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'Play a key role': PM launches bid for security council. Andrew BrownAAP 20 September 2026, 11:38am Australia having a seat at the United Nations Security Council will be able to help with the cost of living back home, the prime minister insists. Anthony Albanese launched a formal bid for Australia to serve a two-year term on powerful UN body in 2029 and 2030. A vote for the spot won't be held until mid 2028, but lobbying efforts will intensify during the prime minister's visit to New York for the UN General Assembly. The prime minister said Australia's role on the council would be able to benefit ordinary citizens. "Engagement with the world matters. It matters because it makes a difference to the cost of living, to inflation, to Australians' way of life," he told reporters in New York on Monday, Australian time. "That is why we can't afford to not be engaged with the world, because it has a direct impact on the quality of life of Australians on a day-to-day basis. "We have an opportunity through this potential seat on the UN Security Council to play a key role in shaping the global issues that really matter to Australians." Australia has served on the security council five times since the UN was established following World War II. The most recent stint was in 2013 and 2014, where Australia was able to lead a response to the Russian downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. Mr Albanese said the role Australia played during that period was evidence of what a spot on the council could achieve. "We do need to stand up to the Middle East conflict. I think there is a role for middle powers to engage, and Australia has done that as we've engaged with the war in Ukraine in the coalition of the willing," he said. Two countries are elected to the security council from the Western Europe and Others Group, which includes Australia. So far, only Australia and Finland have put their hands up for a spot on the council, but other countries from the bloc could still launch bids. Even if the two countries run unopposed, Australia would still need support from two-thirds of the 193 UN member states to be successful. Of the 15 members on the security council, China, France, the US, UK and Russia are permanent members, while the remainder serve two-year terms. The prime minister said he was optimistic of getting support from Pacific nations, as well as Southeast Asian countries in the ASEAN pact. Part of the campaign will seek to leverage Australia's role in the Pacific and action on climate change in the region. The campaign, called "we listen, we partner, we protect" will also focus on aiming to boost the voices of middle powers and smaller nations in the UN. Action taken by Australia to be the first country in the world to ban people under 16 from using social media will be at the forefront of the campaign, as well as recent efforts to place guardrails on the expanding use of AI. Mr Albanese also unveiled former News Corp head of broadcasting Siobhan McKenna as Australia's next consul-general to New York. Ms McKenna is currently the chair of Australia Post and has also had a role as chair of the NBN. She will take up the role later in the year. "Siobhan is someone who will bring a great deal of financial and economic capacity to the role," Mr Albanese said.

News Corp to participate in the Citi 2026 Global TMT Conference. New York, NY - WEBWIRE - Wednesday, September 2, 2026 News Corp announced that Chief Financial Officer Lavanya Chandrashekar will participate in the Citi 2026 Global TMT Conference on Tuesday, September 8, 2026. The session will begin at 10:50 AM EDT (7:50 AM PDT). To listen to the live webcast, please visit the News Corp website at https://investors.newscorp.com/calendar-events. A replay of the webcast is expected to be available at the same location for a period of time following the conference. About News Corp News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) is a global, diversified media and information services company focused on creating and distributing authoritative and engaging content and other products and services. The company comprises businesses across a range of media, including: information services and news, digital real estate services and book publishing. Headquartered in New York, News Corp operates primarily in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom, and its content and other products and services are distributed and consumed worldwide. More information is available at: http://www.newscorp.com WebWireID359879 This news content was configured by WebWire editorial staff. Linking is permitted. Distribute your news. * Every day, hundreds of individuals and companies choose WebWire to distribute their news. * WebWire places your news within numerous highly trafficked news search engines generating leads and publicity. * Submit Your Release Now!

