Today in our news roundup we look at a Jim Chalmers roasting with 'Jimflation', 'Jim's hard landing', 'Jim's runaway rate train, 'brace for rate pain', plus Coalition woes continue, farm saved from fires, girls 'break class ceiling' and Canberra keeps it local, plus more. Stories and pictures by Justin McManus, Paul Sakkal and James Massola, Liam Manix, Bianca Hall and Alexander Darling, Lachlan Abbott, Dana Daniel, Steven Siewert, Christopher Harris, Matthew Knott, Lea Jurkovic, Paul Brescia, Jessica Wang, Sarah Ison, Elizabeth Pike and Noah Yim, Judith Sloan and Matthew Cranston.

Abdul Gani of The Assam Tribune was conferred the Best Sports Journalist of the Year Award at the 30th National Sports and Cultural Festival 2025–26, held at Kumar Bhaskar Natya Mandir on January 24. The festival was organised to mark the 111th birth anniversary of noted cultural figure Premoda Kanta Sarma and concluded with an annual award ceremony honouring achievers from various fields.

Journalists in Aizawl, boycotted coverage of the Republic Day on January 26 following what the Mizoram Journalist Association (MJA) described as serious lapses in arrangements for the media.

Since OpenAI came out with its ChatGPT and it became hugely popular, SEO (search engine optimisation) has been gradually replaced by AIEO (AI Engine Optimisation) as online users no longer click on a link to read content. The challenge for news organisations now is to appear in this summary generated by AI even though it is unlikely to drive traffic to their site. But is it that simple? Read all about it in our #Fourthright column today

Information Service Television Network (ISTV) on Tuesday, January 27, marked 23 years of service with a celebration function held at the network’s office in Imphal.

Former Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati has been awarded the Padma Shri for his contributions to media, public broadcasting and institutional leadership.

The ABC has announced nine creators from more than 550 applications as part of its innovative Creator Program producing digital-first content across its social platforms.

Digital publisher Man of Many has appointed Amelia Navascues as its new head of social and production.

In a recognition of journalistic excellence, the Jammu and Kashmir government has named 11 media professionals as recipients of the Union Territory’s top journalism honours.

Osmania University’s Department of Journalism and Mass Communication has inaugurated the Sarwat Hussain Digital Media Centre, strengthening hands-on training in digital journalism.

The Telangana government has issued orders restricting the display of “Press” stickers on vehicles exclusively to journalists holding valid accreditation cards issued by the Information and Public Relations (I&PR) Department, in a move aimed at curbing misuse and impersonation.

In March, ABC News will launch the ABC National Forum, a new discussion program which replaces the cancelled Q&A program and will bring together ordinary citizens, community leaders, experts and policymakers to discuss topical issues of national significance. Host will be David Speers.

“It’s funny, I don’t know where the years have gone, really,” technology journalist Joshua Gliddon told Influencing, as he reflected on racking up thirty years in the business.

It's a hot one today - 'health fears after record temperatures', 'fiery furnace' 'scorched', data centres feel the heat, ex-PM Day, 'suspended surgeon guilty', 'photo finish' and German angel - all in today's news, plus more. Stories and pictures by Jessica Adamson, Charlton Hart and Rebecca Le May, Sophie Foster, Mary Papadakis and Carly Douglas, Perry Duffin, Angus Thomson and Kate Aubusson, Matthew Cranston and Colin Packham, Jessica Gardner, Josh Butler, Dennis Shanahan and Richard Ferguson, Matthew Knott, Alex Ellinghausen, Regan Hodge, Olivia Conder, Gerard Lynch, and Sarah Booth, Ryan Bourke, Tony Gough, Brendan Beckett, Jake Nowakowski and David Caird, Grant Macarthur, Cassandra Morgan, Rachael Ward, Angus Delaney and Nick Toscano, Wayne Taylor and Alex Coppel, Benjamin Preiss, Bianca Hall, Jason South and Liam Mannix.

News18 Bihar-Jharkhand has been honoured with the National Media Award in the Electronic (Television) category for its comprehensive coverage of the Bihar Assembly elections 2025, Media Brief reported. The award was presented by President Droupadi Murmu on the occasion of the 16th National Voters’ Day.