Presenters at Sydney's top-rating talkback station 2GB have accused Julia Gillard's chief spin doctor, John McTernan, of bullying and abusive language.

Undeterred by the ratings flop that was MTR, Andrew Bolt will soon launch his first foray into the Sydney talkback radio market alongside fellow conservative crusader Steve Price.

Support from Alan Jones, Barnaby Joyce and Michael Korger wasn't enough to save Tony Abbott's chief Senate whip, Helen Kroger, from being demoted on the Liberals' Victorian Senate ticket.

A fortnight ago you didn't know who they were, now their Anglo-Irish haircuts are everywhere. So who's riding the barely-legal boy band behemoth that is One Direction?

Independent Rob Oakeshott has taken to Ray Hadley's most despised form of communication to take a shot at Hadley himself, Twitter.

Frank Lowy's not on Wayne Swan's billionaire hit list. Yet when it comes to foreign policy, this shopping king has more sway than the rest of Australia's mega-rich combined.

Right-wing Melbourne talkback radio station MTR was put out of its misery on Friday after two years of disastrous ratings and financial results. So what have we learnt from the demise of the much hyped station?

Ray Hadley celebrates 30 years in radio, Janet Albrechtsen dusts off The Latham Diaries, Alan Jones spruiks for his buddy James Packer.

It's 113 years since Simcha Baevski arrived in Melbourne as a near-penniless immigrant from Belarus. But this remarkable man is still changing the face of Australia, almost four decades after his death.

If you're powerful, you already know who John Connolly is. If you're not, you almost certainly won't. And that's exactly how he likes it.

An unlikely alliance of protestors led by Bob Katter, Alan Jones and The Greens has upped its campaign against mining companies acquiring valuable farmland by blockading a coal-loading facility in Queensland.

Tim Flannery has perhaps the most unenviable job in the country: explaining to the Australian public why they should pay for pollution before most of the rest of the world.

Ian Plimer is one of the most imperious purveyors of climate scepticism in the world. He's a prize-winning academic and bestselling author, meaning he's got the cultural capital and turn of phrase needed to put forward a compelling case.

Here's what Australia's most powerful Megapohones have been up to over the silly season.

Stephen Conroy is the most powerful Media Maestro in Australia, beating the Sun King, Rupert Murdoch, into second place. And here's why.

Controversial climate change sceptic Professor Ian Plimer says the 'average punter' inspired him to write his new tome which teaches students that human-induced global warming is a scam.

If you've got $60 spare and are free on Monday night, you can splurge on a night out with former prime minister John Howard and king of the climate sceptics Ian Plimer.

Andrew Bolt slides down the slippery slope, Janet Albrechtsen goes to the movies and Alan Jones talks climate change with Ian Plimer. Here's what Australia's most powerful Megaphones have been up to over the past week.

Miranda Devine rationalises Kyle's rage, Andrew Bolt trawls through the latest batch of leaked climate emails, and Alan Jones is in trouble with ACMA. Here's what Australia's most powerful Megaphones have been up to over the past week.

Alan Jones has escaped a charge of inciting his listeners to violence, after accusing a government department of behaving in a way that leads people to murder.