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‘Blood on these walls’: Mudrat tears into ABC’s Gaza coverage during Triple J live set

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Australian hip-hop artist donned a Palestinian keffiyeh and delivered a blistering critique of the broadcaster and its treatment of Antoinette Lattouf

The hip-hop artist Mudrat used Triple J’s video series Bars of Steel to deliver a blistering critique of the ABC’s coverage of the Israel-Gaza war and its treatment of Antoinette Lattouf.

The federal court found in June the ABC breached the Fair Work Act when it terminated the casual broadcaster for reasons including that she held a political opinion opposing the Israeli military campaign in Gaza.

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Triple J Hottest 100: Never Tear Us Apart by INXS voted best Australian song ever

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More than 2.6m people voted in radio poll to find the most loved homegrown hits of all time

Never Tear Us Apart by INXS has been named the best Australian song of all time in Triple J’s poll of the country’s favourite homegrown hits.

The 1987 song topped the Hottest 100 of Australian Songs, a spin-off of Triple J’s annual poll of the year’s most popular tracks. The poll, which aired on Saturday, was open to Australian releases from any time in history.

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Triple J Hottest 100: Flume tops Australia’s biggest music poll with Say Nothing

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UK act Eliza Rose places No 2 in the countdown, with Spacey Jane landing at No 3, No 5 and No 6

Flume has taken the top spot in Triple J’s Hottest 100 – Australia’s largest music poll – with his track Say Nothing, a collaboration with the Sydney artist Maya Cumming.

The Sydney-bred music producer, aka Harley Streten, previously topped the countdown in 2016 with his hit Never Be Like You. In 2020, he got to No 3 with Toro y Moi collaboration The Difference, and No 2 with Rushing Back in 2019. Say Nothing was one of three tracks from Streten to feature in the countdown, which was broadcast on Triple J on Saturday.

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