High Court climate ruling throws coal approvals into turmoil A landmark High Court decision overturning approval for a NSW coal mine expansion is set to force regulators to consider “scope 3” emissions from exported coal, potentially reopening other approvals to legal challenge. The ruling is being framed very differently across front pages: as a climate watershed by activists, and as a technical legal shift that could chill investment and create regulatory uncertainty for coal and gas nationwide. Covered by: The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Australian Financial Review, Australian Financial Review, Courier Mail, The West Australian, The Australian. ATO digs in on credit-card payment ban as small business backlash grows The Australian Taxation Office is refusing to reverse a controversial credit-card-related payment ban despite political pressure, with reports warning it will hit about 250,000 businesses. The dispute has quickly become a test of the government’s inf

Wednesday, 7 October 2026 #1  ·  Times Nation  ·  In-depth feature Punjab govt moves SC against CBI probe into 'bribe syndicate' linked to Mann OSD By Dhananjay Mahapatra   ·   The Times of India, New Delhi  ·  Page Page 21 Hours before CBI raided Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann's camp office in Chandigarh, the AAP government rushed to the Supreme Court seeking an urgent stay on Punjab and Haryana HC's order directing CBI to investigate ED's allegations of a bribe syndicate operating through an OSD in the CM's office. The state argued the HC order breached federal principles and that Punjab had withdrawn general consent to CBI. SC agreed to list the matter for hearing Wednesday or Thursday. Mahapatra brings strong legal-institutional analysis — tracing the chain from ED's 150-page communication to DGP through HC's order to SC's emergency listing — situating the CBI-state f

Delhi Police has asked journalists covering protests to carry and visibly display identification. The advisory was issued on Oct 5, days after three women journalists accused police officers of sexual harassment during a protest in New Delhi. Journalists who spoke to Influencing India largely accepted the identification requirement but raised questions about how some of the guidelines can be implemented on the ground, while reporting from inside a crowd. One said it should not be used to undermine the harassment allegations. The advisory asks journalists to carry identity cards issued by their organisations, or valid accreditation from the Press Information Bureau (PIB) or the Directorate of Information and Publicity (DIP). They are to keep these visible while reporting from protest sites. It also asks them not to obstruct police operations or the movement of personnel. During tense situations, the advisory says, journalists should keep a reasonable and safe distance while coverin

Pickr's Leigh Stark has launched Elseleaf, a new app that lets users consume journalism differently and more easily.  The idea of Elseleaf is for publishers to use content “to turn their existing articles into programs that last 15-20 minutes”.  “This is a journalism reader that you can hear while you do something else,” Stark told Influencing whilst previewing and demoing how to build such content.  “What this program will do is load in articles that are effectively scripts. Every part of this will be read by an on-device AI…You can change it yourself to be different authors or narrators, but the idea is that these articles are playing on your device.”  Stark said Elseleaf differs from the "listen here" features currently attached to articles because it lets audiences consume a story alongside music, podcasts and audiobooks at the same time, with the latter of the two fading out in volume. He added, “I'm working on a concept that would allow publications li

For more than two decades, Dan Barrett has kept a blog-podcast-newsletter going alongside roles in journalism, content marketing and comms. It taught him skills he has carried into his day jobs. The backstory Dan Barrett's TV newsletter Always Be Watching recently ticked over 3,000 subscribers. It is the latest incarnation of Televised Revolution, a TV-focused blog he started in Brisbane in 2004. This side project has outlasted more than a dozen employers. Most journalists’ careers follow a familiar arc – a few poorly paid years (or decades) in the media, then a move to better-paid corporate communications roles once genteel poverty loses its charm. Unusually, Barrett has pinballed between the two types of work. Since graduating from QUT in 2002, Barrett has worked in media monitoring and media buying, at Mediaweek (first as deputy editor and later as editor) and SBS, and in senior comms and content roles at National Seniors Australia and digital publisher BrandX Live. He i