And really what’s news dot com, Sky News or Daily Fail going to do for clickbait now? It’s a huge loss of outrage clickbait for them
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Add to that The Australian.
People may not have liked it but for 16 years it was topical and life and spoke to 10s audience and demos. It’s had a good run and now we move on. Shame people have lost their jobs and a big chunk of production from Como will go. It’s a sad day for 10 Melbourne but I’m sure Sky News will be celebrating in glee tonight across their hate filled programming.
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THEPROJECT - MEMORABLE MOMENTS
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The Project has won a total of 11 Logies, its most recent wins came in 2022 with two TV Week Logie wins for Most Popular Panel or Current Affairs Program and Most Outstanding News Coverage or Public Affairs Report for Brittany Higgins.
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The Project led the way with conversations on primetime TV to support marriage equality, NDIS, animal welfare, disability awareness, domestic violence campaigns, medical research and raised millions for those doing it tough.
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Waleed Aly’s Something We Should Talk About editorials gained international attention including Isil is Weak, the Christchurch attacks (March 2019), Milk Crisis (#MilkedDry - May 2016) and #BanTheBag (April 2017).
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Campaigns that made a difference:
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Marriage Equality. Extensive support to drive engagement and change, including Magda Szubanski’s appearance on the show with a brave, public coming-out as a gay woman.
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First transgender host (2015 Your Chair competition winner), interview with the first openly gay, current professional soccer player, and interview with the first openly gay current professional basketball player.
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Support for Farmers. The Milked Dry campaign that took on the big supermarket chains to ensure dairy farmers are fairly paid for their work.
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Carrie’s Beanies for Brain cancer. Helped fundraise millions for cancer research including the 2020 launch that raised $5million alone.
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Banning Engineered Stone. The Project was at the forefront of the fight to protect stonemasons from deadly silicosis. A series of feature stories with tradies, some who have since lost their lives, was pivotal in getting engineered stone banned in Australia.
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Marsupial of the Year. An original campaign shining a light on some of the most endangered and little know Australian wildlife – not only raising awareness for their conservation but much needed funds for many unsung conservation organisations.
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Helped raise more the $3.5million for kids facing life threatening adversity. Including:
- Almost $500k for Oli’s neuroblastoma treatment
- More than $400k for Uma’s leukemia treatment
- Almost $250k for Sasha’s gene therapy
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On Friday June 27, episode 4504 will air (final show). It will be just shy of its 16-year anniversary (July 20).
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Hosts have included Carrie Bickmore, Charlie Pickering, Dave Hughes, Sarah Harris, Waleed Aly, Georgie Tunny, Sam Taunton, Hamish Macdonald, Rove McManus, Michael Hing, Rachel Corbett, Lisa Wilkinson, Tommy Little, Peter van Onselen, Gorgi Coghlan and Peter Helliar.
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Regular panellists and contributors have included but not limited to Kate Langbroek, Steve Price, Nick Cody, James Mathison, Ruby Rose, Susie Youssef, Liz Ellis, Max Rushden, Hugh Riminton, Chrissie Swan, Elise Elliott, Narelda Jacobs, Dave Thornton, Tom Cashman, Kitty Flanagan, Nikki Britton, Nazeem Hussain, Dilruk Javasinha, Nath Valvo, Myf Warhurst, Alex Lee, Claire Hooper, Jessie Stephens, Tara Rushton, Natarsha Belling, Tom Tilley, Sharyn Ghidella.
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On the one hand, I do agree. The Project has long copped it on social media and been the constant target of hit pieces from certain media organisations just for not being conservative.
On the other hand, you can’t tell me that if the news was about a Sky program, this forum wouldn’t be doing the same thing.
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Hosts Waleed Aly, Sarah Harris and Hamish Macdonald will leave the network, while comedian Sam Taunton is expected to continue as a guest on Ten’s light entertainment shows.
It is likely some Project staff will be redeployed to the new (current affairs) show, which will be overseen by broadcast news vice president, Martin White.
Harris told this masthead that when she started working in television, she was about the same age as The Project is now.
“There aren’t many jobs where you get to tell very human stories, and interview politicians and celebrities all while having a laugh – or ugly crying – in front of a live studio audience every night,” Harris said.
“I’ve had a blast [but] it’s time for me to take a breath and spend some time with my boys,” she added, while joking, “keep an eye out for my OnlyFans page!”
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I haven’t watched the show in a number of years. Unfortunately most on the left have lives and dont watch tv on a regular basis. The show delivered some unbelievable and entertaining moments. The penis on carries paper and Waleeds interview with Scott Morrison will never be forgotten by me. I had a friend that worked on the show for a number of years and from him there were amazing people that worked on the show. Hopefully they all find jobs.
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Still dont think this is the right move. I think they should have just refocused it on the lighter side of news, but what can you do?
Hope they give it a proper farewell. It deserves it.
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Network 10 axes The Project | TV Tonight
TVT article comes out, basically what we know
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They are wrong. That just shows how lost they are within this show.
Many of these campaigns are half the reason the show is viewed how it is.
They didn’t see the wood for the trees.
Where are you seeing this?
Sarah for Nine??
Waleed and Hamish for ABC??
Sarah would have great on a show like 60. I just feel like she has a whole lot more to offer in a news division.
She is more valuable than these fluffy nonsense shows.
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Sarah could be a potential host of the new show? Just putting it out there.
She said she’s leaving the network.
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It’s already been confirmed she is leaving Network 10.
Where has she said that?
The SMH article quoted above.
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60 minutes?? Maybe. But I’d reckon she’d go down to Breakfast TV or Morning Shows 
Plus she’s gotten used to LIVE audiences
Sounds like she is leaving tv, which is a massive loss IMO
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