The Klaxon (website)

The Klaxon is an independent Australian news website, run by investigative journalist Anthony Klan. It specialises in exposing corruption and misconduct by businesses and governments. ^[1]

Overview

The Klaxon was registered in May 2019 in the state of New South Wales ^[2] as an independent news outlet. Its articles have been cited in by other independent news websites, such as Crikey, ^[3] and Michael West Media; ^[4] and reported in foreign media. Examples of the latter include:

• In July 2020, Indian media also reported on Klan's allegations that China and Pakistan might have signed a secret agreement to increase their knowledge of bio-warfare, ^[5] a claim refuted by both countries. ^[6]
• In March 2021, reporting on the secret development of nuclear weapons for Pakistan, in a deal with a Chinese company. ^[7]
• In May 2022, reporting on Chinese military drills in the Khabarovsk and Ussuriysk regions, near the border with Russia, while world news was focused on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Chinese movements in the Taiwan Strait. ^{[8] [9]}
• In February 2022, reporting on the Galwan Valley clash in Indian media, when Klan reported that the Chinese Government had exaggerated the number of Chinese fatalities ^{[10] [11]}

The Klaxon articles are syndicated by the Bywire in the UK. ^{[12] [13]}

Anthony Klan

Anthony Klan was formerly an investigative and business journalist at The Australian for 15 years, but he quit in 2019 ^{[14] [15]} after the paper had refused to publish two of his investigations: one into the superannuation system, and another was about interference by the Chinese Communist Party in Australia, which implicated former prime minister Scott Morrison and former leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, Peter Dutton. He believes that their publication would have seen the Liberals lose the 2019 election. ^[12] He later opined that he had concluded that News Corp was "incredibly in the pocket of the lobbyists of the minerals, the mining, the gas and of the big banks". ^[14] He is particularly concerned about Australia's slide into corruption, citing Transparency International's report that Hungary and Australia tie for last place in falling into corruption between 2012 and 2022. ^[12]

In 2021 Klan participated in an enquiry into media diversity by the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee, which published its report on 9 December 2021. ^{[16] [17]}

In November 2021 Klan nominated for the position of national president of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance. ^[18] He has also written for Crikey ^[19] and Financial Times . ^[20]

Awards and nominations

Klan has won or been nominated for a number of journalism awards.

• He won the Walkley Award in 2007 for business journalism for his story on the Fincorp collapse. ^{[21] [22] [23]}
• In October 2010 Klan won News Corp Australia's top award, the Sir Keith Murdoch Award, for "his relentless pursuit of the waste and mismanagement in the $16.2 billion schools stimulus package". ^[24]
• He won News Corp business journalist of the year three times (2007, 2011 and 2014). ^[14]
• He was shortlisted in the 2010 Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award ("for more than 80 articles exposing flaws in the Federal Government's 'Building the Education Revolution' scheme"). ^{[25] [26] [27]}
• He was a finalist in both business and investigative categories of the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Awards in 2016. ^{[28] [1]}
• He made the shortlist in the Kennedy Award several times: for Outstanding Investigative Reporting and Outstanding Finance Reporting in 2015; ^{[29] [1]} and for Outstanding Finance Reporting (2016, with The Australian, ^[30] and 2021, for The Klaxon. ^[31] ).
• In 2018 Klan won the Cass Warneminde Best News Journalist in the IT Journalism Awards ("The Lizzies"), and in 2021 he was a finalist in the 21st IT Journalism Awards, in two categories: Best Independent Coverage and Best Security Journalist. ^{[32] [33]}
• In 2023 he has been nominated in the Best Independent Coverage and Best Security Journalist categories in the Lizzies. ^[32]

References

1. "About". The Klaxon. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
2. "Current details for ABN 31 772 892 121". ABN Lookup. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
3. Klan, Anthony (1 September 2023). "PwC's multimillion-dollar 'voice to Parliament'". Crikey. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
4. Klan, Anthony (25 November 2020). "Westpac and its super arm BT gouge $8 billion from unsuspecting public". Michael West Media . Retrieved 20 September 2023.
5. "Australian journalist claims China and Pakistan might have signed 'secret deal' to expand bio-warfare capabilities". Moneycontrol. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
6. "Pakistan, China dismiss claims of enhancing bio-warfare capabilities; term the story 'fake' and 'politically motivated'" (audio). SBS Language. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
7. Jha, Mrityunjoy; Aneja, Atul (27 March 2021). "After Quad summit, a new China-Pakistan nuke network exposed". Indianarrative. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
8. "World News — China Eyeing Russian Territory Amid Moscow's Focus on Ukraine". LatestLY. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
9. "China eyeing Russian territory amid Moscow's focus on Ukraine". ThePrint. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
10. "China lost twice as many soldiers as India in Galway Valley clash in June 2020; Australian journalist says many PLA troopers got washed away". South Asia Monitor . 4 February 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
11. "Australian Journalist To NDTV On China's Attempt To Hide Galwan Deaths". NDTV . 22 February 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
12. Lovejoy, Hans (22 July 2022). "Taking on the well resourced moneyed class, one story at a time". The Echo. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
13. "Everything EOS Weekly Report - October 9th". EOS Network. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
14. Meade, Amanda (21 August 2020). "The Weekly Beast". the Guardian. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
15. Elmas, Matthew (12 March 2021). "News Corp's dirty laundry aired in blistering Senate probe". The New Daily . Retrieved 20 September 2023.
16. Elmas, Matthew (12 March 2021). "News Corp's dirty laundry aired in blistering Senate probe". The New Daily. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
17. Australian Senate Environment and Communications References Committee (December 2021). Media diversity in Australia (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. ISBN   978-1-76093-312-8.
18. Hutchinson, Samantha; Brook, Stephen (18 November 2021). "More changes at Aitken as director steps off board". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 20 September 2023.
19. "Anthony Klan". Crikey. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
20. "Anthony Klan". Financial Times. 30 December 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
21. "Walkley Winners Archive". The Walkley Foundation . 4 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
22. Ricketson, Matthew (30 November 2007). "Age writer, photographers take out Walkley awards". The Age . Retrieved 21 September 2023.
23. "Haneef story gets Thomas a Gold Walkley". The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 November 2007. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
24. "60.1.14 People" (PDF). Australian Newspaper History Group Newsletter (60): 6. December 2010. ISSN   1443-4962 . Retrieved 20 September 2023– via ePrint Archives at the University of Queensland.
25. "2010 Perkin award winner Laurie Oakes". Melbourne Press Club. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
26. "For journalists and public relations". Muck Rack. 2 April 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
27. "National honours for our writers". Daily Telegraph. 1 April 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
28. Klan, Anthony (25 July 2019). "Mayday: two shadowy Chinese corporations behind Virgin's plan to control mega flight school". Michael West Media . Retrieved 21 September 2023.
29. Knox, David (8 August 2015). "Kennedy Awards 2015: winners". TV Tonight. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
30. Mitchell, Georgina (27 July 2016). "Kennedy Awards: Fairfax journalists dominate 2016 finalists announcement". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 21 September 2023.
31. "2021 NRMA Kennedy Awards: Full list of winners and nominees". Mediaweek . 11 November 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
32. Daveson, Craig (13 April 2023). "Announcing the finalists for the 21st Annual Samsung IT Journalism Awards". IT Journalism Awards. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
33. "Samsung Australian IT Journalism Awards: Full Finalists Announced". Influencing. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.

External links

• Official website