Daany Saeed

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The Sydney Swans have positioned themselves as the most progressive team in the AFL. So why is their chairman seemingly spruiking gambling stocks to players?

Pedestrian Group appears set for redundancies less than a week after Vinyl Group CEO Josh Simons, in announcing Vinyl's acquisition of the company, declared "we are not buying these assets to strip culture for parts".

EXCL: The ABC will broadcast the VFL for the first time in over a decade, Crikey can reveal. It follows Channel Seven dumping the state league after struggling through the restrictions of the 2025 season and Fox Footy Super Saturdays. www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/12/v...

ABC secures television and radio rights for the VFL

The ABC has secured the rights to the Victorian Football League after Channel Seven dumped the iconic competition following a shake-up of AFL broadcast arrangements.

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The last time Mamamia, a site ostensibly about the experiences/interests of women, covered anything Antoinette Lattouf had said or done was 2023. Zero coverage of of the trial or aftermath. Hilariously transparent.

The ABC's head of HR, Deena Amorelli, has sent out an all-staff email confirming the ABC's widely-rumoured bargaining offer as Aunty begins negotiations on a new EBA. They've offered a 3% pay increase contingent on workers agreeing not to take industrial action for 12 months.

Rogue cricket mini-story from me. Royal Challengers Bangalore inquired about the possibility of David Warner being flown in for Wednesday morning’s IPL final (Tuesday night local), according to Warner’s camp. 🧵

Crikey understands Herald Sun chief football writer Mark Robinson is retiring, finishing January 31. Internal staff were informed today. Robinson has covered football for the Herald Sun for over 25 years.

Yesterday, led by my unreal boss @ginarush.bsky.social, we launched Crikey's Movers and Shakers series, a survey of more than 200 of Australia's biggest media figures on their views of our rapidly changing industry. Their answers were insightful, funny, and sobering. I hope you enjoy it. 🧵

SCOOP: Anthony Albanese has told a private Labor event that a change to Australia’s Israel-Palestine position is imminent, and it will “upset” critics of the government’s support for a two-state solution in the Middle East. www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/11/a...

'They'll be more upset': Albo flags shift in Australia’s Israel-Palestine position at private Labor event

Exclusive: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has flagged changes to Australia's position on Palestine later this week, addressing a room of Labor insiders.

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Yashasvi Jaiswal was raised in a tent, while Australia insists on continuing to find the poshest private school kids possible to fill its pathways, from which it picks without having them play against men for any meaningful period of time. Something in that. #BGT2024 #AUSvsIND

Tonight is journalism’s night of nights, the Walkleys. Once again, none of you have invited me as your date. I will have to rely on gossip from the masses like the little gossip pig I am. DMs open, email me, Signal me, WhatsApp me, I’m all ears for journo gossip tonight