAN: Living beautifully in a collapsing world x Sarah Wilson

We Used to be Journos

53:22Jun 5, 2026
Pauline’s poll for PM, mysterious media silence over young woman’s death + radio boss gropes woman artwork

Pauline’s poll for PM, mysterious media silence over young woman’s death + radio boss gropes woman

We Used to be Journos

1:01:32Jun 2, 2026
ONLY FRAN: Forget a new Teal party, where are the Greens? artwork

ONLY FRAN: Forget a new Teal party, where are the Greens?

We Used to be Journos

16:04May 29, 2026
Flotilla activist abuse coverage, BTS at Sydney Writers Festival + is James the 'good Murdoch'? artwork

Flotilla activist abuse coverage, BTS at Sydney Writers Festival + is James the 'good Murdoch'?

We Used to be Journos

1:08:49May 26, 2026
ONLY FRAN: Pauline Hanson’s gas grift (plus her other grifts too) artwork

ONLY FRAN: Pauline Hanson’s gas grift (plus her other grifts too)

We Used to be Journos

19:12May 22, 2026
Ash Sarkar on how to scale independent media and have real impact artwork

Ash Sarkar on how to scale independent media and have real impact

We Used to be Journos

43:51May 19, 2026
Responding to the comments section artwork

Responding to the comments section

We Used to be Journos

37:47May 12, 2026
ONLY FRAN: Influencers v journalists: same same but different this budget lock up artwork

ONLY FRAN: Influencers v journalists: same same but different this budget lock up

We Used to be Journos

17:58May 8, 2026
Women Who Win and how the media shapes their legacy artwork

Women Who Win and how the media shapes their legacy

We Used to be Journos

39:00May 5, 2026
ONLY FRAN: Why I trust Tucker Carlson even less after his Trump apology artwork

ONLY FRAN: Why I trust Tucker Carlson even less after his Trump apology

We Used to be Journos

20:48May 1, 2026
Trump shooting conspiracies, Tele lashes anti-war Gen Z, media quiet as Aboriginal women cop it artwork

Trump shooting conspiracies, Tele lashes anti-war Gen Z, media quiet as Aboriginal women cop it

We Used to be Journos

45:18Apr 28, 2026
ONLY FRAN: "Gaza war drove Bondi shooter to terror" artwork

ONLY FRAN: "Gaza war drove Bondi shooter to terror"

We Used to be Journos

9:59Apr 24, 2026
Seven’s renewables hit job, Iran’s AI Lego war spin + Roberts-Smith 'breaks silence' artwork

Seven’s renewables hit job, Iran’s AI Lego war spin + Roberts-Smith 'breaks silence'

We Used to be Journos

58:34Apr 21, 2026
ONLY FRAN: WTF is Angus Taylor's immigration policy really about? artwork

ONLY FRAN: WTF is Angus Taylor's immigration policy really about?

We Used to be Journos

19:11Apr 17, 2026
BONUS: The Murdoch media’s campaign against Dr Randa Abdel- Fattah artwork

BONUS: The Murdoch media’s campaign against Dr Randa Abdel- Fattah

We Used to be Journos

33:46Apr 15, 2026
Albanese can’t say ‘Lebanese’, Hasan Piker drama + whistleblower David McBride’s missing media moment artwork

Albanese can’t say ‘Lebanese’, Hasan Piker drama + whistleblower David McBride’s missing media moment

We Used to be Journos

1:00:23Apr 14, 2026
ONLY FRAN: Penny Wong is 'deeply concerned' artwork

ONLY FRAN: Penny Wong is 'deeply concerned'

We Used to be Journos

18:08Apr 10, 2026
Lakemba NDIS lie, media’s gambling ad addiction, Trump’s unhinged… again artwork

Lakemba NDIS lie, media’s gambling ad addiction, Trump’s unhinged… again

We Used to be Journos

59:22Apr 7, 2026
ONLY FRAN: One month into QLD’s hate speech laws artwork

ONLY FRAN: One month into QLD’s hate speech laws

We Used to be Journos

16:09Apr 3, 2026
Israeli ambassador’s press club propaganda, Atlas Network’s climate campaign + Kyle in court artwork

Israeli ambassador’s press club propaganda, Atlas Network’s climate campaign + Kyle in court

We Used to be Journos

1:01:24Mar 31, 2026
ONLY FRAN: A quick note artwork

ONLY FRAN: A quick note

We Used to be Journos

1:23Mar 27, 2026
Media aids One Nation’s grift, ABC staff strike, Rupert Murdoch pushes for Iran attack artwork

Media aids One Nation’s grift, ABC staff strike, Rupert Murdoch pushes for Iran attack

We Used to be Journos

1:07:00Mar 24, 2026
ONLY FRAN : Jan Fran gets personal about Lebanon artwork

ONLY FRAN : Jan Fran gets personal about Lebanon

We Used to be Journos

22:15Mar 20, 2026
Lebanese suffering ignored, Theroux’s ‘manosphere’ doco + is Netanyahu dead? artwork

Lebanese suffering ignored, Theroux’s ‘manosphere’ doco + is Netanyahu dead?

We Used to be Journos

1:12:50Mar 17, 2026
ONLY FRAN: The hypocrisy of Tony Burke on Iranian visas artwork

ONLY FRAN: The hypocrisy of Tony Burke on Iranian visas

We Used to be Journos

16:17Mar 13, 2026
ABC’s post-Bondi panel show, #QuitGPT movement + Pornhub access denied artwork

ABC’s post-Bondi panel show, #QuitGPT movement + Pornhub access denied

We Used to be Journos

1:07:28Mar 10, 2026
ONLY FRAN: What happened to Anthony Albanese? artwork

ONLY FRAN: What happened to Anthony Albanese?