Online News Act golden age update: Corus slashes more jobs. Discover more Businesses The never-ending tsunami of pink slips post Online News Act continues with Corus slashing even more positions. When the Online News Act was being debated while it was still Bill C-18, lobbyists promised the moon in exchange for its passage. Their argument was that journalism is dying in this country and the Online News Act would completely reverse this. In their all too familiar "But AUSTRALIA!!!" refrain which has long been a sign that these jackwagons are lying through their teeth, the lobbyists pointed to Australia as an example of the link tax in action. They argued (falsely) that when Australia passed their link tax legislation, hiring was happening all over the place in the country and the entire sector was effectively "rejuvenated". Therefore, all they were asking is that same golden age of journalism happen here with the passage of the legislation. Even at the time it was debated, it was stupidly obvious that this reasoning was complete and utter bullshit. As that debate was happening, Australia's News Corp slashed 1,250 jobs. At the time, I dutifully notified Senator Paula Simons of this development who, in turn, brought this up twice during the senate hearings. The response from lobbyists was a very awkward "oh" before they scrambled for an answer - specifically that it was all just a one-off incident and that they can't speak for any one particular company in Australia. Anyone with any sense of basic logic and reasoning would see those arguments as unconvincing, but too many politicians were far too heavily influenced by the mainstream media lobbying to concern themselves with pesky little things like facts and evidence. So, despite everything, the government passed Canada's link tax even though the News Corp story was an obvious harbinger of things to come. With things predictably going sideways with Meta dropping news links in Canada, the Canadian government panicked and issued bailout after bailout in a desperate bid to make all the media companies whole. This to stave off the massive layoffs that were going to come regardless of the outcome of the Online News Act. With the mainstream media getting everything they wanted, they let loose the pink slip floodgates that were always going to happen. Rogers, for their part, slashed funding, laid numerous people off, shut down radio stations, axed numerous more jobs, and slashed an additional 10,000 (accounting for nearly half their entire workforce). This happened on top of Rogers also getting their massive monopolistic merger to go through which also promised the moon. The hilarious thing in all of this is that when I accurately predicted all of this happening (including Meta dropping news links), I was accused of being paranoid and ridiculous - kind of like how I'm currently being accused of being ridiculous or wrong for pointing out that the Meta lawsuits over fake "addiction" accusations is a threat to free speech due to it butchering critical Section 230 protections. Now, look at where Freezenet is today. You don't really hear much from the people who said that I was wrong that layoffs are going to follow after the passage of Bill C-18. The people who argued I was wrong about Meta ditching news links? Awfully silent these days. Oh, and speaking of things I was told would never happen that ultimately did, today, I caught wind that Corus is slashing even more jobs. Let's check out the Toronto Sun for news on the thing people swore would never happen: A month after dozens of broadcasting jobs were cut, Corus Entertainment is going through another round of layoffs. The Toronto-based broadcaster and media company confirmed job losses at Toronto radio station News 640, Global National and Global BC, as well as unspecified talk radio stations. "As we continue to adapt to the evolving needs of our business, Corus has made a small number of changes in select markets, including roles at Global BC, Global National, News 640 and talk radio," a company spokesperson said in an emailed statement to the Toronto Sun. "These changes are part of the difficult but necessary work to ensure our teams are structured in a sustainable way, while minimizing disruption to local news and audio delivery." Welcome to the Online News Act golden age of journalism, everyone! Yup, the era where hiring is happening all over the place and the entire sector is completely rejuvenated and more lively than ever before! Don't believe those silly people who say that there's going to be layoffs! That kind of scenario would never happen! I tell you, layoffs are totally a thing of the past now that the sector has the "global standard" Online News Act. Meanwhile, back in the world of reality, as I've said so many times before, the pink slip tsunami isn't going to slow any time soon. This is just one more incident of people's livelihoods getting axed. Yes, it's awful what's going on, but very predictable. I've pointed out many times how things can turn around like halting the demonizing of "younger" generations and adapting business models, but like every other time I've pointed out these obvious things, those points generally fall on deaf ears, so I don't see the point. Anyway, I'll just be over here continuing to track the death toll of people's careers however I can. The layoffs happen so often, even I don't catch every wave.