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Herald Sun intern debacle is a hard lesson in newsroom culture

By Alexandra Wake | Published: 10/08/2012
The fury unleashed on a young Melbourne University student for writing about her internship at Australia’s biggest selling newspaper provides lessons for us all. For those at the Herald Sun, it should be a moment to take a deep breath and think: “Is that really how the world might see us in our unguarded moments?” [...]
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The mother of all headaches: culture change in the AFL

By Kathryn Hegarty | Published: 22/08/2011
AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou constantly reminds us that women love Aussie Rules and that the AFL returns that respect and allegiance. The key expression of this regard, the AFL’s Respect and Responsibility Policy, turns six this year. It is designed, in part, to instil in players and clubs’ culture a sense of the values held [...]
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