We Used to be Journos

30:46Mar 6, 2026
Media parrots US Iran propaganda, ABC chair gets profiled + billionaire buys Warner Bros (and CNN) artwork

Media parrots US Iran propaganda, ABC chair gets profiled + billionaire buys Warner Bros (and CNN)

We Used to be Journos

1:01:51Mar 3, 2026
BBC’s baffling BAFTA censorship, Trump’s alien files + Jacinta Allan vs a journalist artwork

BBC’s baffling BAFTA censorship, Trump’s alien files + Jacinta Allan vs a journalist

We Used to be Journos

1:01:00Feb 24, 2026
Attacks on Francesca Albanese and Grace Tame, Liberal leader’s immigration lines + media forces sexual assault survivor to go public artwork

Attacks on Francesca Albanese and Grace Tame, Liberal leader’s immigration lines + media forces sexual assault survivor to go public

We Used to be Journos

1:02:05Feb 17, 2026
Coverage of Herzog visit and protests, radio’s Bad Bunny racism + Karl Stefanovic hosts One Nation TWICE! artwork

Coverage of Herzog visit and protests, radio’s Bad Bunny racism + Karl Stefanovic hosts One Nation TWICE!

We Used to be Journos

1:05:51Feb 10, 2026
Insider's look at the past two decades of Aussie media artwork

Insider's look at the past two decades of Aussie media

We Used to be Journos

49:34Feb 3, 2026
Hate speech laws red flags, Australia Day poll tricks, Grok deepfakes + Beckham feud artwork

Hate speech laws red flags, Australia Day poll tricks, Grok deepfakes + Beckham feud

We Used to be Journos

59:41Jan 27, 2026
Narrative war over Iran's protests + Trump’s press sec blows up at journalist, InDaily SA muscles in on Murdoch artwork

Narrative war over Iran's protests + Trump’s press sec blows up at journalist, InDaily SA muscles in on Murdoch

We Used to be Journos

56:15Jan 20, 2026
Randa Abdel-Fattah on the collapse of the Adelaide Writers’ Festival artwork

Randa Abdel-Fattah on the collapse of the Adelaide Writers’ Festival

We Used to be Journos

36:17Jan 13, 2026
Ask Us Anything: Our younger selves, future of media, Eurovision pressure, truth v hope artwork

Ask Us Anything: Our younger selves, future of media, Eurovision pressure, truth v hope

We Used to be Journos

33:30Jan 6, 2026
Ask Us Anything: On cracks in our friendship, building community and finding joy in dark times artwork

Ask Us Anything: On cracks in our friendship, building community and finding joy in dark times

We Used to be Journos

34:47Dec 30, 2025
Antony Loewenstein unpacks the Bondi terror attack artwork

Antony Loewenstein unpacks the Bondi terror attack

We Used to be Journos

55:27Dec 23, 2025
How the Bondi terror attack was reported artwork

How the Bondi terror attack was reported

We Used to be Journos

54:33Dec 16, 2025
Press piles on Abbie Chatfield, SBS’s Eurovision dud decision + why we can’t name a rapist artwork

Press piles on Abbie Chatfield, SBS’s Eurovision dud decision + why we can’t name a rapist

We Used to be Journos

1:05:46Dec 9, 2025
TikTok’s racism row, Trump’s new press hit list + Gaza media petition anniversary artwork

TikTok’s racism row, Trump’s new press hit list + Gaza media petition anniversary

We Used to be Journos

59:54Dec 2, 2025
Nuzzi Lizza sex-scandal explained, Tele’s ‘Undercover Jew’ sting escalates + Mariah caught in X’s location mess artwork

Nuzzi Lizza sex-scandal explained, Tele’s ‘Undercover Jew’ sting escalates + Mariah caught in X’s location mess

We Used to be Journos

52:02Nov 25, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: fake mosque story exposed, ChatGPT leak in print + WTF is really happening with shadowbans artwork

EXCLUSIVE: fake mosque story exposed, ChatGPT leak in print + WTF is really happening with shadowbans

We Used to be Journos

1:00:36Nov 18, 2025
BBC’s ‘bias’ blow-up, John Laws’ lasting legacy, unhinged Mamdani takes + Italian journalist fired over Gaza question artwork

BBC’s ‘bias’ blow-up, John Laws’ lasting legacy, unhinged Mamdani takes + Italian journalist fired over Gaza question

We Used to be Journos

1:05:41Nov 11, 2025
Mamdani AI attack ads, Coalition’s net zero backflip, Sudan finally gets airtime artwork

Mamdani AI attack ads, Coalition’s net zero backflip, Sudan finally gets airtime

We Used to be Journos

56:16Nov 4, 2025
BONUS: Omar El Akkad x Lattouf on ways to resist without a ‘How To Oppose A Genocide’ blueprint artwork

BONUS: Omar El Akkad x Lattouf on ways to resist without a ‘How To Oppose A Genocide’ blueprint

We Used to be Journos

43:09Oct 30, 2025
Ita’s reputation rehab tour, Melbourne’s machete “epidemic” + Labor v AI artwork

Ita’s reputation rehab tour, Melbourne’s machete “epidemic” + Labor v AI

We Used to be Journos

57:45Oct 28, 2025