Thanks for posting, that’s a great article!!! I’m not quite that old lol, but another band you should check out are the Celibate Rifles… They started around 1979/1980, and played live right up until around 2018 (sadly, their singer Damian Lovelock died in 2019… He was also part of the soccer broadcast team on SBS) Anyhoo… Celibate Rifles were awesome… Lots of their stuff on YouTube
That’s very true about the Murdoch press
Try the ABC and SBS for more balanced coverage of issues. Whilst The Guardian skews left / progressive, it has excellent journalism and they also have a daily podcast (mon-fri) that looks into a particular story each episode, as well as a weekly(?) Podcast about politics where they discuss current issues.